期刊名称：MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Marine and Freshwater Research
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Marine and Freshwater Research is an international Journal for the publication of original contributions in marine, estuarine or freshwater research. The Journal welcomes reports of studies that inquire about the aquatic natural world, from cells to ecosystems, and the processes that affect them. All subject fields will be considered; examples include the biology and ecology of aquatic organisms, biogeochemistry, physiology, genetics, phylogeography, hydrology, oceanography, toxicology etc. |
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Abstracting
The journal is abstracted by BIOSIS, CAB International, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents, Excerpta Medica/Embase, Index Medicus and Reference Update.
Instructions to Authors
Papers will be considered for publication if they make an original contribution to marine, estuarine, or freshwater research. The Journal welcomes submissions that have examined aspects of the aquatic world, from cells to ecosystems, and the processes that affect them. All subject fields will be considered; examples include the biology and ecology of aquatic organisms, biogeochemistry, physiology, genetics, phylogeography, hydrology, oceanography, toxicology etc. Preference will be given to manuscripts that are of wide general interest and that report significant new knowledge or conceptual insights. Authors are encouraged to emphasize the interdisciplinary significance of their study. Purely descriptive papers are not encouraged.
Marine and Freshwater Research assumes that all authors of a multi-authored paper agree to its submission, and that the results have not been published nor being considered for publication elsewhere. Abstracts of conferences would not normally be regarded as publications, but if material has been widely disseminated in report form, the Managing Editor should be consulted. All papers are subject to peer review. The Journal endeavours to ensure that the work published is that of the named authors except where acknowledged and, through its reviewing procedures, that all published results and conclusions are consistent with the primary data. It takes no responsibility for fraud or inaccuracy on the part of the contributors.
Reviewers are listed each year in the Journal without indication of the paper that they have reviewed (although reviewers can be excluded from this list if they wish). The Journal takes this opportunity to acknowledge the important contribution that reviewers make, and the debt owed by authors and the editor.
Paper categories
Full Papers are complete reports of original research that have not previously been published. Critical Review articles should adequately summarize work in a particular field and indicate fruitful lines of further research. Comments on published papers should be submitted within one year of publication of the paper on which comment is to be made, and they will be refereed. Short Communications should have an abstract and may present results from a brief but well designed experiment, or may deal with important observations not needing lengthy treatment. The Results and Discussion sections may be merged in a Short Communication. Isolated factual notes will not be considered and the publication of preliminary findings requires justification.
Presentation
The work should be presented in English. Times New Roman should be used for all text. Manuscripts must be typed on one side of the paper only, with double spacing throughout, and with a margin of at least 3 cm on the left-hand side; at least every fifth line of each page must be numbered in the left-hand margin. All pages of the manuscript must be numbered consecutively, including those carrying references, tables and captions to illustrations, all of which are to be placed after the text. A typed list of captions is required. Note the form of headings, tables and illustrations exemplified in the latest issues of the Journal. Original illustrations will be returned only if requested and typescript will be returned only if annotated by a reviewer.
Format
Full Papers should usually be in the form Title, Abstract, Additional keywords, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, and References. However, other formats will be considered if there is justification.
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Title. The title should be concise and appropriately informative and should contain all keywords necessary to facilitate retrieval by modern searching techniques.
Abstract. The abstract (< 200 words) should not just recapitulate the results but should state concisely the scope of the work and give the principal findings. It should be complete enough for direct use by abstracting services. Acronyms, references, pointing to ´further discussion´ in the text, and use of the first person should be avoided.
Additional keywords. Additional keywords not already contained in the title or abstract should be listed beneath the abstract.
Running head. A running head suitable for the top of the printed page that does not exceed 50 letter spaces should be supplied.
Introduction. The Introduction should not exceed what is necessary to indicate the reason for the work and the essential background, including any review of the literature. The broader context of the study should be raised in the Introduction.
Materials and methods. In the Materials and methods, sufficient experimental detail should be given to enable the work to be repeated. If a paper not yet published is quoted, email the relevant file or include two copies of that manuscript to assist the reviewers.
Results. The Results section should be limited to the data collected and answer the questions posed in the Introduction. State the noteworthy findings of each Table or Figure, without overstating the obvious.
Discussion. The Discussion section should focus attention on the significance of the results, indicate the essential contributions of the study, and include interpretation within the context of the relevant literature.
Footnotes. Footnotes should be used only when essential.
References
The Journal uses the Harvard system for the References section. Cite references chronologically in the text by the author and date; not by number. Cite multiple references from the same year alphabetically. In the text the names of two coauthors are linked by ´and´; for three or more the first author´s name is followed by ´et al.´. All references in the text must be listed at the end of the paper, with the names of authors arranged alphabetically; all entries in this list must correspond to references in the text. No editorial responsibility can be taken for the accuracy of the references; authors are requested to check these with special care. Titles must be included for all references and must not be abbreviated. Papers that have not been accepted for publication may not be included in the list of references and must be cited either as ´unpublished data´ or as ´personal communication´; the use of such citations is discouraged. It is the authors´ responsibility to ensure that they have permission to cite material as a personal communication. Authors are referred to the latest issues of the Journal for the style used in citing references.
Citation of references (examples)
· Journal article
Prince, J. D., Sellers, T. L., Ford, W. B., and Talbot, S. R. (1988). Confirmation of a relationship between localised abundance of breeding stock and recruitment for Haliotis rubra Leach (Mollusca : Gastropoda). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 122, 91-104.
Raymond, M., and Rousset, F. (1995). GENEPOP (version 1.2): population genetics software for exact tests and ecumenicism. Journal of Heredity 86, 248-9.
- Book chapter
Tegner, M. J. (1992). Brood-stock transplants as an approach to abalone stock enhancement. In ´Abalone of the World: Biology, Fisheries and Culture´. (Eds S. A. Shepherd, M. J. Tegner and S. A. Guzmán del Próo.) pp. 461-3. (Blackwell Scientific: Oxford, UK.)
Wolanski, E., Mazda, Y., and Ridd, P. (1992). Mangrove hydrodynamics. In ´Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems´. (Eds A. I. Robertson and D. M. Alongi.) pp. 43-62. (American Geophysical Union: Washington, DC, USA.)
- Book
Sokal, R. R., and Rohlf, F. J. (1981). ´Biometry. The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research.´ 2nd Edn. (W. H. Freeman: New York.)
Attiwill, P. M., and Adams, M. A. (Eds) (1996). ´Nutrition of Eucalypts.´ (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne, Australia.)
- Thesis
Silver, M. W. (1970). ´An Experimental Approach to the Taxonomy of the Genus Enteromorpha (L.).´ PhD Thesis. (University of Liverpool: UK.)
Harrison, A. J. (1961). ´Annual Reproductive Cycles in the Tasmanian Scallop Notovola meridionalis.´ BSc (Hons) Thesis. (University of Tasmania: Australia.)
- Report or Bulletin
Chippendale, G. M., and Wolf, L. (1981). The natural distribution of Eucalyptus in Australia. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Special Publication No. 6. (Canberra: Australia.)
- Conference Proceedings
Hayman, P. T., and Collett, I. J. (1996). Estimating soil water: to kick, to stick, to core or computer? In ´Proceedings of the 8th Australian Agronomy Conference, Toowoomba´. (Ed. M. Asghar.) p. 664. (Australian Society of Agronomy: Toowoomba, Australia.)
Kawasu, T., Doi, K., Ohta, T., Shinohara, Y., and Ito, K. (1990). Transformation of eucalypts (Eucalyptus saligna) using electroporation. In ´Proceedings of the VIIth International Congress on Plant Tissue and Cell Culture´. pp. 64-8. (Amsterdam IAPTC: Amsterdam, Netherlands.)
Tables
Tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals and each must be accompanied by a title. A headnote containing material relevant to the whole table should start on a new line, as it will be set in a different fount. Tables should be arranged with regard to the dimensions of the printed page (17.5 by 23 cm) and the number of columns kept to a minimum. Excessive subdivision of column headings is undesirable; use abbreviations that can then be expanded upon in the headnote. The first letter only of headings to rows and vertical columns should be capitalized. The symbol for the unit of measurement should be placed in parenthesis beneath the column heading. Footnotes should be kept to a minimum and be reserved for specific items in columns. Horizontal rules should be inserted only above and below column headings and at the foot of the table. Vertical rules must not be used. Only in exceptional circumstances will the presentation of essentially the same data in both tabular and graphical form be permitted; where adequate, the graphical form should be used. Short tables can frequently be incorporated into the text as a sentence or as a brief untitled tabulation.
Figures
Authors are encouraged to prepare their illustrations electronically (both line diagrams and photographs), but a scannable hard copy should also be sent as a safeguard against format changes and as a second choice if the electronic file proves unusable. The lettering of figures must be in sans-serif type (Helvetica is ideal) with only the first letter of the first word of any proper names capitalized, and should not be in bold type. Grouped figures should not exceed 17.5 cm by 23 cm.
Colour graphics will be accepted, but the cost of production is borne by the author. Electronic files of colour figures or photographs must be saved in CMYK colour not in RGB colour. Authors must ensure that the hard copy matches the electronic version.
Graphs and line art. Dense stippling and grey shading should be avoided; use an alternative filler such as large diagonal hatching. For letter size, the height of a lower-case ´x´ after reduction should be approximately 1.2 mm. The symbols + or × for data points should be avoided. Explanations of symbols should be given in the caption to the figure. Grid marks should point inwards; legends to axes should state the quantity being measured and be followed by the appropriate units in parentheses. Thickness of lines on line diagrams must be no less than 0.5 pt. Graphs should not usually be three-dimensional; reserve this format for visualizing response or model ´surfaces´ that are described in three dimensions. Electronic files should be saved in an editable format such as EPS. Line art should be saved at 600 dpi and greyscale or colour images should be saved at 300 dpi.
Photographs/images. These must be of the highest quality. They must be trimmed squarely to exclude features not relevant to the paper and when in a group, be separated from adjacent photographs by uniform spaces that will be 1 mm wide after reduction. If mounted, photographs/images should be on flexible, not stiff board; paper is adequate. Micrographs must be prepared for reproduction without reduction. A scale bar must be included on all micrographs except scanning electron micrographs where the magnification should be in the caption. Important features to which attention has been drawn in the text should be indicated. Electronic files should be saved in a format such as TIFF at high resolution.
Accessory material
Supplementary material of a detailed nature, which is not essential in the printed paper (e.g. large raw data files), but may be useful to other workers may be lodged with the Managing Editor if submitted with the manuscript for inspection by the referees. Such material will be placed online in association with the published paper and made available free to all users.
Units and Nomenclature
Use S.I. units for measurements of physical quantities and where appropriate elsewhere. Avoid ambiguous forms like mL/m2/day; use mL m-2 day-1.
Measurements of the radiation environment. Measurements of the radiation environment should be presented in terms of irradiance or photon irradiance or both, with the waveband of the radiation specified. Photon irradiance units are particularly advantageous in papers concerned with the quantum efficiency of plant photo-processes. Measurements in terms of luminous flux density should be avoided if possible in papers reporting results in photobiology, including photosynthesis.
Units and nomenclature in physical oceanography papers. For sea water, and the normal range of saline waters in estuaries, this Journal has, since 1983, adhered to the recommendation of the several international bodies which implemented the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978 (see UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science Nos 36 and 391, 1981); within the range of 2-43 ´parts per thousand´ on the old scale (the approximate range within which the Knudsen relationship applies), salinities should be reported as dimensionless values. Scales on figures should be labelled ´Salinity´ without any unit or index. A salinity of 35.39 ´parts per thousand´ on the old scale becomes 35.395 on the PSS 78 scale. For uniformity it is recommended that the same unit be used in reporting salinities based on historical data. Where salinities are calculated from conductivity ratios measured with a precision salinometer, the basis of the conversion should be stated and the PSS 78 equation should be used in future. Because few international journals, especially those with substantial biological content, have implemented the UNESCO recommendations, the quotation of salinities in this Journal as dimensionless values may have caused some puzzlement to readers. Therefore, although authors are requested to continue use of practical salinity values, it is recommended that they make a one-sentence statement in the Methods section to the effect that they are following the Practical Salinity Scale of 1978 (PSS 78). Such a statement and continued use of practical values would be especially appropriate where numerous salinity values are quoted in the Results and Discussion. Authors may, if they wish, omit reference in the methods to PSS 78 scale and express salinity of sea water and estuarine water as weight of solute per thousand parts of solution expressed in units of weight; the unit used should be g kg-1. This course would be particularly appropriate where only a few salinity values are quoted. The symbol for ´parts per thousand´ should not be used. [The Practical Salinity Scale is invalid for fresh waters, and inland (or athalassic) saline waters. For these waters, a variety of units may be acceptable.]
Density of sea water should be calculated from the International Equation of State of Seawater 1980 (IESS 80) and expressed either in kg m-3 or through the quantity sigma-t. A density of 1.0275 g cm-3 on the old scale becomes 1027.5 kg m-3 on the IESS 80 scale; the corresponding value of sigma-t (27.5) remains unchanged.
The PSS 78 and IESS 80 scales were adopted by the UNESCO/ICES/SCOR/IAPSO Joint Panel on Oceanographic Tables and Standards in Sidney, B.C., Canada, in September 1980. They are published as formulae suitable for computer implementation in the Tenth Report of the Joint Panel on Oceanographic Tables and Standards, or in tabulated form in the new International Oceanographic Tables. Both documents are available, free of charge, from the Division of Marine Sciences, UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75700 Paris, France.
For other symbols, units and nomenclature in physical oceanography papers, authors should adopt the recommendations of the IAPSO Working Group(SUN Report; Publication Scientifique No. 31, Int. Union of Geodosy and Geophysics, Paris, Dec. 1979).
Naming of undersea features. Authors wishing to name undersea features are urged to check their proposals with published Gazetteers of Undersea Feature Names. They should submit all proposed new names for advice on any potentially confusing duplication either to an appropriate national authority or to the International Hydrographic Organization (Monaco) or Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (Paris).
Mathematical formulae
Mathematical formulae should be typed with symbols in correct alignment and adequately spaced. Equations should not be embedded images; use equation editors that result in an editable format. Each formula should be displayed on a single line if possible.
Enzyme nomenclature
The names of enzymes should conform to the Recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the IUB on the Nomenclature and Classification of Enzymes as published in ´Enzyme Nomenclature 1984´ (Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1984). If there is good reason to use a name other than the recommended name, at the first mention of the alternative name in the text it should be identified by the recommended name and EC number. The Managing Editor should be advised of the reasons for using the alternative name.
Chemical nomenclature
The nomenclature of compounds such as amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, steroids, vitamins etc. should follow the recommendations of the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature. Other biologically active compounds, such as metabolic inhibitors, plant growth regulators, buffers etc., should be referred to once by their correct chemical name (which is in accordance with IUPAC rules of Chemical Nomenclature) and then by their most widely accepted common name. Where there is no common name, trade names or letter abbreviations of the chemical may be used.
Microbiological nomenclature
The names of bacteria should conform to those used in ´Approved List of Bacterial Names´ (American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C., 1980). Fungal nomenclature should conform to the International Code for Botanic Nomenclature.
DNA data
DNA sequences published in the Journal should be deposited in one of the following nucleotide sequence databases: EMBL, GenBank or DDBJ. An accession number for each sequence or sequence set must be included in the manuscript before publication. In addition, electronic copies of the data sets in nexus format should be supplied with the manuscript to aid the review process.
Statistical evaluation of results
The statistical methods should be described. References need not be given for well-known procedures, but should be given for novel or little-known procedures. In all cases, sample sizes and, where appropriate, the mean and measures of variability such as the variance, standard deviation (s.d.), standard error (s.e.), or confidence intervals should be stated. A complete analysis of variance is rarely needed but authors should indicate which treatments differ significantly. Values of the test statistic (e.g. Student´s t or Chi-squared values) should be presented with appropriate levels of probability under the null hypothesis and the applicable degrees of freedom.
Animal experimentation
Papers reporting work with animals should include a reference to the code of practice adopted for the reported experimentation. The Managing Editor will take account of animal welfare issues and reserve the right not to publish.
Voucher specimens
Authors are encouraged to deposit labelled voucher specimens documenting their research in an established permanent collection and to cite this collection in publication.
How to submit manuscripts
We encourage papers to be submitted by email to the Managing Editor as a single file (including figures placed in order at the end of the file) in Word or PDF format (no other formats can be accepted). The file must be of manageable size (i.e. <2 Mb) so that it can be emailed to referees. To aid in file management, please identify the first author and month and year of submission in the filename, e.g. ´jones_apr03.doc´. Final versions of papers should be submitted in Word or RTF format, with figures as separate files in the TIFF or EPS format.
A covering letter should also be emailed, indicate that the paper is a submission for Marine and Freshwater Research and include the name, address, fax and telephone numbers and email address of the corresponding author. The letter should also contain a statement justifying why the work should be considered for publication in the Journal, and that the manuscript has not been published or simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. Suggestions of possible referees are welcome. A single hard copy of the paper - which exactly matches the electronic version - and the covering letter, should be mailed to the Managing Editor in case errors occur in the electronic file. Authors unable to submit an electronic version of the paper should submit three clearly legible hard copies to the Managing Editor with the covering letter. A completed Copyright Assignment Form should accompany the manuscript.
Address for submissions
Managing Editor
Dr Dugald McGlashan
Marine and Freshwater Research
CSIRO PUBLISHING
PO Box 1139 (150 Oxford Street)
Collingwood, Vic. 3066
Australia
Telephone +61 3 9662 7618
Fax +61 3 9662 7611
Email publishing.mfr@csiro.au
Editorial Board
For the submission of papers and general enquiries please contact:
Managing Editor
Dr Dugald McGlashan
Marine and Freshwater Research
CSIRO PUBLISHING
PO Box 1139 (150 Oxford Street)
Collingwood, Vic. 3066
Australia
Telephone +61 3 9662 7618
Fax +61 3 9662 7611
Email publishing.mfr@csiro.au
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