Table 1 Mean values of factors influencing net carbonate production.
From: Enhancing reef carbonate budgets through coral restoration
Plot type | A. cervicornis (kg CaCO3 m− 2 yr− 1) | Other coral (kg CaCO3 m− 2 yr− 1) | CCA (kg CaCO3 m− 2 yr− 1) | Parrotfish erosion (kg CaCO3 m− 2 yr− 1) | Urchin erosion (kg CaCO3 m− 2 yr− 1) | Macro-bioerosion (kg CaCO3 m− 2 yr− 1) | Micro-bioerosion (kg CaCO3 m− 2 yr− 1) | Net carbonate production (kg CaCO3 m− 2 yr− 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Restored | 3.442 (0.898) | 0.115 (0.040) | 0.232 (0.104) | − 0.895 (0.224) | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.020 (0.007) | − 0.253 (0.012) | 3.060 (0.860) |
Unrestored control | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.076 (0.018) | 0.065 (0.012) | − 1.511 (0.300) | − 0.003 (0.002) | − 0.031 (0.009) | − 0.211 (0.011) | − 1.615 (0.303) |
Thicket | 10.630 (3.177) | 0.040 (0.021) | 0.021 (0.009) | − 0.433 (0.114) | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.023 (0.005) | − 0.254 (0.015) | 9.960 (3.158) |
Thicket control | 0.032 (0.032) | 0.082 (0.057) | 0.007 (0.003) | − 0.383 (0.118) | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.033 (0.017) | − 0.188 (0.020) | − 0.494 (0.172) |
