Interactive comment on “Seasonal and latitudinal patterns of pelagic community metabolism in surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean” by S. Agusti
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This ms describes a dataset collected during 4 quasi-meridianal cruises from 19951999, bisecting the Atlantic Ocean as part of the LATITUD project. While there were some differences in sampling design, cruises generally followed a diagonal pattern across the Atlantic Basin from the coast of Africa to the coast of South America. Surface waters were sampled at from 10-34 stations per cruise. Incubation assays were done to measure community respiration (R), net community production (NCP) and gross primary production (calculated as NCP+R). R and NCP rates were measured as changes in oxygen concentrations over a 24 h for samples incubated in darkness and natural or simulated sunlight, respectively. Oxygen was measured using a precision Winkler method. The main findings from the study were that NCP and R were very low in these oligotrophic waters, and that R typically exceeded NCP, indicating that much of the open Atlantic ocean is net heterotrophic. The author describes the C281
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Interactive comment on “Seasonal and latitudinal patterns of pelagic community metabolism in surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean” by S. Agusti
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