Editor(s):

(1) Dr. Joji. V. S, Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India.

(2) Dr. Nedim Özdemir, Associate Professor, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey.

Reviewers:

(1) Ammar Salman Dawood, University of Basrah, Iraq.

(2) Rakhi Das, School of Agriculture, SAGE University, India.

Additional Reviewers:

(1) Amany Saad Amer, Central Lab for Environmental Quality Monitoring (CLEQM), National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt.

(2) Farhaoui Mohamed, Morocco.

(3) Silvia Chamizo Checa, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Mexico.

Additional Reviewers: (Comments received after deadline)

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Specific Comment:

Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 8.25/10

Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 9/10

Peer Review History:

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Stage 1 | Original Manuscript | File 1 | NA

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Stage 2 | Peer review report_1 (Ammar Salman Dawood, Iraq) | File 1 | NA

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Stage 2 | Peer review report_2 (Rakhi Das, India) | File 1 | File 2

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Stage 2 | Revised_MS_v1_and_Feedback_v1 | File 1 | File 2

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Stage 3 | Comment_Editor_1_v1 | File 1 | NA

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Stage 3 | Revised_MS_v2_and_Feedback_v2 | File 1 | NA

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Stage 3 | Comment_Editor_2_v1 | File 1 | NA

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Stage 3 | Revised_MS_v3_and_Feedback_v3 | File 1 | NA

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