Experiment

Cell abundance
[103cells.ml-1]

Chlorophyll [μg.l-1]

pH drift time [h]

pH at Start
of prec.

Length of prec. [h]

% of Ca2+ precipitation

Mychonastes sp. (1)
Mychonastes sp. (2)
Chlorella sp. (1)
Chlorella sp. (2)
Synechococcus (1)
Synechococcus (2)

13.2
22.9
6.85
8.71
33.4
94.1

142
448
222
379
130
324

45
18
25
11
40
30

9.05
9.20
9.00
8.95
8.95
9.05

50
30
10
4
40
8

41
34
26
29
13
32

Table 3: Precipitation experiments of CaCO3 induced by several types of algae [18].