Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1309-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1309-2020
Research article
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16 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 16 Mar 2020

Experiment design and bacterial abundance control extracellular H2O2 concentrations during four series of mesocosm experiments

Mark J. Hopwood, Nicolas Sanchez, Despo Polyviou, Øystein Leiknes, Julián Alberto Gallego-Urrea, Eric P. Achterberg, Murat V. Ardelan, Javier Aristegui, Lennart Bach, Sengul Besiktepe, Yohann Heriot, Ioanna Kalantzi, Tuba Terbıyık Kurt, Ioulia Santi, Tatiana M. Tsagaraki, and David Turner

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (11 Feb 2019) by Gerhard Herndl
AR by Mark Hopwood on behalf of the Authors (07 Mar 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Apr 2019) by Gerhard Herndl
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 May 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (16 Aug 2019)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (20 Aug 2019) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
AR by Mark Hopwood on behalf of the Authors (10 Sep 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Sep 2019) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (11 Nov 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Nov 2019) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
AR by Mark Hopwood on behalf of the Authors (24 Nov 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (29 Nov 2019) by S. Wajih A. Naqvi
Short summary
Hydrogen peroxide, H2O2, is formed naturally in sunlight-exposed water by photochemistry. At high concentrations it is undesirable to biological cells because it is a stressor. Here, across a range of incubation experiments in diverse marine environments (Gran Canaria, the Mediterranean, Patagonia and Svalbard), we determine that two factors consistently affect the H2O2 concentrations irrespective of geographical location: bacteria abundance and experiment design.
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