Articles | Volume 18, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5595-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5595-2021
Research article
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18 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2021

Grazing behavior and winter phytoplankton accumulation

Mara Freilich, Alexandre Mignot, Glenn Flierl, and Raffaele Ferrari

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 May 2021) by Giorgio Dall'Olmo
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 May 2021) by Katja Fennel (Co-editor-in-chief)
AR by Mara Freilich on behalf of the Authors (29 Jun 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Jun 2021) by Giorgio Dall'Olmo
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (16 Jul 2021)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Jul 2021)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 Jul 2021) by Giorgio Dall'Olmo
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 Jul 2021) by Katja Fennel (Co-editor-in-chief)
AR by Mara Freilich on behalf of the Authors (12 Aug 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (25 Aug 2021) by Giorgio Dall'Olmo
ED: Publish as is (25 Aug 2021) by Ciavatta Stefano (Co-editor-in-chief)
AR by Mara Freilich on behalf of the Authors (01 Sep 2021)
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Observations reveal that in some regions phytoplankton biomass increases during the wintertime when growth conditions are sub-optimal, which has been attributed to a release from grazing during mixed layer deepening. Measurements of grazer populations to support this theory are lacking. We demonstrate that a release from grazing when the winter mixed layer is deepening holds only for certain grazing models, extending the use of phytoplankton observations to make inferences about grazer dynamics.
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