Spatial and temporal variability in coccolithophore abundance and distribution in the NW Iberian coastal upwelling system

Ausín, Blanca; Zúñiga, Diana; Flores, Jose A.; Cavaleiro, Catarina; Froján, María; Villacieros-Robineau, Nicolás; Alonso-Pérez, Fernando; Arbones, Belén; Santos, Celia; de la Granda, Francisco; G. Castro, Carmen; Abrantes, Fátima; Eglinton, Timothy I.; Salgueiro, Emilia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-245-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-245-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-245-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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11 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 11 Jan 2018

Spatial and temporal variability in coccolithophore abundance and distribution in the NW Iberian coastal upwelling system

Blanca Ausín, Diana Zúñiga, Jose A. Flores, Catarina Cavaleiro, María Froján, Nicolás Villacieros-Robineau, Fernando Alonso-Pérez, Belén Arbones, Celia Santos, Francisco de la Granda, Carmen G. Castro, Fátima Abrantes, Timothy I. Eglinton, and Emilia Salgueiro

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RC1: 'Reviewing Ausín et al, manuscript', Mário Cachão, 28 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Reply Reviewer #1', Blanca Ausin, 05 Sep 2017
RC2: 'review of Ausin et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Reviewer #2_Reply', Blanca Ausin, 05 Sep 2017
RC3: 'Review of Ausín et al. “Spatial and temporal variability in coccolithophore abundance and distribution in the NW Iberian coastal upwelling system” for Biogeosciences', Anonymous Referee #3, 17 Aug 2017
- AC3: 'Reviewer #3_Reply', Blanca Ausin, 05 Sep 2017
RC4: 'Spatial and temporal variability in coccolithophore abundance and distribution in the NW Iberian coastal upwelling system', Anonymous Referee #4, 17 Aug 2017
- AC4: 'Reviewer #4_Reply', Blanca Ausin, 05 Sep 2017

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (19 Sep 2017) by Clare Woulds

AR by Blanca Ausin on behalf of the Authors (04 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Oct 2017) by Clare Woulds

RR by Mário Cachão (18 Oct 2017)

RR by Maria Triantaphyllou (29 Oct 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (21 Nov 2017) by Clare Woulds

AR by Blanca Ausin on behalf of the Authors (21 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

A systematic investigation of the coccolithophore ecology was performed for the first time in the NW Iberian Margin to broaden our knowledge on the use of fossil coccoliths in marine sediment records to infer environmental conditions in the past. Coccolithophores proved to be significant primary producers and their abundance and distribution was favoured by warmer and nutrient–depleted waters during the upwelling regime, seasonally controlled offshore and influenced by coastal processes onshore.