Sentence examples for weak shells from inspiring English sources

Some of the biggest oviraptorosaurs weighed in at over a ton, but laid eggs with very weak shells.

This pesticide accumulated in the birds' tissues and interfered with the formation of the shells of their eggs; the thin, weak shells laid by heavily contaminated birds were easily broken and fewer young were produced.

We also observed abnormally large as well as elongated eggs with weak shells.

More anthropogenic carbon in the northeast Pacific means weaker shells for many marine species.

American oysters, scallops, temperate corals, and tube worms all fared poorly and grew thinner, weaker shells.

In high salinity (30 PSU), barnacles generally had stronger shells but delayed reproduction, whereas in low salinity (6 PSU), barnacles had weaker shells, but more fertilized eggs.

Furthermore, low salinity (6 PSU) resulted in weaker shells compared to higher salinities (15 and 30 PSU; F = 8.432, P = 0.001; Additional file 1: Table S4 and Figure  5).

On the other hand GMS15 are inadequate due to weaker shell (or more specifically, the iso-static crush strength).

Shell strength of both species was weakened by the presence of endoliths, but the invasive M. galloprovincialis has a thinner, weaker shell than P. perna, enhancing the negative effects of endolithic boring.

Sure, you could get some weak plastic shell, but real men use a solid metal case… while they play with their Nintendogs & Cats.

The study by the research fellow Susan Fitzer builds on work carried out in Loch Fyne, Argyll, which linked weaker oyster shells to the same trend.