Because the majority of diversity and biomass on Earth is microbial, and thus difficult to measure, recorded extinction events affect the easily observed, biologically complex component of the biosphere rather than the total diversity and abundance of life.

Because of its abundance, granite was commonly used to build foundations for homes in New England.

Because technetium is radioactive, with half life much less than the age of the star, its abundance must reflect its recent creation within that star.

Because Harran had an abundance of goods that passed through its region, it became a target for raids.

Because of the abundance of trees, the city grew quickly and was incorporated in 1889.

Because of their abundance, seamounts are one of the most common oceanic ecosystems in the world.

Because of their feeding habits, cruising desire, collective behavior and fragility they survive in very few aquaria worldwide despite their abundance in the ocean.

" Because Union Township was familiarly known as West Chester, plus the abundance of other townships in Ohio called Union, the name was changed to West Chester Township effective June 28, 2000, after being ratified by the township's voters at the March 9 primary election.

Because of their strong affinity for oxygen, most lithophile elements are enriched in the Earth's crust relative to their abundance in the solar system.

Because of a lack of stone and an abundance of clay, Babylonian constructions were of baked brick, using lime or pitch for mortar.

Because 60 is the sum of its unitary divisors ( excluding itself ), it is a unitary perfect number, and it is also an excessive number with an abundance of 48.

Because of their abundance, they form a major component of commercial and artisanal shark fisheries in many countries.

Because of this conversion to ilmenite, armalcolite has a relatively low abundance and is associated with ilmenite and rutile.

Because the berries are found in abundance there and look a lot like raspberries, one of the islands in the Kodiak archipelago is named Raspberry Island ( Alaska ).

Because of the abundance of oysters filtering the waters of the Chesapeake, the water was much clearer than it is now.

Because of the abundance of food in the region, most settlements were permanent.

Because of its oceanic climate, tropical and sub-tropical fruits are in abundance.

Because transformation usually produces a mixture of relatively few transformed cells and an abundance of non-transformed cells, a method is necessary to select for the cells that have acquired the plasmid.

Because of this, species abundance in coral reef fish communities was estimated to be greatest at approximately 20 % coral cover.

Because of the abundance of the sought strings, single-string searching algorithms are impractical.

Because of the rugged landscape, many characteristics of primeval forest have been preserved, such as an abundance of dead trees.

Because of their abundance, whitetail naiads are in turn an important food source for various fish, frogs, and birds, and also for other aquatic insects.

Because of the abundance of exposed coalified logs and upright trunks, early explorers and paleobotanists referred to the Derevyannye Hills as either the " Wood Mountains ", " Wood Hills ", or " Tree Mountain ".

Because the word Al-Kawthar comes from the word Kathrah ( abundance ) and it ( Al-Kawthar ) linguistically means an abundance of goodness.

Because electrical forces ( the charge-excess ) are far more powerful than gravitation, the surface hydrogen atoms would shoot away from the sphere.

Because brass is not ferromagnetic, it can be separated from ferrous scrap by passing the scrap near a powerful magnet.

Because of industrialization and modernization of the trade and industry, and the rise of powerful nation-states that could directly issue patent and copyright protections — often revealing the trade secrets — the guilds ' power faded.

" Because the achievements of exceptional individuals seemed to indicate the presence of a particularly powerful genius, by the time of Augustus the word began to acquire its secondary meaning of " inspiration, talent.

Because of their size, eyesight and powerful kicks, adult giraffes are usually not subject to predation.

Because land was equivalent to power, these powerful men could try to claim the crown.

Because journalism's first loyalty is to the citizenry, journalists are obliged to tell the truth and must serve as an independent monitor of powerful individuals and institutions within society.

Because the prime minister is, in practice, the most politically powerful member of the Canadian government, he or she is sometimes erroneously referred to as Canada's head of state, when, in fact, that post is held by the Canadian monarch, represented by the governor general.

Because the principle allowing revocation authority for keys is very powerful, the mechanisms used to control it should involve both as many participants as possible ( to guard against malicious attacks of this type ), while at the same time as few as possible ( to ensure that a key can be revoked without dangerous delay ).

Because of its availability in highly powerful configurations, it was also considered a replacement for the 12-inch PowerBook, ending the nearly 15-year production of PowerBook-branded computers.

Because of his background as a soldier, Shaka taught the Zulus that the most effective way of becoming powerful quickly was by conquering and controlling other tribes.

Because of this trade on what became known as the Silk Route, Bukhoro and Samarqand eventually became extremely wealthy cities, and at times Mawarannahr was one of the most influential and powerful Persian provinces of antiquity.

Because of the nature of the hero that it represented, it soon came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic, an independent city-state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the hegemony of the Medici family.

Because the most powerful church in the East was what has become known as the Eastern Orthodox church, the term " Orthodox " is often used in a similarly loose fashion as " Eastern ", although strictly speaking most churches consider themselves part of an Orthodox and Catholic communion.

Bourke held a high position as chieftain of a senior branch of his sept. Because of his sept leadership he would eventually be eligible for election as Mac William, the second most powerful office in Connacht.

Because the queen is the most powerful piece, when a pawn is promoted it is almost always promoted to a queen.

Because the queen is the most powerful piece, many times beginners develop it as quickly as possible, in the hope of plundering the enemy position and possibly even delivering an early checkmate ( such as Scholar's mate ).

Because of its power to reveal the previously hidden diversity of microscopic life, metagenomics offers a powerful lens for viewing the microbial world that has the potential to revolutionize understanding of the entire living world.

Because of their seemingly taller stature, more " honorable and eloquent " personalities, and their willingness to convert to Roman Catholicism, the colonist, including powerful Roman Catholic officials, favored the Tutsis.

Because of this, Melkor's first attempts to use them against his enemies fail, as they are not yet powerful enough to be useful in battle.

Because of its then powerful capabilities Ivan Sutherland's revolutionary Sketchpad program was developed for and ran on the TX-2.

Because of their legendary and powerful gaze that could turn one to stone, images of the Gorgons were put upon objects and buildings for protection.

Because of this and because the mutation rate of animal mtDNA is higher than that of nuclear DNA, mtDNA is a powerful tool for tracking ancestry through females ( matrilineage ) and has been used in this role to track the ancestry of many species back hundreds of generations.

Because practitioners of powerful magic were normally born on certain days related to animals with a strong or harmful aspect they would often have specific tonals such as the jaguar or puma.