| The cages were covered with wet marsh grass to minimize mortality from desiccation and heat stress during the lowtide period. |
| Throughout the whole study, seed desiccation tolerance was quantified both in terms of water content and water activity. |
| Samples of clay from the auger holes were tested for moisture content but did not indicate any exceptional level of desiccation. |
| The red mudstone horizons preserve extensive pedogenic textures and desiccation cracks indicative of mature palaeosol development. |
| The solvent was removed by rotary evaporation followed by desiccation under vacuum. |
| Drying rates also affect the desiccation tolerance of somatic embryos and immature zygotic embryos or seeds. |
