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Table 2.

Burial rates of CaCO₃ compared to calcification rates in seagrass ecosystems

	Community production rate of CaCO₃		Community net calcification rate		Sediment
	gCaCO₃ m⁻² yr⁻¹	gC_inorg m⁻² yr⁻¹	gCaCO₃ m⁻² yr⁻¹	gC_inorg m⁻² yr⁻¹	%CaCO₃	gCaCO₃ m⁻² yr⁻¹	gC_inorg m⁻² yr⁻¹
Florida Bay, USA	626^23,24	75	18²⁵	2.2	82 ± 2	4792 ± 756	756 ± 91
Balearic Islands, Spain	68²⁰	8	51²¹	6	81 ± 3	1886 ± 214	226 ± 30
West Shark Bay, Australia	375 ± 62²²	45 ± 7	295²²	35	60 ± 5	1240 ± 232	149 ± 30

Comparison between seagrass-associated community production rate of carbonate (obtained from standing stock assessments and leaves or calcifiers turnover rates) and community net calcification rates (balance between calcification and dissolution, calculated from variations of total alkalinity) from the literature, and carbonate burial rate in three locations with carbonate-rich sediments