Dear authors,
many thanks for your responses to the reviewers' comments.
Please upload a revised version of your manuscript which I will send for another round of reviews.
Kind regards
FG

Dear authors,

I would like to thank both reviewers for their careful evaluation of the revised manuscript. I am pleased to see that you have addressed the vast majority of the concerns raised during the first round of review and that both reviewers acknowledge the substantial improvements made to the manuscript.

Reviewer #1 considers that all scientific concerns have been satisfactorily resolved and only suggests a number of minor technical corrections. Reviewer #2 raises one remaining concern regarding the choice of the optimal growth temperature parameterization but also acknowledges that the manuscript is now in much better shape and leaves this issue to the editor's judgment.

In my assessment, the authors have provided a reasonable justification for retaining their original parameterization and have adequately discussed the associated limitations and uncertainties. I therefore invite you to revise the manuscript by carefully addressing all remaining editorial comments. Once a revised version has been submitted, I will carry out a final evaluation before making my decision regarding publication.

Kind regards,

FG

Dear authors,

Many thanks for your revisions to the manuscript. I am pleased to accept it for publication in Biogeosciences.

Kind regards,
F