On the long-range offshore transport of organic carbon from the Canary Upwelling System to the open North Atlantic

Lovecchio, Elisa; Gruber, Nicolas; Münnich, Matthias; Lachkar, Zouhair

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3337-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3337-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3337-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 13

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13 Jul 2017

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On the long-range offshore transport of organic carbon from the Canary Upwelling System to the open North Atlantic

Elisa Lovecchio, Nicolas Gruber, Matthias Münnich, and Zouhair Lachkar

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Final revised paper (published on 13 Jul 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Jan 2017)

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript entitled "On the long-range offshore transport of organic carbon from the Canary Upwelling System to the open North Atlantic" by Lovecchio et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Feb 2017
- AC1: 'Answer to Referee #1', Elisa Lovecchio, 12 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review', Josep L. Pelegrí, 26 Feb 2017
- AC2: 'Answer to Referee #2, Josep L. Pelegrí', Elisa Lovecchio, 12 Apr 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Apr 2017) by Jack Middelburg

AR by Elisa Lovecchio on behalf of the Authors (31 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Jun 2017) by Jack Middelburg

AR by Elisa Lovecchio on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We find that a big portion of the phytoplankton, zooplankton, and detrital organic matter produced near the northern African coast is laterally transported towards the open North Atlantic. This offshore flux sustains a relevant part of the biological activity in the open sea and reaches as far as the middle of the North Atlantic. Our results, obtained with a state-of-the-art model, highlight the fundamental role of the narrow but productive coastal ocean in sustaining global marine life.