Southern Ocean Biogeochemical Argo  detect under-ice phytoplankton growth before sea ice retreat

Hague, Mark; Vichi, Marcello

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-25-2021

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04 Jan 2021

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Southern Ocean Biogeochemical Argo detect under-ice phytoplankton growth before sea ice retreat

Mark Hague and Marcello Vichi

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SC1: 'acknowledging SOCCOM data source', Lynne Talley, 20 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'SOCCOM Acknowledgement', Mark Hague, 28 Jul 2020
RC1: 'Referee comments on "Southern Ocean BGC-Argo Detect Under Ice Phytoplankton Growth Before Sea Ice Retreat"', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jul 2020
- RC2: 'Correction in the second point', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jul 2020
  - AC4: 'Response to Reviewer 1 - point 2', Mark Hague, 12 Oct 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Mark Hague, 14 Sep 2020
RC3: 'Referee comments on 'Southern Ocean BGC-Argo Detect Under Ice Phytoplankton Growth Before Sea Ice Retreat'', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Jul 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Mark Hague, 05 Oct 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Oct 2020) by Ciavatta Stefano

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Oct 2020) by Ciavatta Stefano (Co-editor-in-chief)

AR by Mark Hague on behalf of the Authors (10 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Nov 2020) by Ciavatta Stefano

ED: Publish as is (12 Nov 2020) by Katja Fennel (Co-editor-in-chief)

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This paper examines the question of what causes the rapid spring growth of microscopic marine algae (phytoplankton) in the ice-covered ocean surrounding Antarctica. One prominent hypothesis proposes that the melting of sea ice is the primary cause, while our results suggest that this is only part of the explanation. In particular, we show that phytoplankton are able to start growing before the sea ice melts appreciably, much earlier than previously thought.