Assessment of the Materials Employed in Green Artificial Reefs for the Galician Estuaries in Terms of Circular Economy

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript Adapting a PROARR Artificial Reef Project Based in the Galician Estuaries to the Principles of the Circular Economy is suitable for publication in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, only requires some changes.

1. Please, improve the Methodology. Add section (methodology section) and summarize the steps to follow to establish efficient management systems such as green artificial reefs (GAR)
2. The authors have to convince the reader what the result means, why it is important, what it contributes to existing research. What the Methodological, empirical or conceptual contribution. The motivation for the study is insufficiently explained.
3. Explain Figure 4
4. The authors have need to discuss the findings and their contribution at the knowledge and it's important to understand the international perspective of the journal.

 

 

 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer 1,

Thank you very much for your suggestions, which have resulted very useful to improve our manuscript. We have addressed all the comments made by both Reviewers 1 and 2. All of them are highlighted in blue colour in the manuscript (file: ijerph-966249 - Marked Changes). Please find here below the answers to the comments made by Reviewer 1.

Comment 1. Please, improve the Methodology. Add section (methodology section) and summarize the steps to follow to establish efficient management systems such as green artificial reefs (GAR).

We have created a section about methodology and another one about results and discussion.

Comment 2. The authors have to convince the reader what the result means, why it is important, what it contributes to existing research. What the Methodological, empirical or conceptual contribution. The motivation for the study is insufficiently explained.

We have modified the objectives emphasizing why this study is important and its contribution to existing research. We have included the motivation in the introduction section, thousands of tons of shell waste are produced per year in Galicia. These residues can be re-utilized to build sustainable artificial reefs.

Comment 3. Explain Figure 4.

We have explained Figure 4 (now it is Figure 3).

Comment 4. The authors have need to discuss the findings and their contribution at the knowledge and it's important to understand the international perspective of the journal.

We have modified the conclusions including what Reviewer 1 asks for in this comment.

Reviewer 2 Report

See comments in attached PDF.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear Reviewer 2,

Thank you very much for your suggestions, which have resulted very useful to improve our manuscript. We have addressed all the comments made by both Reviewers 1 and 2. All of them are highlighted in blue colour in the manuscript (file: ijerph-966249 - Marked Changes). The main changes are indicated below and all the modifications are listed on the attached PDF file. In the attached PDF file, we have answer all the comments separately.

- We have moved the information about Galicia to the introduction.

- We have deleted Section 3 and the most relevant parts of this section were distributed along the manuscript.

- We have included a “Methodology” section.

- We have included a “Results and Discussion” section.

- All other modifications proposed are listed on the attached PDF file.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf