Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal Aquatic Biosystems has introduced an article processing charge free period until June 1, 2012 for all new submissions. The move is to celebrate the recent re-launch of Aquatic Biosystems from its previous title Saline Systems.
Aquatic Biosystems publishes articles on all aspects of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms and environments. Amongst the first articles published this year is research on the hunting strategies and prey items of killer whales in Canada, and a review focusing on the strategy of extremophilic enzymes when functioning at low water activity.
The journal encourages reports on a wide array of environments, including lakes, rivers, marshes, springs, lagoons, solar pans, estuaries, and the open ocean, and their micro- and macro-flora and fauna. The focus is on the relationships between the environment and biological systems, encompassing microbial genomics, physiology, and ecology, biogeochemical cycling, food webs, paleolimnology, biodiversity, conservation, resource management, and ecosystem structure and function. The journal recently expanded its scope and its Editorial board to cover all aquatic biosystems.
