Articles | Volume 21, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-1505-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-1505-2025
Research article
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24 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 24 Jul 2025

Sargassum spp. accumulation and transport by mesoscale eddies

Rosmery Sosa-Gutierrez, Julien Jouanno, and Leo Berline

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AR by Rosmery Sosa-Gutierrez on behalf of the Authors (11 Apr 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Apr 2025) by Erik van Sebille
RR by Clément Vic (22 Apr 2025)
RR by M. Josefina Olascoaga (28 Apr 2025)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 Apr 2025) by Erik van Sebille
ED: Reject (06 May 2025) by Mario Hoppema (Co-editor-in-chief)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 May 2025) by Mario Hoppema (Co-editor-in-chief)
AR by Rosmery Sosa-Gutierrez on behalf of the Authors (14 May 2025)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
Since 2010, pelagic Sargassum spp. blooms have increased in several tropical Atlantic regions, causing socioeconomic and ecosystem impacts. Offshore structuration of Sargassum by mesoscale dynamics may influence transport and growth. Sargassum stays afloat, constantly interacting with currents, waves, winds, and mesoscale eddies. We find that anticyclones and cyclones effectively trap Sargassum throughout its propagation, with a greater tendency for cyclones to accumulate Sargassum.
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