Oceanologia, the official journal of the Committee of Marine Research and the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, is an international journal that publishes results of original research in the field of marine sciences with emphasis on the European seas. Manuscripts contributing, but not limited, to the understanding of properties and processes in the marine environment in the aspect of basic sciences: biology, chemistry, physics, ecology and geochemistry will be considered for publication. Special attention will be given to papers devoted to phenomena occurring in the marine environment in the zones characterized by: 
• gradients of properties (salinity, red-ox, temperature, light field, others), 
• phases boundaries both abiotic and biotic/abiotic (aqueous/solid, aqueous/gaseous, biotic/solid and biotic/aqueous), 
• marine-land boundary. 

We also encourage the submission of manuscripts dealing with multidisciplinaryapproaches to the investigated phenomena, as well as those devoted to manifestations of contemporary global issues e.g. climate warming and other global change-related phenomena, and/or describing possible and actual adaptations to threatsbrought by these changes. Preference will be given to manuscripts covering innovative research of global significance over those devoted to strictly local issues, and to papers contributing to the marine ecosystem functioning over strictly descriptive ones. 

Oceanologia also publishes special and thematic issues dedicated to specific subject areas and events. Prospective Guest Editors of potential special issues must contact the Editor-in-Chief first to check the subject and scope of the special issue. 

Editor-in-Chief
Janusz Pempkowiak
Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712, Sopot, Poland Email Janusz Pempkowiak
Associate Editors
Małgorzata Stramska
Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland
Tymon Zieliński
Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland
Editorial Board
Boris Chubarenko
FSBIS P P Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskva, Russian Federation
Mirosław Darecki
Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland
Jerzy Dera
Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland
Agnieszka Herman  
University of Gdansk Institute of Oceanography, Gdynia, Poland
Genrik Sergey Karabashev
FSBIS P P Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskva, Russian Federation
Zygmunt Kowalik
University of Alaska Institute of Marine Science, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Matti Leppäranta
University of Helsinki Department of Physics, HELSINKI, Finland
Ewa Łupikasza 
University of Silesia Faculty of Philology, Sosnowiec, Poland
Hanna Mazur-Marzec
University of Gdansk Institute of Oceanography, Gdynia, Poland
Dag Myrhaug
Norwegian Technical University of Science Institute of Marine Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Sergej Olenin
Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Xosé Antón Álvarez Salgado
Institute of Marine Research Oceanography Department, Vigo, Spain
Antoni Śliwiński
University of Gdansk Institute of Experimental Physics, Gdańsk, Poland
Tarmo Soomere
TUT Institute of Cybernetics, Tallinn, Estonia
Hans Storch, von
Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany
Dariusz Stramski
University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States
Piotr Szefer
Medical University of Gdansk Faculty of Pharmacy and Laboratory Medicine, Gdansk, Poland
Muhammet Türkoğlu
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey
Jan Marcin Węsławski
Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland