Review Papers on Marine Diversity

Dear Colleagues,

There has been a recent and rapid increase in the number of publications dealing with marine diversity, and thus there is a growing need to integrate all this new information without overlooking what has been published in the past. Review papers are essential for unifying information and can help to discover and point out gaps in our knowledge. Therefore, for this Special Issue, we invite review papers on multidisciplinary topics of marine diversity that bridge organismic diversity and molecular diversity. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish overviews in their research field with as much detail as possible. Examples are: organismic diversity and diversity preservation; systematics, taxonomy, and phylogeny; integrated morphological and genetic diversity and its conservation; global change effects on marine biodiversity; fragmentation effects; invasive organisms; conservation management; patterns of past and present marine biodiversity; species richness patterns over environmental gradients; artificial and disturbed environments and ocean sprawl. Before you plan to submit a manuscript, please contact the editors to find out whether your suggested topic is relevant for this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Bert W. Hoeksema
Dr. James Davis Reimer
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diversity is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2100 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.