Instructions to authors

The journal Marine Life publishes in English and French works relating to fundamental and applied research concerning:
› biodiversity, marine biology and ecology, marine biochemistry and chemistry, in relation to the life of organisms, populations or biogeochemical cycles ;
› multidisciplinary studies, systems analysis and modeling of metabolisms or processes;
› sustainable development, management and socio-economic aspects of living resources and marine protected areas;
› ecotoxicology, nuisances and pollution affecting the marine environment.
The journal focuses primarily on the Mediterranean, but also on other ecologically related seas, lagoons and coastal areas, as well as on the stresses and strains that affect them.
The journal also publishes review articles, dossiers and thesis abstracts related to the above themes.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Articles must be submitted as computer files: Word for text, Word or Excel for tables and EPS, TIFF, PSD or JPG format for illustrations. See attached article presentation template.

All documents should be sent by e-mail to marine.life@institut-paul-ricard.org
For co-authored manuscripts, please mention the internet address of the author with whom correspondence will be exchanged.

Articles must include on the first page :
› title in French and English,
› first name(s) and last name(s) – the last name must be capitalized – of the author(s), address(es),
› Authors’ affiliations,
› Corresponding author’s e-mail address,
› abstract (200 to 250 words),
› keywords (five at most) and key words,
› common French and English titles, each less than thirty-five letters long.

The article should be structured according to the following plan:
› introduction,
› material and methods
› results,
› discussion,
› conclusions,
› acknowledgements,
› ethical statement
› bibliography.

For notes (short communications): material and methods, results, discussion and conclusions will be presented in a single section.

In the text, references are cited in chronological order.

They include the name of the author(s) without initials, followed by the year; examples: (Martin, 1985); Martin (1985); Martin (1985, 1990); Martin, Marty (1991).
When there are more than two authors, write: Martin et al., 1986.

For articles by the same author published in the same year: (Martin, 1975 b), Martin (1975 a, 1975 b).
When several articles are referred to, the chronology must be respected: (Martin, 1975, 1990; Aboussouan, 1983).
Unpublished citations may be mentioned: (Martin, personal communication), or those in the process of being published (Martin et al., in press).
Citations from theses, reports and articles with limited distribution should be avoided.

Latin names (genera, species) and common expressions of Latin or foreign origin are italicized.

FIGURES

All figures (maps, graphs, drawings and photographs) are supplied ready for printing as electronic files (minimum resolution 300 dpi; format EPS, TIFF, PSD, JPG).

For Excel-based graphics, please supply the data file with the figure (XLS format).

Each figure must be of excellent quality and include a metric scale.
Legends for tables (numbered in Roman numerals) and figures (numbered in Arabic numerals), written in the language of the article and translated into the language of the abstract, are supplied on a separate file.
The desired position for each illustration is indicated by an arrow in the margin of the manuscript.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The bibliography is placed at the end of the text, on a new page. It groups together all the references cited in the text, and only these. It is presented in alphabetical order of authors and chronologically. Journal names should be abbreviated in accordance with the rules set out in the World list of scientific periodicals.
The form should respect the following models:

› Journal articles:
Lenz J.P., W. Morgan, 1981 – A phylogenic effect of the culture of molluscs in the oceans. Mar. Biol. 41: 39-48.

› Publications:
Margalef R., 1977 – Ecologia. Omega, Barcelona, 951 pp.
Cushing D.H., J.J. Walsh (eds), 1976 – The ecology of the seas. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 467 pp.

› Book chapters:
Parsons T.R., 1976 – The structure of life in the sea. In: The ecology of the seas. D.H. Cushing, J.J. Walsh (eds), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp: 81-97.
Cobb J.L.S., M.S. Laverack, 1967 – Neuromuscular systems in echinoderms. In : Echinoderm biology. N. Millott (ed.), Proceedings of a symposium, 25-26 May 1966, at London, England, Academic Press, pp : 25-51.

ONLINE

Manuscripts submitted to Marine Life are reviewed by two independent experts appointed by the Editorial Board. These experts give their opinion and request corrections from the authors.

Once the article has been accepted by the Editorial Board, the magazine takes charge of producing a mock-up of the article.

This is sent to the authors (in PDF format) for final approval. At this stage, only typographical corrections are permitted.

Accepted articles are published in open access on the www.marinelife-revue.fr website.