Coupled eco-hydrology and biogeochemistry algorithms enable the simulation of water table depth effects on boreal peatland net CO<sub>2</sub> exchange

Mezbahuddin, Mohammad; Grant, Robert F.; Flanagan, Lawrence B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5507-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5507-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5507-2017

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07 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 07 Dec 2017

Coupled eco-hydrology and biogeochemistry algorithms enable the simulation of water table depth effects on boreal peatland net CO₂ exchange

Mohammad Mezbahuddin, Robert F. Grant, and Lawrence B. Flanagan

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RC1: 'referee's comment - Coupled eco-hydrology and biogeochemistry algorithms enable simulation of water table depth effects on boreal peatland net CO2 exchange Mohammad Mezbahuddin, Robert F. Grant, and Lawrence B. Flanagan', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 May 2017
- AC1: 'Authors’ responses to the comments of anonymous Referee #1', Mohammad Mezbahuddin, 21 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Referee 2 Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 May 2017
- AC2: 'Authors’ responses to the comments of anonymous Referee #2', Mohammad Mezbahuddin, 21 Jul 2017
RC3: 'Referee comment #3', Anonymous Referee #3, 29 May 2017
- AC3: 'Authors’ responses to the comments of anonymous Referee #3', Mohammad Mezbahuddin, 21 Jul 2017

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (22 Jul 2017) by Alexey V. Eliseev

AR by Mohammad Mezbahuddin on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Oct 2017) by Alexey V. Eliseev

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 Oct 2017)

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I would like to acknowledge the work that the authors put into this updated manuscript version. The addition of the new figure one combined with the edits made to the text creates a manuscript that is an improved read throughout and the work put into the this updated version address the majority of my issues from the first version. My main issue of how dense the text of the first manuscript version I feel is resolved.
The second main issue I had with lack of data is nearly resolved and I greatly appreciate the additional information in Table Two. This is a very critical bit of information in evaluating the results presented in this paper. While I’m happy to see this information, I do think there needs to be some explaining in the methods section as to where the data came from, particularly the data collected at the field site. For the data from other field sites, a simple justification of similarity I think is called for. A comparison of the site’s climate data would be great. Right now, the information in Table Two just comes up
In both Tables One and Two, I would like to see confidence intervals (or similar) of the regression statistics (Table One) and modeled/measured parameters (Table Two). Using approximations or ~ signs is enough here. In the Author’s Response you say “The internal peat biogeochemistry and peatland nutrient cycling modelled in ecosys are tested against leaf nitrogen concentrations, N mineralization, rooting depth, GPP, and Re measured/estimated at either our site or at sites that had similar peat substrates, hydrology and/or plant functional types.” I don’t see evidence of statistics showing they were tested, only compared.

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (19 Oct 2017) by Alexey V. Eliseev

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ED: Publish as is (25 Oct 2017) by Alexey V. Eliseev

AR by Mohammad Mezbahuddin on behalf of the Authors (02 Nov 2017)

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