The database compiles published and unpublished data on carbonate (CaCO3) and/or particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) along with particulate organic carbon (POC) stocks if available, in sediments of seagrass meadows and adjacent un-vegetated patches. We considered the total pool of CaCO3 reported without distinguishing between the different biogenic carbonate mineral forms (calcite, Mg-calcite and aragonite). Fourqurean et al. (2012) provided data for 201 sites, and a literature search using both the Web of Knowledge (using the search terms “seagrass*” AND “inorganic carbon*” AND [“calcific* OR sediment* OR CaCO3 OR dissolut* OR diagenesis”]) and Google Scholar (using the search terms “seagrass carbonate”) yielded data for an additional 82 sites. The database was amended with unpublished values for 154 additional sites sampled by the authors. The database compiles data on sediment carbonate concentration for a total of 437 sites, of which 34 corresponded to sand patches adjacent to seagrass meadows. The final database comprises estimates for 403 seagrass vegetated sites, including 219 estimates for sediment surface samples (ca. 1-30 cm depth) and 184 estimates for sediment cores of variable length (149 cores .

Mazarrasa, Inés; Marbà, Núria; Lovelock, Catherine E.; Serrano, Oscar; Lavery, Paul S.; Fourqurean, James W.; Kennedy, Hillary; Mateo, Miguel Ángel; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Steven, Andy D. L.; Duarte, Carlos M., "Sediment inorganic carbon (PIC) deposits in seagrass meadows and adjacent sand-patches (v. 2)". 2018, DIGITAL.CSIC, http://dx

The database is a global compilation of published and unpublished data available on carbonate, particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) stocks in sediments of seagrass meadows and adjacent un-vegetated sediments.

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