Marine Biology Research ( MBRJ) provides a worldwide forum for key information, ideas and discussion on all areas of marine biology and biological oceanography. Founded in 2005 as a merger of two Scandinavian journals, Sarsia and Ophelia, MBRJ is based today at the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway. The Journal’s scope encompasses basic and applied research from all oceans and marine habitats and on all marine organisms, the main criterium for acceptance being quality. In its first ten years, MBRJ has published nearly 700 submissions from 55 countries, including many research and review articles as well as eight Thematic Issues.
Marine Biology Research covers a broad range of topics, including:
Ecology
Autotrophs and Heterotrophs, Food webs
Behaviour
Benthos and plankton dynamics
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Climate effects
Coastal, Oceanic, and Deep-sea habitats
Developmental and Reproductive Biology
Ecosystem functioning
Environmental and Fisheries Biology
Evolution, Phylogeny, Systematics
Microbiology and Virology
Paleoecology
Phylogeography
Physiology
Population dynamics and genetics
Taxonomy
MBRJ covers applied aspects (environment, fisheries, management, monitoring) of marine biological research which contribute to general biological insight.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single blind and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. 

Editor-in-Chief 
Haakon Hop - Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway 

Co-Editor 
Gavin Gouws - South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa 

Copy Editors 
David Shale - Musbury, Axminister, UK 

Subject Editors 
Sünnje Linnéa Basedow - UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway; Mesozooplankton, pelagic distribution patterns 
Daniela Basso - University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy; Calcareous algae and Marine Bioconstruction 
Jørgen Berge - UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway; Climate effects on marine populations 
Leandro Bugoni - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil; Seabirds and Marine Reptiles 
Paco Cardenas - Uppsala University, Sweden; Marine sponges 
Sabine Cochrane - Akvaplan-niva, Norway; Polychaetes and soft-bottom benthic ecology 
Rui Coelho - Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere, Portugal; Elasmobranch biology 
Rachel Collin - Smithsonian Tropical Institute, Panama; Mollusc systematics and biology 
Anna Fricke - Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía, CONICET, Argentina; Macroalgae Diversity and Ecophysiology 
Andrey V. Gebruk - Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Hydrothermal vent & cold deep sea faunas; Echinoderm taxonomy 
Audrey J. Geffen - University of Bergen, Norway; Fisheries and Coastal Management 
Gavin Gouws - South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa; Phylogeography; Population genetics 
Margot Hessing-Lewis - Hakai Beach Institute, Calvert Island, Canada; Seagrass biology and ecology 
Rus Hoelzel - Durham University, United Kingdom; Marine Mammals 
Sharon Hook - CSIRO, Australia; Ecotoxicology 
Haakon Hop -  Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway; Food webs & trophic interactions 
Naoko Isomura - National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College, Japan; Coral Biology and Evolution 
Christopher P. Kenaley - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, USA; Fish Systematics 
Roy K. Kropp - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory & Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory, USA; Coastal Monitoring and Management 
Sanja Matic-Skoko - Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Croatia; Fisheries Biology, small-scale fisheries 
Francesc Maynou - Institut de Ciéncies del Mar, CSIC, Spain; Invertebrate Fisheries and Bycatch 
Michael Maia Mincarone - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Systematic ichthyology 
Tina N. Molodtsova - P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Russia;Actiniaria and Octocorallia 
David J. S. Montagnes - University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; Microzooplankton 
Göran Nilsson - University of Oslo, Norway; Marine Vertebrate Physiology 
Stefania Puce - DiSVA, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy; Hydroida 
Marcelo M. Rivadeneira - Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Chile; Paleoecology and biogeography 
Javier Sellanes - Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile; Ocean margin ecology 
Martin Vinther Sørensen - Natural History Museum of Denmark, Denmark; Scalidophora and Gnathifera 
Torsten Struck - Natural History Museum, Norway; Phylogeny 
David W. Thieltges - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands; Parasitology, Invasive Species, Macroecology 
Manuela Truebano - University of Plymouth, UK; Invertebrate Physiology 
Kjell Rong Utne - Institute of Marine Research, Norway; Fisheries Biology - Population dynamics 
Sancia van der Meij - University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Crustacean systematics 
Janet Voight - The Field Museum, Chicago, USA; Mollusc systematics 
John Zardus - Military College of South Carolina Charleston, USA; Deep-sea biology (exclusive of hot vent biology) 


Regional Support Editor 
Farnis Boneka - Universitas Sam Ratulangi (UNSRAT), Indonesia