Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1421-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1421-2022
Ideas and perspectives
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09 Mar 2022
Ideas and perspectives | Highlight paper |  | 09 Mar 2022

Ideas and perspectives: Sea-level change, anaerobic methane oxidation, and the glacial–interglacial phosphorus cycle

Bjorn Sundby, Pierre Anschutz, Pascal Lecroart, and Alfonso Mucci

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on bg-2021-124', Gabriel Filippelli, 22 Jun 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Pierre ANSCHUTZ, 20 Jul 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on bg-2021-124', David Archer, 25 Jun 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Pierre ANSCHUTZ, 20 Jul 2021
  • RC3: 'Comment on bg-2021-124', Sabine Kasten, 21 Jul 2021
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Pierre ANSCHUTZ, 11 Aug 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (12 Aug 2021) by Tina Treude
AR by Pierre ANSCHUTZ on behalf of the Authors (09 Sep 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Sep 2021) by Tina Treude
RR by Sabine Kasten (15 Nov 2021)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Nov 2021) by Tina Treude
AR by Pierre ANSCHUTZ on behalf of the Authors (03 Feb 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (11 Feb 2022) by Tina Treude
AR by Pierre ANSCHUTZ on behalf of the Authors (11 Feb 2022)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
A glacial–interglacial methane-fuelled redistribution of reactive phosphorus between the oceanic and sedimentary phosphorus reservoirs can occur in the ocean when falling sea level lowers the pressure on the seafloor, destabilizes methane hydrates, and triggers the dissolution of P-bearing iron oxides. The mass of phosphate potentially mobilizable from the sediment is similar to the size of the current oceanic reservoir. Hence, this process may play a major role in the marine phosphorus cycle.
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