Meanings
adjectiveprolocular (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to the proloculus
If we consider that all planktonic Foraminifera commence calcification as geometrically similar prolocular stages [73 ], then different size–weight scaling slopes among species in their adult stage must result from different ontogenetic trajectories in this scaling.
2016 February 10, “Seasonal Variation in Shell Calcification of Planktonic Foraminifera in the NE Atlantic Reveals Species-Specific Response to Temperature, Productivity, and Optimum Growth Conditions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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