A significant part of the interactive discussion on this paper focussed on the threshold value of 11 degrees C for Fsoil. I think that issue has been solved now. This discussion was also created by the emphasis on this threshold in the abstract, whereas I think it should not have been the emphasis nor is the main selling point of the article.

This points to a more general issue with respect to the paper: the title (which is very local and may not directly attract a reader), the abstract (highly descriptive and not much on the insights gained) and the structure of the discussion section (without sub-sections) make it very difficult to understand the insights gained by this study that can also be applied elsewhere and how such insights could be used.

In addition to further clarifying the issues raised by the reviewers (or avoiding those to become issues by re-emphasizing the truly important parts), I therefore recommend a major revision particularly of the sections indicated above to focus more an generally applicable insights gained (and WHY those are important to publish in Biogeosciences)