There was a mistake in Figure 8 as published. The filled and blank dots in red representing pH data and all the alkalinity data in black were missing from the figure. The corrected Figure 8 appears below.
Figure 8

Time-series changes in carbonate chemistry during beachrock formation. pH (red) and total alkalinity (AT; black) in the natural beachrock (BR; filled circles) and open water (open circles). Measurement errors for AT range from 5 to 10 µmol kg-1.
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Keywords
beachrock, cyanobacteria, carbonate chemistry, coral reef, coastal protection
Citation
Yamaki K, Yamamoto S and Kayanne H (2025) Correction: Natural and artificial consolidation of sand (beachrock) induced by cyanobacterial/algal mat photosynthesis. Front. Mar. Sci. 12:1663879. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1663879
Received
14 July 2025
Accepted
04 September 2025
Published
15 September 2025
Volume
12 - 2025
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Travis Blake Meador, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Czechia
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*Correspondence: Hajime Kayanne, kayanne@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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