limnology-and-oceanography
Limnology and Oceanography (limnology-and-oceanography)
Journal positioning
Limnology and Oceanography is the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) flagship for the aquatic sciences, spanning freshwater (lakes, rivers, wetlands) and marine (coastal and open-ocean) systems within a single community. Its scope covers aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, plankton and microbial processes, and the physical–biological and physical–chemical coupling that links them. Its defining expectation is rigorous aquatic-science evidence that delivers process insight — an advance in understanding how aquatic organisms, chemistry, and physics interact, not a descriptive survey or a single-system observation without mechanism. A terrestrial study, or a purely physical-oceanography paper with no biological or biogeochemical coupling (better suited to a geophysics venue), is a poor fit however competent. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current author guidance. Before submitting, re-check the live Limnology and Oceanography author instructions and data policy.