This journal provides a forum to promote knowledge of harmful microalgae and macroalgae, including cyanobacteria, as well as monitoring, management and control of these organisms. Both original research and review papers will be considered.

Papers dealing with the following aspects of harmful microalgae and cyanobacteria in marine and fresh waters will be considered:
• The distribution, life histories and taxonomy of harmful microalgae;
• The physiology and toxicology of harmful microalgae;
• Harmful microalgal bloom ecology;
• Trophic, socio-economic, public health and aquacultural impacts of harmful microalgal bloom events;
• Occurrence, methods of detection and chemical structure of toxins in harmful microalgae, cyanobacteria, foodwebs and seafood;
• Factors controlling toxin production, biosynthesis and chemical ecology.

Note: Papers dealing with pharmacology fall outside of the scope of the journal.

All papers will be subject to peer review. Authors will receive proofs. The editors, referees, and publisher will make every effort to expedite publication, the co-operation of authors in this task is welcomed.

Cover picture by Joe Hlebica, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Multi-Media Group

Original research articles (Regular Articles)
Review Papers
Book Reviews
Policy Analysis (Short Communication)
Mini-Reviews(Short Communication)
Perspectives (Short Communication)

Editors-in-Chief
Christopher Gobler
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States Email Christopher Gobler
Associate Editors
Michele Burford
Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
Raphael Kudela
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Subject Editors
Holly Bowers
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, United States
Po Teen Lim
University of Malaya Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences Bachok Marine Research Station, Bachok, Kelantan, Malaysia
Urban Tillmann
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Editorial Advisory Board
Stefano Accoroni
Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
Lotfi Aleya
Franche-Comte University, Besancon, France
Donald Anderson
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
Christine Band-Schmidt
National Polytechnic Institute Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine Sciences, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico
Leila Basti
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology School of Marine Resources and Environment, Minato-Ku, Japan
Eileen Bresnan
Justin Chaffin
The Ohio State University Stone Laboratory, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Keith Davidson
Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, United Kingdom
Timothy Davis
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States
Gregory Doucette
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Lora Fleming
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States
Peter Franks
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States
Ken Furuya
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Esther Garcés
Institute of Marine Sciences, Barcelona, Spain
Anna Godhe
University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden
Edna Granéli
Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
Laure Guillou
Biological Research Station Roscoff, Roscoff, France
Gustaaf Hallegraeff
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Per Juel Hansen
University of Copenhagen Marine Biology Unit, Helsingør, Denmark
Tim Harwood
Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
Philip Hess
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea Phycotoxins Laboratory, Nantes, France
Porter Hoagland
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
Mitsunori Iwataki
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Uwe John
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Anke Kremp
Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Rodolphe Lemée
Oceanography Observatory Villefranche-sur-Mer, Villefranche sur Mer, France
Renhui Li
Institute of Hydrobiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Nina Lundholm
University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
Lincoln Mackenzie
Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
Yukihiko Matsuyama
National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea Fisheries, Hatsukaichi, Japan
Linda Medlin
The Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Øjvind Moestrup
University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark
Marina Montresor
Zoological Station Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
Shauna Murray
University of Technology Sydney Climate Change Cluster, Broadway, New South Wales, Australia
Michael Parsons
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, United States
Tawnya Peterson
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
Grant Pitcher
Republic of South Africa Department of Environmental Affairs Oceans and Coasts, Cape Town, South Africa
Robin Raine
National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
Lesley Rhodes
Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
Mindy Richlen
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
Vera Trainer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Western Regional Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Charles Trick
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Dedmer van de Waal
Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, Netherlands
Steven Wilhelm
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Alan E. Wilson
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States