Census estimates of algal and epiphytic carbonate production highlight tropical seagrass meadows as sediment production hotspots

• Main Authors: Perry, Chris T., Salter, Michael A., Morgan, Kyle M., Harborne, Alastair R.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Carbonate Budgets; Carbonate Sediments
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85698; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49817
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tropical shelf, platform and reef-lagoon systems are dominated by calcium carbonate (CaCO3) sediments. However, data on habitat-specific CaCO3 sediment production rates by different sediment producing taxa are sparse, limiting understanding of where and in what form CaCO3 sediment is produced, and h...