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Marine Biology publishes original and internationally significant contributions from all fields of marine biology. Special emphasis is given to articles which promote the understanding of life in the sea, organism-environment interactions, interactions between organisms, and the functioning of the marine biosphere. While original research articles are the backbone of Marine Biology, method articles, reviews and comments are also welcome, provided that they meet the same originality, importance and quality criteria as research articles. Articles of exceptional significance are published as highlight articles. They are accompanied by an editorial comment, and they are promoted in social media.
Aspects of particular interest include:
marine biogeochemistry
ecology of marine populations and communities
marine ecophysiology
behavioural biology of marine organisms
development and life cycles of marine organisms
biochemistry and physiology of marine organisms
evolution of marine organisms
population genetics of marine organisms
marine conservation
technology developments in marine biology
Irrespective of the area, preference will be given to articles contributing to the advancement of growing research areas and/or the solution of present day theoretical debates.
Acknowledgement of Reviewers
Reviewers contribute significantly to the quality of a publication. Therefore Marine Biology offers the acknowledgement of reviewers on published articles. If reviewers agree to disclose their identity, their names will appear on the first page of the published article, below the name of the handling editor. However, they will remain anonymous throughout the entire reviewing period, regardless of whether or not they prefer to disclose their identity.

Editor-in-Chief
Ulrich Sommer
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
GEOMAR
24105 Kiel, Germany
e-mail: marinebiology@geomar.de
Managing Editor
Barbara Santer
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
GEOMAR
24105 Kiel, Germany
e-mail: marinebiology@geomar.de
Reviews Editor
Sandra E. Shumway
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Connecticut
Groton, CT, USA
e-mail: sandra.shumway@uconn.edu
Please contact the Reviews Editor before submitting a review manuscript.
Associate Editors
Nicole Aberle-Malzahn
Department of Biology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Trondheim, Norway
e-mail: nicole.aberle-malzahn@ntnu.no
Phytoplankton-zooplankton interactions: Lower food web dynamics, trophic ecology (stable isotopes), food quality, proto-/microzooplankton, climate change impacts
Angus Atkinson
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Plymouth, UK
e-mail: aat@pml.ac.uk
Zooplankton and micronekton: Phenology, biogeochemical function, food webs, feeding, Southern Ocean
Larisa Avens
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
Beaufort, NC, USA
e-mail: larisa.avens@noaa.gov
Marine megafauna (marine turtles): life history (age, growth, life stage durations), navigation, population surveys, telemetry, trophic ecology (stable isotopes)
Rong Bi
Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, MOE, 
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
e-mail: rongbi@ouc.edu.cn
Chemical composition of phytoplankton: elemental stoichiometry, fatty acids, sterols, alkenones, food webs, carbon cycle, global change, marine ecology, biogeochemistry
Kai Bischof
Department of Marine Botany
University of Bremen
Bremen, Germany
e-mail: kbischof@uni-bremen.de
Benthic primary producers: Ecophysiology, photosynthesis, seaweeds
Elizabeta Briski
GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Kiel, Germany
e-mail: ebriski@geomar.de
Invasive Species: Ecology, physiology, genetics, environmental impact, management strategies
Fabio Bulleri
Department of Biology
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
e-mail: fabio.bulleri@unipi.it
Rocky shore communities: Ecology, biological invasions, human impacts, herbivore-plant interactions
Maria Byrne
Schools of Medical and Biological Science
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, Australia
e-mail: mbyrne@anatomy.usyd.edu.au
Echinoderms: Reproduction, development, impact of global change
John K. Carlson
NOAA Fisheries Service
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Panama City, FL, USA 
e-mail: john.carlson@noaa.gov
Elasmobranchs: Life history, movements, population dynamics, ecophysiology
Paolo Casale 
Dept. of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin"
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Rome, Italy
e-mail: paolo.casale1@gmail.com
Marine turtles: ecology, distribution and movements, life history, population dynamics and structure, conservation biology, interaction with fisheries
Gee Chapman
School of Biological Sciences
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, Australia
e-mail: gee.chapman@sydney.edu.au
Coastal intertidal systems: Urban environments, human impacts, restoration.
Experimental design
Antonio Checa
Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology
University of Granada
Granada, Spain
e-mail: acheca@ugr.es
Molluscs: Constructional morphology, biomineralization, evolution
Yves Cherel
Chizé Centre for Biological Studies, CNRS
Villiers-en-Bois, France
e-mail: cherel@cebc.cnrs.fr
Top predators and seabirds: Foraging, nutrition, trophic relationships, trophic markers (lipids, stable isotopes), Southern Ocean
Tommy Clay
School of Environmental Sciences
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, UK
e-mail: tclay@liverpool.ac.uk
Seabirds: foraging ecology, movement ecology, migration, biologging, life history, conservation Biology
Kendall Clements
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Auckland
Auckland Central, New Zealand
e-mail: k.clements@auckland.ac.nz
Reef Fish: Speciation, phylogenetics, demography, evolutionary ecology. 
Feeding, nutrition and digestion of herbivorous fishes
Sean D. Connell
Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories
University of Adelaide
South Australia, Australia
e-mail: sean.connell@adelaide.edu.au
Subtidal ecology: Biogeography, habitat, human influences, kelp
Daniel E. Crocker
Department of Biology
Sonoma State University 
Rohnert Park, CA 
e-mail: crocker@sonoma.edu
Marine mammals: Forging ecology, reproduction, energetics, fasting, diving physiology, endocrinology, immune function, stress physiology
Christophe Eizaguirre
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
London, UK
e-mail: c.eizaguirre@qmul.ac.uk
Population genetics/genomics, host-parasite interactions, conservation biology, evolutionary ecology
Patrick Gagnon
Ocean Sciences Centre
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 
e-mail: pgagnon@mun.ca
Rocky subtidal communities: Ecology, Structure and function, Herbivore-plant interactions, Environmental variability, Kelp, Rhodoliths
Deborah Gochfeld
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi
University, MS, USA
e-mail: gochfeld@olemiss.edu
Coral reefs, corals and sponges: diseases, stress, chemical ecology, natural products
Andrea Gori
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali 
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
e-mail: andrea.gori@unisalento.it 
Temperate and Deep-Sea Corals: Diversity, Distribution, Reproductive and Trophic Biology, Ecophysiology, Conservation
Denis Goulet
Department of Biology
University of Mississippi
University, MS, USA
e-mail: dgoulet@olemiss.edu
Coral reef fish: Behavior, reproduction
Judith P. Grassle
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA, USA
e-mail: jgrassle@marine.rutgers.edu
Benthic communities: Invertebrate larvae, population genetics
Scott Hamilton
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
San Jose State University
Moss Landing, California, USA
e-mail: shamilton@mlml.calstate.edu
Fish: Demographic and life history variation, biogeography, species interactions, trophic ecology, climate change, ecophysiology, marine protected areas, fisheries
Saki Harii 
Tropical Biosphere Research Center
University of the Ryukyus
Okinawa, Japan
e-mail: sharii@lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Coral reefs: scleractinian corals, sexual reproduction, larval biology, symbiosis, impact of ocean warming
Chris Harrod
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Alexander von Humboldt
Universidad de Antofagasta
Antofagasta, Chile
e-mail: chris@harrodlab.net
Fish: Trophic interaction, stable isotopes as trophic markers, invasive species, impact of climate change
Jonathan Houghton
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
e-mail: j.houghton@qub.ac.uk
Marine vertebrates: Biotelemetry and data loggers, foraging, migratory behavior.
Gelatinous zooplankton
Markus Huettel
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL, USA
e-mail: mhuettel@fsu.edu
Coastal benthic systems: Biogeochemistry, oxygen dynamics
Ewan Hunter
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Lowestoft, UK
e-mail: ewan.hunter@cefas.co.uk
Fish and shellfish: Life history, predator-prey interactions, biotelemetry, population dynamics, otolith science
Xabier Irigoien
AZTI
Herrera Kaia portualdea z/g
20110 Pasaia, Gipuzkoa
Spain
e-mail: xirigoien@azti.es
Plankton: Copepods, trophic webs, biodiversity
Patrik Kraufvelin
Department of Aquatic Resources
Institute of Coastal Research
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Öregrund, Sweden
e-mail: pkraufve@abo.fi, patrik.kraufvelin@slu.se
Benthic systems: Rocky shores, environmental impact, biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, experimental design
S. Wajih A. Naqvi
National Institute of Oceanography
Goa, India
e-mail: naqvi@nio.org
Biogeochemistry; Hypoxia; Greenhouse gases
David K. Ngugi
Leibniz Institute DSMZ 
Department of Microorganisms
Braunschweig, Germany
e-mail: david.ngugi@dsmz.de
Marine microbial ecology, environmental genomics, biogeochemistry, nitrogen cycles, herbivore-microbe interactions, archaea-virus interactions
Vitor H. Paiva
MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre
Department of Life Sciences
University of Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
e-mail: vitorpaiva@ci.uc.pt
Seabirds: Spatial and trophic ecology, ecosystem modelling, bio-logging, human-related stressors, climate change
Myron Peck
Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
Hamburg University
Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: myron.peck@uni-hamburg.de
Fish and Zooplankton: Ecophysiology, food web dynamics, biophysical modelling
Hans-Otto Pörtner
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Bremerhaven, Germany
e-mail: Hans.Poertner@awi.de
Invertebrates and Fishes: Ecophysiology, tolerance and adaptation to warming, acidification and hypoxia
Oscar Puebla
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)
Bremen, Germany
e-mail: oscar.puebla@leibniz-zmt.de
Marine population genetics/genomics: Speciation, dispersal, adaptive radiation, sexual selection, evolutionary ecology, gene flow, coral reef fishes
Joost Raeymaekers
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Nord University
Bodø, Norway
e-mail: joost.raeymaekers@nord.no
Evolutionary ecology, population genetics/genomics, land/seascape genetics, evolutionary applications
Patricia A. Ramey-Balci
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Koç University
Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey 
e-mail: rameybalci@gmail.com
Benthic communities: macrofauna, diversity, life history, population dynamics, experimental design, anthropogenic Impacts
Thorsten Reusch
GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Kiel, Germany
e-mail: treusch@geomar.de
Evolutionary biology: Adaptation to global change, population genetics, phylogeography, host-pathogen interactions and co-evolution, seagrass
Marc Rius
Ocean & Earth Science
National Oceanography Centre
University of Southampton
Southampton, UK
e-mail: M.Rius@soton.ac.uk
Invasion genetics / genomics, community ecology, biogeography, evolutionary ecology
Tracey Rogers 
Evolution & Ecology Research Centre School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences 
UNSW, Sydney, Australia 
e-mail: tracey.rogers@unsw.edu.au
Marine Mammals: Adaptations to marine environment, trophic ecology (trophic markers stable isotopes and fatty acids), predator-prey interactions, bioacoustics, microbiome, macroecology
Michael Y. Roleda
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)
Bodø, Norway
e-mail: michael.roleda@nibio.no
Marine Botany: carbon physiology, ecology, life history, phenology, photobiology, reproductive biology, stress physiology
Sandra E. Shumway
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Connecticut
Groton, CT, USA
e-mail: sandra.shumway@uconn.edu
Invertebrates: Environmental physiology, molluscs, filter-feeding, harmful algal blooms, biofouling
Ursula Siebert
Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW)
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Buesum and Hannover, Germany
e-mail: ursula.siebert@tiho-hannover.de
Marine mammals: Health assessment, anthropogenic impacts
Brent S. Stewart
Hubbs - Sea World Research Institute
San Diego, CA, USA
e-mail: bstewart@hswri.org
Marine megafauna: foraging ecology, wildlife health, biogeography, diving behavior, population ecology
Martin Thiel
Facultad Ciencias del Mar
Universidad Catolica del Norte
Coquimbo, Chile
e-mail: thiel@ucn.cl
Benthic invertebrates: biogeography, life history, behavioral ecology
Anne E. Todgham
Department of Animal Science
University of California Davis
Davis, CA, USA
e-mail: todgham@ucdavis.edu
Fishes and Invertebrates: Ecophysiology, responses to multiple stressors, impact of climate change
Clive Trueman
Ocean & Earth Science
National Oceanography Centre
University of Southampton
Southampton, UK
e-mail: trueman@noc.soton.ac.uk
Fish: Stable isotope ecology, theory and approaches; use of biochemical tracers in movement and trophic ecology
Sven Uthicke
Australian Institute of Marine Science 
Townsville QLD, Australia
e-mail: s.uthicke@aims.gov.au
Population genetics, climate change impacts on Echinoderms and Foraminifera
Olav Vadstein
Department of Biotechnology and Food Science
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
e-mail: olav.vadstein@ntnu.no
Microbial ecology: Plankton, microbial loop, food web interactions, trophic cascades, host-microbe interactions
Roger Villanueva
Institut de Ciencies del Mar (CSIC)
Barcelona, Spain
e-mail: roger@icm.csic.es
Cephalopods: early life stages, nutrition, development, reproduction
Christian R. Voolstra
Department of Biology
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
e-mail: christian.voolstra@uni-konstanz.de
Coral reefs: Molecular ecology, genomics, evolution, adaptation, climate change, marine conservation
Florian Weinberger
GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Kiel, Germany
e-mail: fweinberger@geomar.de
Seaweeds: Physiology, biochemistry, molecular interactions of marine organisms, invasion, defense Regulation
Christian Wild
Department of Marine Ecology
University of Bremen
Bremen, Germany
e-mail: cwild@uni-bremen.de
Coastal benthic ecosystems: coral reefs, seagrass meadows, phytal habitats, rocky shores, ecosystem engineers, ecophysiology, microbial ecology, biogeochemistry
Kedong Yin
School of Marine Biology
Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangzhou, China 
e-mail: yinkd@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Phytoplankton: Ecophysiology, eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia
Aibin Zhan
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
e-mail: zhanaibin@hotmail.com; azhan@rcees.ac.cn
Molecular and evolutionary ecology, molecular adaptation, gene expression and regulations, genetics/genomics, and epigenetics/epigenomics of invertebrates