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Marine Genomics now on ScienceDirect

Volume 1, Issue 1 of Marine Genomics is now available on ScienceDirect

Volume 1: Issues 1 & 2 will have free online access. Click here for your gratis issue on ScienceDirect. Marine Genomics publishes papers on all structural, functional and evolutionary aspects of genes, chromatin, chromosomes and genomes of marine (and freshwater) organisms.

A full aims and scope and editorial board can be found on the journal homepage.

New Journal Launch: Journal of Great Lakes Research

Elsevier Partners with the International Association for Great Lakes Research - launch expected in January 2009

Elsevier and the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR), have formed a publishing partnership to assume publication of the Journal of Great Lakes Research, the official journal of the Association, starting in January 2009. The Journal of Great Lakes Research has been published as a quarterly journal by IAGLR since 1975, when the first issue appeared.

The journal publishes research papers, reviews, and technical notes advancing knowledge and promoting a better understanding of large lakes of the world and their watersheds. Special issues, focused on particular topics are also published on a regular basis. IAGLR represents 1000 members worldwide. >> More information

Journal of Great Lakes Research will also be available on ScienceDirect shortly.

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research - Author Workshop in Nanjing

In October this year, during the 16th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (apd-iahr2008), Journal of Hydro-Environment Research will launch an author workshop.

New Feature: PERK - Publishing Ethics Resource Kit

Supporting our editors dealing with publishing ethics issues by providing guidelines & policies, recommended courses of action & sample letters

In March this year, Elsevier announced the launch of its Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK). The aim of this kit is to act as a resource and provide advisory support for addressing queries about issues such as plagiarism, authorship disputes, multiple submission and/or publication, and research misconduct: www.elsevier.com/publishingethicskit 

As well as launching PERK, we are also active in other publishing ethics initiatives. We recently enlisted all of our journals into COPE (*Committee on Publishing Ehtics www.publicationethics.org.uk) - ensuring that our editors have an alternative authoritative source to refer to when dealing with complex ethical issues.

For more information, go to www.elsevier.com/pubilshingethicskit

Upcoming Conferences

	Science and Management of  Estuaries and Coasts: A tale of two Hemispheres September 29 - October 03, 2008. Bahia Blanca, Argentina
	16th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research October 20-23, 2008, Nanjing, China
	13th International congress for Harmful Algae November 3-7, 2008, Hong Kong, China

Featured Special Issues

Aquatic Botany
Mangrove Ecology – Applications in Forestry and Costal Zone Management
Volume 89, Issue 2, Pages 77-274 (August 2008)

In this millennium, we must ask if the diversity of mangroves and the many ecosystem functions they provide can be retained and sustained when mangrove forests continue to be cut to provide logs for charcoal kilns and wood chips for rayon mills, filled will garbage and ‘reclaimed” for coastal developments. The twelve papers in this special issue of Aquatic Botany provide comprehensive reviews of the fundamental knowledge that scientists have accumulated over hundreds of years that can be used to answer these pressing questions.

Harmful Algae
Recent Progress on the Research and Management of Cochlodinium Blooms, Workshop of Recent Progress on the Research and Management of Cochlodinium Blooms
Volume 7, Issue 3, pp. 259-378 (April 2008)

The Special Issue is based on presentations based on the Workshop of Recent Progress on the Research and Management of Cochlodinium Blooms and includes contributions under the major topic areas.

Progress in Oceanography
A New View of Water Masses After WOCE. A Special Edition for Professor Matthias Tomczak
Volume 77, Issue 4, pp. 269-376 (June 2008)

Special Issue Round Up View a list of all Aquatic Sciences Special Issues published between April – August 2008.
Featured Book New Book on Biological Wastewater Treatment Biological Wastewater Treatment - Principles, Modelling and Design Editor(s): M. Henze, M. C. M. van Loosdrecht, G.A. Ekama and D. Brdjanovic Publication Date: 15 Aug 2008 • ISBN: 9781843391883 Pages: 600 • Hardback Over the past twenty years, the knowledge and understanding of wastewater treatment have advanced extensively and moved away from empirically-based approaches to a first principles approach embracing chemistry, microbiology, physical and bioprocess engineering, and mathematics. For a new generation of young scientists and engineers entering the wastewater treatment profession, the quantity, complexity and diversity of these new developments can be overwhelming, particularly in developing countries where access is not readily available to advanced level tertiary education courses in wastewater treatment. This book addresses this deficiency.
NEW Elsevier books Available Online via ScienceDirect November 2008 Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences 2e Online Reference Work Editors-in-Chief: Dr. John H. Steele, Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitute, USA Dr. Karl Turekian, Yale University, USA Dr. Steve Thorpe, University of Wales, UK   Equivalent of 6 volumes, with approximately 500 articles covering the breadth and depth of the field A thorough revision of the widely respected first edition -- at least 30% new or updated content Greater coverage of climate, remote sensing, and data modeling, with greater consideratio of economic and political aspects Online functionality faciliates easier research and increased productivity with greater flexibility, accessibility, and usability For more information, including full Table of Contents, visit elsevierdirect.com/eos     Nitrogen in the Marine Environment, 2e Editors:  Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter, Deborah A. Bronk, Margaret Mulholland Online Text-Reference Available Aug 2008 The classic text, fully updated to reflect the rapid pace of discovery Provides researchers and students in oceanography, chemistry, and marine ecology an understanding of the marine nitrogen cycle Available online with easy access and search - the information you need, when you need it For more information visit elsevierdirect.com/capone

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