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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Contributing Editors are fully responsible for the review process of manuscripts allotted to them; they decide on acceptance or rejection of manuscripts handled by them.

Kenneth D. Black

kenny.black(at)sams.ac.uk

Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK

Organic chemistry, environmental impacts of aquaculture, sustainable aquaculture

Alejandro H. Buschmann

abuschma(at)ulagos.cl

Centro i-mar, Universidad de Los Lagos, Camino, Chinquihue km 6, Puerto Montt, Chile

Sustainability and environmental impacts of aquaculture, seaweed cultivation, community ecology

Bengt Finstad

bengt.finstad(at)nina.no

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Tungasletta 2, 7485 Trondheim, Norway

Parasites shared by cultured and wild fishes

Ian A. Fleming

ifleming(at)mun.ca

Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7, Canada

Genetic impacts of aquaculture activities on native populations; effects of escaped cultured organisms

Barrie M. Forrest

bforrest(at)marinebio.co.nz

Marine Biologic Ltd, 4 Wastney Tce, Marybank, Nelson 7010, New Zealand

Coastal zone management, ecological effects of aquaculture, biofouling and invasive organisms

Jonathan Grant

jon.grant(at)dal.ca

Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada

Mussel aquaculture; modelling of aquaculture-environment interactions

Dean Jerry

dean.jerry(at)jcu.edu.au

School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811 QLD,

Australia

Genetics and breeding of cultured species, phylogenetics, sustainability of aquaculture

Ioannis Karakassis

karakassis(at)biology.uoc.gr

Marine Ecology Laboratory, Biology Department, University of Crete, PO Box 2208, Heraklion 714 09, Crete, Greece

Environmental impacts of fish farming; multivariate analysis of benthic communities

Megan K. La Peyre

mlapey(at)lsu.edu

USGS, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA

Ecology and management of estuarine environments, fish and shellfish health management in aquaculture

Rosamond L. Naylor

roz(at)stanford.edu

Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Aquaculture economics, ecosystem services, food security

Pablo Sánchez Jerez

psanchez(at)ua.es

Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain

Aquaculture-fisheries interactions; fish ecology, seagrasses, marine invertebrates

REVIEW EDITORS

Review Editors Editors critically assess the scientific value of manuscripts, and may advise authors in matters of manuscript presentation.

Dror L. Angel

Haifa, Israel

Multi-trophic aquaculture and waste management; policy and ecosystem approach; modeling

Eugenia Apostolaki

Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Seagrass ecology; benthic biodiversity; environmental effects

Philippe Archambault

Rimouski, QC, Canada

Bivalve culture; benthic diversity and disturbance; recruitment and settlement

Joseph A. Borg

Msida, Malta

Benthic ecology, seagrass and algal habitats; aquaculture and anthropogenic effects

David Bushek

Port Norris, NJ, USA

Shellfish ecology and pathology

Mark J. Costello

Warkworth, New Zealand

Sea lice ecology; interactions between aquaculture and wild fish populations

Brett R. Dumbauld

Newport, OR, USA

Shellfish aquaculture, species introductions, pests and predators, estuarine ecology

Pia Kupka Hansen

Bergen, Norway

Benthic habitats, modeling of carrying capacity, regulation of aquaculture

Barry T. Hargrave

Owen Sound, ON, Canada

Nutrients, primary productivity and eutrophication; benthic impacts of aquaculture

Kate S. Hutson

Townsville, QLD, Australia

Parasites: taxonomy, transmission, risk assessment and interactions with aquaculture

Martin Krkosek

Dunedin, New Zealand

Ecological modelling, epidemiology, non-indigenous species

Sebastien Lefebvre

Wimereux, France

Integrated aquaculture; bivalve feeding; ecosystem modelling; coastal ecosystems and microalgae

David T. Lin

Honolulu, HI, USA

Ecological effects of shrimp and fish cage aquaculture, benthic community structure

Catriona MacLeod

Hobart, TAS, Australia

Benthic ecology, pollution, eutrophication and remediation; finfish and shellfish aquaculture

A. David McKinnon

Townsville, QLD, Australia

Environmental effects of aquaculture; mesozooplankton; copepods

Simone Mirto

Messina, Italy

Environmental impacts, multivariate analysis of benthic communities, meiofauna

Tor Atle Mo

Oslo, Norway

Parasite interactions between wild and farmed fishes

Yngvar Olsen

Trondheim, Norway

Coastal eutrophication; feeding, assimilation and growth efficiency; carbon release rates

Frode Oppedal

Matredal, Norway

Effects of climate change and environmental variability on aquaculture activities

Jens K. Petersen

Nykøbing Mors, Denmark

Shellfish aquaculture and environmental effects

Pitta Paraskevi

Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Microbial food webs; interactions between aquaculture and the water column

Eva Roth

Esbjerg, Denmark

Environmental economics and social sciences

Gianluca Sará

Palermo, Italy

Aquaculture bioenergetics, ecology of filter feeders, environmental effects of aquaculture

Maritza Sepúlveda

Valparaíso, Chile

Environmental effects of aquaculture, interactions between salmon aquaculture and pinnipeds

Alexey A. Sukhotin

St. Petersburg, Russia

Bivalve mariculture, invertebrate physiology and population dynamics

Terje Svåsand

Bergen, Norway

Effects of aquaculture on wild species; marine stock enhancement; coastal ecosystems

Giovanni M. Turchini

Warrnambool, Australia

Aquaculture, fish nutrition, fish oil replacement, lipid nutrition and biochemistry, seafood quality and traceability

Vengatesen Thiyagarajan

Pokfulham Road, Hong Kong

Ocean acidification; climate change; biomineralization; larval settlement; environmental proteomics

Max Troell

Stockholm, Sweden

Resources and environmental problems; integrated cultivation; aquaculture in developing countries

Fernando Tuya

Porto, Portugal

Population dynamics and fisheries ecology; marine aquaculture management; conservation

Ingebrigt Uglem

Trondheim, Norway

Ethology; ecological effects of aquaculture; salmon lice and cleaner fishes; fish welfare

John Volpe

Victoria, BC, Canada

Ecological and socioeconomic dynamics of marine-based food production systems

Yi Zhou

Qingdao, China

Bivalve aquaculture and environmental effects; integrated multi-trophic aquaculture