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. 2014 Oct 6;9(10):e109183. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109183

Table 2. Calculation of the CaCO3 mass loss for various aragonite saturation states for G2 (Proportions were converted to percentages for clarity).

Pteropod length (mm) 0.320
Pteropod weight (mg) 0.025
Pteropod carbon (Larson, 1978) 0.006
PIC (0.27 of carbon) (mg) 0.002
POC (0.73 of carbon) (mg) 0.005
CaCO3 mass (mg) 0.014
Dissolution in 4 days Ω∼1.5 SD at Ω∼1.5 Ω∼1 SD at Ω∼1 Ω∼0.8 SD at Ω∼0.8
Type II surface area (TypeII) 27.0% (±6.0%)
Type III surface area (TypeII) 3.0% (±3.0%)
Type II% shell loss (DTypeII) 5.4% (±1.2%)
Type III% shell loss (DTypeIII) 1.2% (±1.2%)
Total %shell loss (DTotal) 6.6% (±2.4%)
Total % shell loss d−1 1.6% (±0.6%)
CaCO3 loss ind−1 d−1 (mg) 2.30E-04 (±8.31E-05)
Dissolution in 14 days Ω∼1.5 SD at Ω∼1.5 Ω∼1 SD at Ω∼1 Ω∼0.8 SD at Ω∼0.8
Type II surface area (saTypeII) 9.0% (±6.0%) 29.0% (±7.0%) 25.0% (±13.0%)
Type III surface area (saTypeII) 0.0% (±3.0%) 3.0% (±6.0%) 31.0% (±1.0%)
Type II% shell loss (DTypeII) 1.8% (±1.2%) 5.8% (±1.4%) 5.0% (±2.6%)
Type III% shell loss (DTypeIII) 0.0% (±1.9%) 1.2% (±2.3%) 12.1% (±0.4%)
Total % shell loss (DTotal) 1.8% (±3.1%) 7.0% (±3.7%) 17.1% (±3.0%)
Total % shell loss d−1 0.1% (±0.2%) 0.5% (±0.3%) 1.2% (±0.2%)
CaCO3 loss ind−1 d−1 (mg) 1.80E-05 (±2.37E-05) 6.97E-05 (±3.75E-05) 1.71E-04 (±2.99E-05)