Table 2.
Mean (± SD) short-term (last decades) and long-term (last 2000 years) sediment accumulation rates (SAR; mm year−1) and organic carbon accumulation rates (CAR; g Corg m−2 year−1) in seagrass soils from all cores successfully dated in the different locations and regions in the Colombian Caribbean.
Region | Location | Core ID | Short-term SAR | Long-term SAR | Short-term CAR | Long-term CAR |
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(mm year−1) | (mm year−1) | (g Corg m−2 year−1) | (g Corg m−2 year−1) | |||
Alta Guajira | Bahia Portete | AGBP2 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 93.3 ± 17.1 | ||
Bahia Hondita | AGBH3 | 0.89 ± 0.16 | 0.44 ± 0.09 | 33.6 ± 5.9 | 4.5 ± 0.9 | |
Media Guajira | Carrizal | MGCZ3 | 3.3 ± 0.8 | 79.5 ± 20.1 | ||
Musichi | MGMC1 | 0.37 ± 0.17 | 2.20 ± 1.01 | |||
San Andrés | Mar Azul | SAMA1 | 6.97 ± 0.61 | 3.36 ± 1.35 | 167 ± 15 | 27.5 ± 11.1 |
Bahia Hooker | SABH1 | 5.97 ± 0.28 | 2.14 ± 1.67 | 164 ± 8 | 19.1 ± 14.9 | |
Cotton Cay | SACC1 | 4.55 ± 0.15 | 2.84 ± 1.11 | 195 | 21.2 ± 8.2 | |
OVERALL | 3.9 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 122 ± 62 | 14.9 ± 7.2 |