Recent 137Cs Distribution in the Aegean Sea, Greece
, Dionisis L. Patiris 1, Georgios Eleftheriou 1, Filothei K. Pappa 1, Efrossyni Androulakaki 1, Manos Dasenakis 2, Evangelia Krasakopoulou 3 and Vassilis Zervakis 3
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
6. Conclusions and perspectives: Tracer studies of water masses should use other elements/isotopes preferentialy. Cs-137 is getting old, its activity is diminishing.
1. Introduction: Define Θ/S (page 3) before using it.
3. Materials and methods: "gr" is not offical abriviation for gram. Please, change this to "g" in text.
4. Results: Delete Table 2, make Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 larger and readable.
Author Response
Please see the attached file for the reply to reviewer #1
Author Response File: 
Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
Dear Authors,
I’ve read your manuscript with big interest and found it very interesting, informative, and internationally important. It is based on a strong research project, and the outcomes are communicated properly. The manuscript is structured and illustrated adequately. I see some issues for improvements. I hope my recommendations will help bringing your work fully in order.
1) Key words: please, avoid the words from the title.
2) The information about sampling and sample sites can be moved to the section 3.
3) Figures 2 and 4 must be enlarged and made more contrast for visibility of details.
4) Line 323: “the basin W10” – may be station instead of basin? (check also Line 379 and other places)
5) Discussion: it would be important to see a brief comparison of your findings with what was reported earlier from the other seas of the world.
6) Section 6: the first paragraph bears interpretations, which are more suitable to “Discussion”. In the section 6, I advise to give a numbered list of 3-5 principal findings (from “Results” and “Discussion”).
7) The language and the style need certain polishing. I also see some repetitions between the paragraphs, which should be avoided where possible.
8) References: I’m sure you can cite more sources, including some articles in top international journals published in the 2020s.
Author Response
Please see the reply in the attached file to the comments of reviewer #2.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
