Structure and functioning of the acid–base system in the Baltic Sea

Kuliński, Karol; Schneider, Bernd; Szymczycha, Beata; Stokowski, Marcin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-1107-2017

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Structure and functioning of the acid–base system in the Baltic Sea

Karol Kuliński, Bernd Schneider, Beata Szymczycha, and Marcin Stokowski

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RC1: 'Review of Kulinski et al., “Structure and functioning of the acid-base system in the Baltic Sea”', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 May 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Karol Kulinski, 19 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Review of “Structure and functioning of the acid-base system in the Baltic Sea” by Kuliński et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 May 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Karol Kulinski, 19 Jul 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Aug 2017) by Marcus Reckermann

AR by Karol Kulinski on behalf of the Authors (04 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Sep 2017) by Marcus Reckermann

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (27 Sep 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Oct 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (09 Oct 2017) by Marcus Reckermann

AR by Karol Kulinski on behalf of the Authors (21 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Nov 2017) by Marcus Reckermann

AR by Karol Kulinski on behalf of the Authors (06 Nov 2017)

Short summary

This review describes the general knowledge of the marine acid–base system as well as the peculiarities identified and reported for the Baltic Sea specifically. We discuss issues such as dissociation constants in the brackish water, the structure of the total alkalinity in the Baltic Sea, long-term changes in total alkalinity, and the acid–base effects of biomass production and mineralization. We identify research gaps and specify bottlenecks concerning the Baltic Sea acid–base system.