Dear authors

I am pleased to inform you that the two referees who evaluated your manuscript have recommended its publication in the minor revisions, and based on their comments and your esponse you are required to submit the revised manuscript.

Best regards

Wajih Naqvi

Dear authors

I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript will be published in Biogeosciences after you have considered the following minor editoriall suggestions.

Best regards

Wajih Naqvi

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Line 52: Delete “conventionally”
Line 60: Delete “the” before “recent”
Line 63: Change “denitrified” to “denitrifying”
Line 64: Change “A biogeochemical” to “The biogeochemical”
Line 72: Delete “on” after “impact”
Line 104: Add “old” after “5 months”
Line 117: Change “at Redfield conditions” to “as per the Redfield stoichiometry”
Line 162: Change “lead” to “led”?
Line 164: Change “blank values” to “blanks”
Line 171: Change “supplemental” to “supplementary”
Line 226: “possibly due to nutrient subduction via organic matter export out of the anticyclonic eddy” . . not clear to me.
Line 258: What do you mean by “upper isopycnal”?
Line 261: Change “B” to “eddy B”
Line 266: Change “allow” to “allows”
Line 276: Change “in Fong et al” to “by Fong et al”
Line 323: Delete “however” (“Although” and “however” do not go together)
Line 341: Change “N2 fixation was not increased” to “elevated N2 fixation was not observed”