Deep maxima of phytoplankton biomass, primary production  and bacterial production in the Mediterranean Sea

Marañón, Emilio; Van Wambeke, France; Uitz, Julia; Boss, Emmanuel S.; Dimier, Céline; Dinasquet, Julie; Engel, Anja; Haëntjens, Nils; Pérez-Lorenzo, María; Taillandier, Vincent; Zäncker, Birthe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1749-2021

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15 Mar 2021

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| 15 Mar 2021

Deep maxima of phytoplankton biomass, primary production and bacterial production in the Mediterranean Sea

Emilio Marañón, France Van Wambeke, Julia Uitz, Emmanuel S. Boss, Céline Dimier, Julie Dinasquet, Anja Engel, Nils Haëntjens, María Pérez-Lorenzo, Vincent Taillandier, and Birthe Zäncker

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RC1: 'Review of the paper “Deep maxima of phytoplankton biomass, primary production and bacterial production in the Mediterranean Sea during late Spring” by Emilio Marañón et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Responses to Reviewer 1', Emilio Marañón, 09 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Review of MS No.: bg-2020-261 Deep maxima of phytoplankton biomass, primary production and bacterial production in the Mediterranean Sea during late spring by E Marañón et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Responses to Reviewer 2', Emilio Marañón, 09 Nov 2020
RC3: 'Recommendation to the editor : Deep maxima of phytoplankton, primary production and bacterial production in the Mediterranean Sea during late spring ................by Emilio Maranon et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Oct 2020
- AC3: 'Responses to Reviewer 3', Emilio Marañón, 09 Nov 2020

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (22 Nov 2020) by Aninda Mazumdar

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Nov 2020) by Christine Klaas (Co-editor-in-chief)

AR by Emilio Marañón on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Dec 2020) by Aninda Mazumdar

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Jan 2021)

ED: Publish as is (23 Jan 2021) by Aninda Mazumdar

ED: Publish as is (08 Feb 2021) by Christine Klaas (Co-editor-in-chief)

AR by Emilio Marañón on behalf of the Authors (10 Feb 2021)

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The concentration of chlorophyll is commonly used as an indicator of the abundance of photosynthetic plankton (phytoplankton) in lakes and oceans. Our study investigates why a deep chlorophyll maximum, located near the bottom of the upper, illuminated layer develops in the Mediterranean Sea. We find that the acclimation of cells to low light is the main mechanism involved and that this deep maximum represents also a maximum in the biomass and carbon fixation activity of phytoplankton.