《海洋生态学》发表关于海洋底栖生物和远洋生态系统、社区和人口的结构和动态以及生态学与海洋生物进化之间的关键联系的原始贡献。该杂志优先从生态学的角度，通过整合不同组织层次(分子到生态系统)和不同学科(分子生物学、遗传学、生物化学、生理学、海洋生物学、自然史、地理学、海洋学、古生物学和建模)的信息，阐明物种相互作用和适应环境的基本方面。该期刊还关注种群遗传过程、生活史进化、形态特征和行为、历史生态学和生物地理学、宏观生态学和海景生态学、古生态重建以及由于引入新生物群、人类压力或环境变化引起的生态变化。大多数应用海洋科学，包括渔业生物学、水产养殖、天然产品化学、毒理学和地方污染研究都不在该杂志的研究范围之内。论文应该解决生态学家们感兴趣的生态问题;主要是当地感兴趣的论文，包括动植物的描述，分类描述和范围扩展将不予考虑。在编写稿时，作者应明确指出:他们作品中那些特别新颖的方面(2)研究结果对其他区域、其他生态系统和其他学科的影响。作者应该努力通过清楚地确定他们研究的问题和假设，通过将他们的工作放在一般的背景下(通过相关的文献引用)，以及通过澄清他们的研究结果的历史、地方、区域和全球含义，来达到尽可能广泛的受众。
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Marine Ecology publishes original contributions on the structure and dynamics of marine benthic and pelagic ecosystems, communities and populations, and on the critical links between ecology and the evolution of marine organisms.The journal prioritizes contributions elucidating fundamental aspects of species interaction and adaptation to the environment through integration of information from various organizational levels (molecules to ecosystems) and different disciplines (molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, marine biology, natural history, geography, oceanography, palaeontology and modelling) as viewed from an ecological perspective. The journal also focuses on population genetic processes, evolution of life histories, morphological traits and behaviour, historical ecology and biogeography, macro-ecology and seascape ecology, palaeo-ecological reconstruction, and ecological changes due to introduction of new biota, human pressure or environmental change.Most applied marine science, including fisheries biology, aquaculture, natural-products chemistry, toxicology, and local pollution studies lie outside the scope of the journal. Papers should address ecological questions that would be of interest to a worldwide readership of ecologists; papers of mostly local interest, including descriptions of flora and fauna, taxonomic descriptions, and range extensions will not be considered. In preparing manuscripts the authors should clearly identify: (1) those aspects of their work that are particularly novel (2) the implications of their results for other regions, other ecosystems and other disciplines.Authors should strive to reach the broadest possible audience by clearly identifying the questions and hypotheses underlying their research, by placing their work in a general context (through relevant literature citations), and by clarifying the historical, local, regional and global implications of their findings.
