The journal publishes papers on all functional and evolutionary aspects of genes, chromatin, chromosomes and (meta)genomes of marine (and freshwater) organisms. It deals with new genome-enabled insights into the broader framework of environmental science. Topics within the scope of this journal include:
• Population genomics and ecology
• Evolutionary and developmental genomics
• Comparative genomics
• Metagenomics
• Environmental genomics
• Systems biology
More specific topics include: geographic and phylogenomic characterization of aquatic organisms, metabolic capacities and pathways of organisms and communities, biogeochemical cycles, genomics and integrative approaches applied to microbial ecology including (meta)transcriptomics and (meta)proteomics, tracking of infectious diseases, environmental stress, global climate change and ecosystem modelling. 

Regular research papers, methods papers, reviews, letters to the editor. 

Editor-in-Chief
Frank Oliver Glöckner
Max-Planck-Inst. (MPI) for Marine Microbiology & Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany Email Frank Oliver Glöckner Microbial genomics and Bioinformatics; Environmental genomics; Metagenomics; Ecosystems biology; Research Data Management
Associate Editors
Maria Ina Arnone
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy Email Maria Ina Arnone RESEARCH INTERESTS: Evolution and development at the gene regulatory network and cell type levels in echinoderms. Mesenchyme formation and muscle specification. Sensory cells in the sea urchin adult and larva.
Chris Bowler
Institut de Biologie de l' Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Paris, France Email Chris Bowler Phytoplankton functional and comparative genomics; Epigenetics; Diatom responses to environmental signals
Managing Editor
Cinzia Verde
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Napoli, Italy Email Cinzia Verde Structure and function of oxygen-binding proteins in marine organisms; Evolutionary adaptations;. Oxidative/Nitrosative stress;. NO biology
Editorial Board
E.V. Armbrust
University of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA RESEARCH INTERESTS:bacterial/phytoplankton interactions. Comparative metatranscriptomics. Biogeochemical cycles. Diatom and bacteria: association, communication and interaction. Marine ecosystem functioning.
D. Bartlett
University of California at San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California, USA Deep-sea microbial diversity and ecology; Adaptations of deep-sea microbes to high pressure and low temperature; Microbial genetics; Functional genomics
J. Biddle
University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, USA Microbial populations and processes in sub-seafloor marine environments; Genomics and metagenomics of uncultured groups of Archaea; Life evolution in extreme environments
C. Boyen
Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France RESEARCH INTERESTS:Evolutionary adaptations in macro-algae. Acclimation and adaptation to stress. Physiology. Cell-wall. Metabolic profiling and transcriptomic data. Biotechnology
J. Catchen
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA RESEARCH INTERESTS: genome evolution, comparative and population genomics, RADseq analysis, computational biology and algorithm development.
C-H. C. Cheng
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA RESEARCH INTERESTS: Evolutionary cold adaptation and cold specialization of Arctic and Antarctic fishes. Genome and transcriptome evolution in the cold. Evolvability of polar species to changing climate. Molecular and environmental physiology.
M. S. Clark
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, England, UK Transcriptome response in Antarctic marine invertebrates and vertebrates; Physiological adaptations in cold-adapted marine organisms; Heat-shock response; Environmental genomics of Antarctic organisms; Molecular analyses of marine organisms; "Omics" technologies in environmental science
J.M. Cock
UMR CNRS 7139, Roscoff, France RESEARCH INTERESTS:Genetic regulation and development of brown algae. Life cycle regulation. Sex determination. Algal genomics
N. Dubilier
Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Marine Mikrobiology, Bremen, Germany RESEARCH INTERESTS:Symbionts in marine invertebrates. Transfer of energy from the geosphere to the biosphere at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Ecology of chemosynthetic environments. Microbial ecology
A. Falciatore
CNRS-UPMC UMR 7238, Paris, France RESEARCH INTERESTS:Diatom functional genomics. Diatom photoreceptors, signaling pathways and function. Genome expression and light response regulation
J.M.O Fernandes
Bodø University College, Bodø, Norway RESEARCH INTERESTS:Genetic networks controlling growth in teleosts. Fish epigenetics. Role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in animal ontogenesis. Muscle development. Antimicrobial peptides. Transcriptomics, with focus on differential miRNA expression.
J.A. Gilbert
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Microbial communities: temporal and biogeographic structure; Bioprospecting. Metagenomics; Metatranscriptomics; Bioinformatics; Microbial Ecology; Microbial metabolic dynamics
W.R. Hess
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany RESEARCH INTERESTS:Marine microbiology and functional genomics in bacteria. Transcription and RNA processing. Nuclear, mitochondrial and plastid gene expression in cyanobacteria. Systems biology approaches and methods
G. Procaccini
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy RESEARCH INTERESTS:Functioning of pelagic and benthic systems at organismal, community and ecosystem levels. Genetics and genomics of sea grass. Molecular systematics and population genetics
J. Raes
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium RESEARCH INTERESTS:Computational approaches for large-scale, next-generation sequencing projects. Bioinformatics. Human microbiome. Ecological communities. Metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and meta-metabolomics. Molecular eco-systems biology
F. Raible
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria RESEARCH INTERESTS:Metazoan evolution. Evolution of hormones and neurosecretory brain centers in Bilateria. Regulation of reproductive cycles. Regeneration. Biology of marine annelids.
J.K. Sky Yu
Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan RESEARCH INTERESTS:Biology of cephalochordate amphioxus. Evolutionary transition from invertebrates to vertebrates. EST resources and genome sequencing data. Expression patterns of developmental genes and functional analysis of signaling pathways. Evolutionary origin of vertebrate body plan
F. Volckaert
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Evolution at higher trophic levels; Phylogenetics, phylogenomics, population genetics, evolutionary & ecological functional genomics and metagenomics of fishes and their parasites; Connectivity and demography based on genotype, phenotype, micro-chemistry and modelling; Fisheries, aquaculture and conservation genetics