Marine Ornithology

Aims & Scope

Marine Ornithologyis published by the Pacific Seabird Group on behalf of a consortium of seabird groups: African, Australasian, Dutch, Japanese, and Pacific. The journal publishes contributed papers, forum articles (papers on topics of general interest that express a particular viewpoint and may be solicited), and reviews of books, websites, and software on all aspects of marine ornithology worldwide. Review papers or Commentaries (i.e., short articles contributing new perspectives on existing publications) on important or emerging topics in marine ornithology are encouraged. Contributions dealing with coastal or inland seabirds such as seaducks, gulls, terns, cormorants, and pelicans will also be considered. Authors do not have to be members of the sponsoring seabird groups. All contributions (except for book reviews) are submitted to at least two referees. If revised manuscripts are not received by the editor within four months of the author's receipt of editorial and referees' reports, they will be treated as new submissions. Upon acceptance, the technical editors will apply house style while copy-editing the manuscript. The edited manuscript, followed by page proofs, will be sent to the corresponding author and must be carefully checked and returned within five days of receipt. Because papers are available for download from the website free of charge, reprints are not supplied. Since 2000,Marine Ornithologyhas been published in electronic form on theMarine Ornithologywebsite (marineornithology.org). There is no charge for viewing or downloading papers. Authors retain copyright and full publishing rights; by publishing inMarine Ornithology, authors agree that their papers can be freely distributed and archived under Creative Commons license (CC BY). From2025all published manuscripts will be subject to a flat USD$75/page Article Processing Charge. This fee allows your article to be published Open Access under our Creative Commons License. Authors with no instiutio

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