期刊名称：AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The journal provides an international forum for the publication of original contributions in all disciplines of marine research, including reports on new techniques and methods. The scope covers from estuarine and coastal waters to the open ocean, and from chemical and physical to biological oceanography. Papers on the conservation and management of living resources and relevant socio-economics are welcome. Contributions from African waters, including the Southern Ocean, are particularly encouraged, although not to the exclusion of those from elsewhere. They may take the form of a paper, a critical review or a short communication. The journal publishes proceedings of symposia in dedicated issues, as well as guest-edited suites on thematic topics in regular issues. The journal is produced by NISC in association with the Marine & Coastal Management (MCM) branch of the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. Acceptance of papers is the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief (on behalf of MCM) in consultation with the Editors and members of the Editorial Advisory Board. Acceptance does not mean, however, that the Board necessarily agrees with the statements published.
Instructions to Authors
Submissions should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief: African Journal of Marine Science, Marine and Coastal Management, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Private Bag X2, Rogge Bay 8012, South Africa. Alternatively, text, tables and figures may be sent electronically to scpillar@deat.gov.za. It should be noted that manuscripts that do not follow the Instructions to Authors will be returned to authors for amendment before scientific evaluation.
Text
1. Manuscripts are to be typewritten on one side only of good quality, white bond A4 paper, size 210mm x 297mm.
2. Everything should be double spaced ¡ª text, quotations, footnotes, tables and table headings, legends, references to literature ¡ª though greater spacing may be used where helpful (particularly around equations and formulae).
3. Generous margins (25¨C38mm) should be left for editorial marks and queries.
4. The original and two clear copies of the text are required. The originals or clean copies of the illustrations are needed.
5. All pages of the manuscript are to be numbered with arabic numbers.
6. A new page should be started for each of the following sections:
(a) title (informative but brief), name, affiliation and address of author, condensed title for running headings;
(b) abstract;
(c) text;
(d) references;
(e) summary (if needed);
( f ) tables and tabulations;
(g) legends for figures.
7. All manuscripts are to be accompanied by an alphabetical list of key words that are obtained from the whole article, not just the title or abstract. They should follow the abstract.
8. Whether subdivided by paragraphs only or also by formal headings and subheadings, the text should follow the order: Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion. Obligatory as main headings are: Acknowledgements, References and Summary (if a summary is needed).
9. If the text is formally subdivided, the headings and subheadings need not be numbered. The main headings listed in '8' should not be repeated slavishly, as long as their intention is the same. The use of Introduction or its equivalent is optional. Three categories of headings should be sufficient and distinguished clearly.
10. New paragraphs should be clearly identified.
11. Only those words to be printed in italics should be shown so or underlined.
12. All measurements (linear, mass and time) should be given in numerals (not words) in the metric system. When other units of measure is preferred, authors should include metric equivalents. Metric units used and their abbreviations should be those approved by ISO (International Standards Organization), e.g. 25mm, 16mg ml¨C1. 13. Numbers in text are to be spelled out if smaller than 10, but a series of numbers including numbers smaller and larger than 10 should all be listed in numerals. In a sentence overloaded with numbers it is permissible to give certain categories in numerals and others in words. Avoid starting a sentence with a numeral.
14. Footnotes are to be avoided, but if necessary they must be numbered consecutively in the text and typed under a horizontal line at the foot of the page concerned.
Page charges
The journal does not place restrictions on manuscript length, but attention is drawn to the fact that contributions submitted to the journal after June 2004 will be liable for page charges at the following rates: R115 (US$17) per page for subscribers and R170 (US$25) per page for non-subscribers. Colour pages can be printed at a cost of R750 (US$120) per page. Authors who do not receive subsidies from their institutions may apply to the publisher to have their page charges waived.
Abstract
1. Each manuscript must have an abstract, the length of which should not exceed 200 words or 3% of the paper, whichever is the lesser.
2. Subdivisions into paragraphs or references to literature are not permitted.
3. The abstracts should be of the informative type and thus summarise the contents and conclusions of the paper, point to new information contained therein, and indicate the relevance of the work.
Summary
If a summary is necessary, it should list seriatim the principal facts and conclusions of the paper.
Acknowledgements
This section is to be kept brief and only special help acknowledged.
Tables
1. Tables should be carefully constructed so that the data presented may be easily understood. Care should be taken not to overload a table with information or the unnecessarily proliferate tables or tabulations.
2. Both tables (numbered) and tabulations (not numbered) are permitted, but the use of tabulations is to be limited. Tabulations should contain no more than six items of information. More voluminous listings are to be called tables.
3. In constructing both tables and tabulations the size of the printed publication should be borne in mind. Tables should be constructed with a maximum final width of 80mm or 170mm.
4. Each table should be provided with a descriptive heading which, together with the column headings of the table, makes it intelligible within the context of the paper without reference to the text.
5. Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, e.g. Table 1, Table 2. Although it will not be printed, tabulations should also bear a number, e.g. Tabulation 1.
6. Footnotes to tables should be minimised.
7. Magnitude known to be nil is shown by a zero, dash or gap; 'no data' by an ellipsis (...) or in words.
8. Decimal fractions should be preceded by a zero and columns of figures aligned on the decimal marker. Integers are to be aligned on the least significant digit. A space separates groups of three digits, e.g. 5 480 000. Spacing does not apply to dates and similar numbers.
9. Tables and figures do not normally duplicate one another. Select the most appropriate presentation, e.g. graphs for trends.
10. Each table should be referred to by a number in the text in sequence and discussed.
Figures
1. All illustrations, whether black-and-white drawings, graphs, photographs (colour or monochrome) or charts, are to be designated as figures.Colour will be used only when essential.
2. Each figure must be mentioned by number in sequence in the text and described.
3. A legend should be provided for each figure which, together with the illustration, should make the whole intelligible without reference to the text.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Stan C. Pillar, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, branch Marine and Coastal Management, South Africa. e-mail: scpillar@deat.gov.za
Editors
Paul D. Cowley
Robert J. M. Crawford
Mark J. Gibbons
Grant C. Pitcher
Carl D. van der Lingen
Hans M. Verheye
Editorial Advisory Board
David G. Ainley, United States of America
Max Aguero, Chile
Mike J. Armstrong, United Kingdom
Manuel Barange, United Kingdom
Ray G. Barlow, South Africa
Marinelle S. Basson, Australia
Lynnath E. Beckley, Australia
John J. Bolton, South Africa
George M. Branch, South Africa
Ken H. Brink, United States of America
Kevern L. Cochrane, Italy
Bohdan Draganik, Poland
Pierre Fr¨¦on, France
Anesh Govender, South Africa
Kwame A. Koranteng, Ghana
Magnus A. K. Ngoile, Tanzania
Ronald K. O¡¯Dor, Canada
Maria-Pilar Olivar, Spain
Andrew I. L. Payne, United Kingdom
Bill T. Peterson, United States of America
Daniel Pauly, Canada
Leif K. Sandal, Norway
Vere Shannon, South Africa
Peter D. Shaughnessy, Australia
Rashid U. Sumaila, Canada
Jane K. Turpie, South Africa
Les G. Underhill, South Africa
Rudy P. van der Elst, South Africa
Kuperan K. Viswanathan, Malaysia
Publication Managing Editor:
Contact regarding all aspects relating to the production of the journal, including scheduling and copyright issues.
Ms Michelle Willmers
NISC South Africa
19 Worcester Street
PO Box 377
Grahamstown 6140
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)46 622 9698
Fax: +27 (0)46 622 9550
Email: publishing@nisc.co.za
Published in Association with The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism,
Branch: Marine and Coastal Management,
Private Bag X2,
Rogge Bay 8012, South Africa
Telephone: +27 (0) 21 402 3145
Telefax: +27 (0) 21 421 7406
e-mail: scpillar@deat.gov.za
All manuscripts presented in accordance with instructions to authors (three copies) should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief at the Editorial Office.
Manuscript Submission
All manuscripts presented in accordance with instructions to authors (three copies) should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief at the Editorial Office.
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