Review on Ecological Response of Aquatic Plants to Balanced Harvesting

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The article is well organized and structured. I would suggest:

- more discussion on the section regarding the relationship between bottom harvesting and zooplankton population,

- Figures use more contrasting shadings or patterns,

- maybe a correction on Figure 4 that has two similar labels for two different columns

Author Response

Dear Reviewers.
      Thank you for the comments. I have carefully revised them, as detailed in the attachment.

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Reviewer 2 Report

This is a very well written and prepared work. The authors have completely and thoroughly covered their subject, providing all needed justifications.

The only issue I can point is that while a significant part of the paper discussed general issues in deed, all case studies, as well as the discussion part focus on Chinese cases. This is understandable as a lot of work has been done there, however it feels that in a review paper, authors would try to cover other areas as well.

In all other aspects, this work is ready for publication, with some minor editing issues (see attached pdf).

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear Reviewers.
      Thank you for the comments. I have carefully revised them, as detailed in the attachment.

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