Skip to Content
MDPIMDPI

Advanced

by
  • Ignacio López Muñoz 1 and
  • Olivier Bernard 1,2,*

Reviewer 1: Anonymous Reviewer 2: Anonymous Reviewer 3: Anonymous

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I only have one word for this manuscript: CONGRATULATIONS.
When the work is well done, it must be said.

The manuscript is very interesting, easy to read, well planned, well written. I wouldn't change not a single comma.

Keep on doing such a good things!!

Author Response

We are very grateful to Reviewer #1 for his o her very positive appreciation of our work

Reviewer 2 Report

I suggest sending this manuscript also to a reviewer with experience in ecological modelling. 

Author Response

We hope the Editor could take into consideration your comment.

Reviewer 3 Report

The Authors prepared a manuscript on model proposal for predicting microalgal growth rate as a process dependent on the temperature, light intensity and oxygen level.  The manuscript is well-written and contains valuable data, however the calculations and validation were performed using available, literature data. The Authors postulate to verify the model on real data/investigations, which is strongly recommended by the reviewer. My specific comments are as follows:

  1. Introduction, 3rd sentence: please provide some citations reflecting the mentioned research studies.
  2. Equation 1: please add description of “I”.
  3. Equations 1 and 2: please provide units for used symbols; please describe all used symbols (e.g. explanation of “R” (probably gas constant) is missing.
  4. Equation 9: I propose to describe “kLa” as volumetric mass transfer coefficient for oxygen.
  5. Page 6: please provide full description of software used in the study.
  6. Point 4.4, 4th line from the bottom: please write “the productivity”.
  7. List of references does not fit with citations in the text. E.g. in the end of the article, there are citations no. 33, 39, 40 (probably 33 and 40 are the same), and they are not listed (list of references contains only 32 articles). Please verify this.
  8. Please add full description for the affiliation of the Authors.

Author Response

Please, see the document attached

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

I accept the paper in the present form.