The role of diatom resting spores in pelagic–benthic coupling in the Southern Ocean

Rembauville, Mathieu; Blain, Stéphane; Manno, Clara; Tarling, Geraint; Thompson, Anu; Wolff, George; Salter, Ian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3071-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3071-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3071-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

Research article

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18 May 2018

Research article |

| 18 May 2018

The role of diatom resting spores in pelagic–benthic coupling in the Southern Ocean

Mathieu Rembauville, Stéphane Blain, Clara Manno, Geraint Tarling, Anu Thompson, George Wolff, and Ian Salter

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RC1: 'Interacting comments to the manuscript ?The role of diatom resting spores for pelagic-benthic coupling in the Southern Ocean'', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'bg-2017-414 Authors response to Reviewer 1', Ian Salter, 13 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review of Rembauville et al. BG-2017-414', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Dec 2017
- AC2: 'bg-2017-414 Authors response to Reviewer 2', Ian Salter, 13 Feb 2018

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Mar 2018) by Gerhard Herndl

AR by Ian Salter on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Apr 2018) by Gerhard Herndl

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Sinking phytoplankton from the surface ocean provide the principal energy source to deep-ocean ecosystems. Our aim was to understand how different phytoplankton communities impact the chemical nature of this sinking material. We show certain types of phytoplankton can preferentially export energy-rich storage compounds to the seafloor. Any climate-driven effects on phytoplankton community structure could thus impact remote deep-ocean ecosystems thousands of kilometres beneath the surface.