Dear Dr. Pinko:

Thank you for submitting your paper to Biogeosciences. Two referees have evaluated your paper and believe the material is publishable after substantial revision. In your reply to referees’ comments you clearly communicated how you will address the feedback and based on this I believe that a revised version might eventually be acceptable. I therefore invite you to submit a revised version to Biogeosciences.

With best regards, Jack Middelburg, Associate editor Biogeosciences

Dear Dr. Pinko:

Thank you for submitting the revised version to Biogeosciences. I have read the revised version and related discussions and I am happy to inform you that your paper is now acceptable for publication. However, while reading I identified a few minor issues that require attention or correction. I have listed these below.

With best regards, Jack Middelburg

l. 48; first time use: write full species name.
l. 75; Replace , with . before However
l 91; I guess it is no change occur and not no change accurse, please check.
l. 107;  non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test
l.208; all statistical analyses
l 225; Perhaps reformulate as: A small decrease was observed at 35 oC, but this was not significant during the first week (Fig. 3…..). (At least that is how I interpret your figure and statistics).
l. 226: delete floating ‘s’