Regional Studies in Marine Science publishes scientifically sound papers on regional aspects of maritime and marine resources in estuaries, coastal zones, continental shelf, the seas and oceans.

Papers published may include, but are not limited to:

Studies of local interest and importance to the regionStudies on regional marine biodiversity and fisheries resources
Regional strategies and action plans for conservation of marine biodiversity and sustainable development
Marine resources management including sustainable fisheries management and the selection and operation of marine protected areas
Studies on chemical contaminants (e.g. pesticides, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and pharmaceutical and personal care chemicals) especially concerning food species
Studies on the impacts of eutrophication, hypoxia and chemical contaminants on species important to the region, and their control/mitigation measures
Pollution control and management
Economic and social impacts of marine pollution and/or coastal development to the region
Strategies/impacts of wastewater effluent disposal and contaminated mud disposal
Case histories of pollution control and management
Environmental damage and compensation
Regional experience in habitat restoration and mitigation after environmental perturbation
Regional experience and strategies for sustainable development through achieving a balance between coastal development and environmental protection


Regional Studies in Marine Science publishes 12 issues per year with original Research Papers, Review Articles, Short communications, Comments and Perspectives.

Research papers report original research that has significant studies, with typical length of 6000 words. Details are given under the section "preparation" in Guide for Authors.
Review articles focus on the key subjects of the journal and suggestions for topics by experts in their field are welcome. The typical length is around 8000 words.
Short communications should dedicate to new break-through studies of regional marine sciences, with length around 3,000 words.
Comments analyze original research publications in Regional Studies in Marine Science within 1,000 words.
Perspectives discuss exciting and important findings in interdisciplinary implications, with typical length of 2000 words and maximum 2 figure.

Editors-in-Chief
Dr. Gunnar Lauenstein
Cut Bank, Montana, USA Email Dr. Gunnar Lauenstein Marine pollutants, Mussel Watch Programs, eutrophication, freshwater systems
Professor Kenneth Leung
University of Hong Kong Email Professor Kenneth Leung Marine ecology and biodiversity, ecotoxicology, ecological risk assessment, scientific derivation of environmental quality benchmarks of chemical pollutants and biological conservation
Dr. Jinyu Sheng
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Email Dr. Jinyu Sheng Coastal and shelf dynamics, modelling and prediction of extreme marine conditions, wave-current interaction, development and applications of numerical circulation and wave models
Founding Editor-in-Chief
Professor Jason Hall-Spencer
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Email Professor Jason Hall-SpencerDeep-sea benthos, fisheries, aquaculture, marine protected areas, biogenic reefs, climate change, ocean acidification and seamount ecology
Associate Editors
Dr. David Marshall
University of Brunei, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam Email Dr. David Marshall Estuarine and coastal ecology; Marine benthic communities; Gastropod physiology; Temperature biology; Acidification
Assoc. Professor Ryan Mulligan
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Email Assoc. Professor Ryan Mulligan
Dr. David Whitall, PhD
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, Maryland, United StatesEmail Dr. David Whitall, PhD
Editorial Board Members
P. Antunes Horta
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil Marine botany biology and conservation
S.A. Chavanich
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Marine community ecology, coral reef communities, conservation biology and biological invasions.
K-S. Choi
Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea, Republic of Marine ecology, shellfish reproductive biology, shellfish disease dynamics, marine environmental biology
R. Coleman
The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marine ecology; Anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems;scales of biodiversity, rocky shore processes, grazing, limpets, ocean acidification
A. Croquer
Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Marine ecology, climate change, invasive species, corals, biodiversity and conservation, community structure and ecology, water quality.
D. Duan
Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China Algal genetics and breeding, algal genome and functional gene, seaweeds development and culture, seaweeds cultivation and ecological & environmental function, seaweeds food and functional components.
B.W. Hoeksema
Naturalis National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, Netherlands Marine biodiversity, tropical marine biota, coral reefs, species interdependencies, taxonomy
Y-G. Hong
South China Sea Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China Marine biogeochemical cycle, microbial oceanography
Y. Kim
Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States Biogeography (range contraction/expansion); Bivalve ecology and physiology; Effects of climate change on disease spread; Gonadal analysis and histopathology of bivalves; Influence of human and natural stress factors on marine organism health and contaminant body burden; Invasive species; Marine biodiversity; Marine Pollution Monitoring
T.J. McDonald
Texas A&M University Center For Community Health Development, College Station, Texas, United States Analytical chemistry methods development including: environmental chemistry, petroleum geochemistry
T. McTigue
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, Maryland, United StatesWetlands, ecology, coastal, restoration, trophic dynamics
H. Pálmar Halldórsson
University of Iceland, Research Centre, Sandgerdi, Iceland Ecotoxicology; Biomarkers; Marine Pollution; Marine Biology; Marine Ecology
G. Rilov
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, Haifa, Israel Marine ecology, impacts of climate change, bioinvasions, rocky shores, rocky reefs, vermetid reefs, marine protected areas, Mediterranean Sea
L.R. Rörig
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil Biological Oceanography, Processes in Coastal Ecosystems, Phytoplankton and Primary Productivity, Harmful Algal Blooms, Microalgae Biology and Biotechnology
S.K. Sarkar
University of Calcutta, India Heavy metals; persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in biotic and abiotic matrices; zooplankton - impact of climate change and catastrophic events; phytoremediation of heavy metals by mangroves; algal blooms; macrozoobenthos
P.K. Schwalenberg
Anchorage, Alaska, USA TEK, Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Knowledge, Community Based Research and Monitoring, Alaska Native, Native American, Culture, Coastal Communities
J.P. Schwartz
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Gloucester, Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States Chemical contaminants, regional contaminant monitoring, associated fisheries impacts, implications for food species, wastewater effluent disposal/impacts and related control/mitigation practices and technology
I. Sousa-Pinto
University of Porto Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Matosinhos, Portugal Biodiversity and ecology of benthic communities and the biology, cultivation and use of seaweeds.
I. Takeuchi
Ehime University Graduate School of Agriculture Faculty of Agriculture, Matsuyama, Japan Marine Biodiversity; Ecotoxicology of marine organisms; Anthropogenic chemicals of coastal ecosystem
X. Wang
Xiamen University, Xiamen, China Research interests: Marine organic geochemistry, marine ecotoxicology
Z-G. Yan
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China Water quality criteria or standards, ecotoxicity, pollution, risk assessment
W. Zhang
Hohai University, Nanjing, China Coastal and estuarine dynamics;Marine hydrology and sediment dynamics; tidal river networks