Flux variability of phyto- and zooplankton communities in the Mauritanian coastal upwelling between 2003 and 2008

Romero, Oscar E.; Baumann, Karl-Heinz; Zonneveld, Karin A. F.; Donner, Barbara; Hefter, Jens; Hamady, Bambaye; Pospelova, Vera; Fischer, Gerhard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-187-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-187-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-187-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 1

Research article

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17 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 17 Jan 2020

Flux variability of phyto- and zooplankton communities in the Mauritanian coastal upwelling between 2003 and 2008

Oscar E. Romero, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Karin A. F. Zonneveld, Barbara Donner, Jens Hefter, Bambaye Hamady, Vera Pospelova, and Gerhard Fischer

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RC1: 'Review of Romero et al. (2019, Biogeosciences): Variability of phyto- and zooplankton communities in the Mauritanian coastal upwelling between 2003 and 2008', Manuel Bringué, 04 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to comments by Dr. M. Bringué', Oscar E. Romero, 04 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Oct 2019
- RC3: 'Additional point from reviewer', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Oct 2019
  - AC3: 'Reply to Comment from Referee 2', Oscar E. Romero, 04 Nov 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to comments by Referee 2', Oscar E. Romero, 04 Nov 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Nov 2019) by Emilio Marañón

AR by Anna Mirena Feist-Polner on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Nov 2019) by Emilio Marañón

Short summary

Monitoring of the multiannual evolution of populations representing different trophic levels allows for obtaining insights into the impact of climate variability in marine coastal upwelling ecosystems. By using a multiyear, continuous (1,900 d) sediment trap record, we assess the dynamics and fluxes of calcareous, organic and siliceous microorganisms off Mauritania (NW Africa). The experiment allowed for the recognition of a general sequence of seasonal variations of the main populations.