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. 2018 May 8;13(5):e0197077. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197077

Table 1. Summary of calcification and erosion rates for the habitats in Palau and Yap (kg CaCO3 m-2 yr-1), where CI are the 95% Confidence intervals, and n/a is not applicable.

Palau
Outer (CI) n = 8 Inner (CI) n = 6 Patch (CI) n = 10
All Outer
n = 8
Western Outer n = 4 Eastern
Outer n = 4
Gross calcification 7.60 (4.66) 12.72 (5.79) 2.48 (0.90) 5.46 (1.48) 12.32 (2.83)
Erosion 0.08 (0.01) 0.025 (0.02) 0.02 (0.02) 0.06 (0.01) 0.06 (0.00)
Net calcification 7.98 (4.67) 13.09 (5.80) 2.86 (0.90) 5.80 (1.48) 12.66 (2.83)
Yap
Outer (CI) n = 10 Inner (CI) n = 14 Patch (CI)
Western Outer n = 6 Eastern
Outer n = 4
Gross calcification 12.53 (4.11) 15.08 (6.09) 11.44 (5.65) 8.26 (2.19) n/a
Erosion 0.47 (0.78) 1.04 (1.96) 0.08 (0.02) 0.09 (0.03) n/a
Net calcification 12.47 (3.89) 14.07 (5.32) 11.40 (5.65) 8.57 (2.19) n/a
Mean values for Palau and Yap
Gross calcification 10.34 (3.21) 7.40 (1.68)
Erosion 0.27 (0.43) 0.06 (0.01)
Net accretion 10.47 (3.09) 7.73 (1.68)