Nitric oxide (NO) in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea

Tian, Ye; Xue, Chao; Liu, Chun-Ying; Yang, Gui-Peng; Li, Pei-Feng; Feng, Wei-Hua; Bange, Hermann W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4485-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4485-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4485-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

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27 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 27 Nov 2019

Nitric oxide (NO) in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea

Ye Tian, Chao Xue, Chun-Ying Liu, Gui-Peng Yang, Pei-Feng Li, Wei-Hua Feng, and Hermann W. Bange

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RC1: 'review of Manuscript title: Nitric oxide (NO) in the Bohai and Yellow Seas', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Response to the reviewer', Chun-ying Liu, 18 Nov 2018
RC2: 'Review Ye Tian et al', Carolin Löscher, 24 Sep 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Prof. Carolin Löscher "Nitric oxide (NO) in the Bohai and Yellow Seas"', Chun-ying Liu, 28 Sep 2019

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (06 Oct 2019) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi

AR by Chun-ying Liu on behalf of the Authors (09 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Oct 2019) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Oct 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Oct 2019) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi

AR by Chun-ying Liu on behalf of the Authors (23 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Oct 2019) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi

AR by Chun-ying Liu on behalf of the Authors (28 Oct 2019)

Short summary

Nitric oxide (NO) seems to be widespread, with different functions in the marine ecosystem, but we know little about it. Concentrations of NO were in a range from below the limit of detection to 616 pmol L⁻¹ at the surface and 482 pmol L⁻¹ at the bottom of the Bohai and Yellow seas. The study region was a source of atmospheric NO. Net NO sea-to-air fluxes were much lower than NO photoproduction rates, implying that the NO produced in the mixed layer was rapidly consumed before entering the air.