Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2007-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2007-2022
Research article
 | 
11 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 11 Apr 2022

Suspended particulate matter drives the spatial segregation of nitrogen turnover along the hyper-turbid Ems estuary

Gesa Schulz, Tina Sanders, Justus E. E. van Beusekom, Yoana G. Voynova, Andreas Schöl, and Kirstin Dähnke

Download

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on bg-2021-321', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Jan 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Gesa Schulz, 02 Feb 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on bg-2021-321', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Feb 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Gesa Schulz, 28 Feb 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Mar 2022) by Tina Treude
AR by Gesa Schulz on behalf of the Authors (15 Mar 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Mar 2022) by Tina Treude
AR by Gesa Schulz on behalf of the Authors (16 Mar 2022)  Author's response   Manuscript 
Download
Short summary
Estuaries can significantly alter nutrient loads before reaching coastal waters. Our study of the heavily managed Ems estuary (Northern Germany) reveals three zones of nitrogen turnover along the estuary with water-column denitrification in the most upstream hyper-turbid part, nitrate production in the middle reaches and mixing/nitrate uptake in the North Sea. Suspended particulate matter was the overarching control on nitrogen cycling in the hyper-turbid estuary.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint