desiccation

How To Use desiccation In A Sentence

• This is exactly what we see going on during the great physical changes which are accomplished over large areas in Central Asia, owing to the desiccation which is going on there since the glacial period. Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution
• The abundance of Collembola declined at barren sites where higher temperatures also caused drought and mortality due to desiccation, whereas the abundance of Collembola increased at moister sites. Effects of changes in climate and UV radiation levels on structure of arctic ecosystems in the short and long term
• We observed an abrupt acquisition of desiccation resistance during Ae. aegypti embryogenesis associated with serosal cuticle secretion, occurring at complete germ band extension, between 11 and 13 hours after egglaying. BioMed Central - Latest articles
• Patterns In Mars Crater Floors Give Picture Of Drying Lakes (Sep. 16, 2009) - Networks of giant polygonal troughs etched across crater basins on Mars have been identified as desiccation cracks caused by evaporating lakes, providing further evidence of a warmer, wetter martian ... > read more Undefined
• That way, there's no need for brining or protective aluminum-foil tents or arduous tricks with special tools for flipping the bird in the oven to keep its edematous poitrine from desiccation. Cold Turkey
• The solvent was removed by rotary evaporation followed by desiccation under vacuum.
• The areas along fault planes were subjected to a shearing action that produced a pattern of fracturing that is different from the desiccation cracking of a normal septarian concretion.
• According to the literature1, 2, some species of crayfishes spend most of their lives in burrows, while others burrow for various reasons, for example to escape desiccation during times of drought or to move below the frost line during winter. Crayfish chimney
• The ‘lock-and-key’ fit of homing limpets may have more to do with resistance to dislodgment than with desiccation.
• Drying rates also affect the desiccation tolerance of somatic embryos and immature zygotic embryos or seeds.