AME Information
Companion Journal to Marine Ecology Progress Series and Aquatic Biology
History
Aquatic Microbial Ecology (AME) was founded by Otto Kinne, Fereidoun Rassoulzadegan and John Dolan. It is the successor to 'Marine Microbial Food Webs', which was founded by P. Bougis and F. Rassoulzadegan and published by the 'Institut Océanographique, Fondation Albert 1er Prince de Monaco', Paris, from 1985 to 1994. The last issue of 'Marine Microbial Food Webs' was Volume 8, Number 2
Continued Success
According to Journal Citation Reports 2010, AME features an Impact Factor of 2.09. Thus, the journal remains a leader in its field.
Aim
AME serves as a worldwide forum for scientific communications on all aspects of aquatic microbial dynamics. In particular, the journal covers research on viruses, prokaryotes and eukaryotes - both planktonic and benthic, autotrophic and heterotrophic - in marine, limnetic and brackish habitats. AME strives for:
- complete coverage of the ecology of microorganisms in aquatic environments
- the highest possible quality of scientific contributions
- quick publication (3 months from acceptance to publication)
- an excellent technical standard of presentation
Scope
AME is international and interdisciplinary. It presents rigorously refereed and carefully selected Research articles, AME Discoveries, Reviews and Notes, as well as Comments/Reply Comments (for details see AME 27:209), Theme sections and As I See It articles (for details consult Guidelines for AME authors) concerned with:
- Tolerances and responses of microorganisms to variations in abiotic and biotic components of their environment; microbial life under extreme environmental conditions (climate, temperature, pressure, osmolarity, redox, etc.).
- Role of aquatic microorganisms in the production, transformation and decomposition of organic matter; flow patterns of energy and matter as these pass through microorganisms; population dynamics; trophic interrelationships; modelling, both theoretical and via computer simulation, of individual microorganisms and microbial populations; biodiversity.
- Absorption and transformation of inorganic material; synthesis and transformation of organic material (autotrophic and heterotrophic); non-genetic and genetic adaptation; behaviour; molecular microbial ecology; symbioses.
Conflicts of Interest
Authors, Reviewers and Editors must disclose relationships (e.g. financial, economic, institutional) that may affect the integrity of the scientific process.
Subscription information
Beginning with Volume 22 AME is also available online.
AME articles published 5 years ago or more may be accessed freely. Articles published in 2005 or earlier are currently available.
2011: 4 volumes, Vols 62 to 65
Annual rate for 2011 (4 volumes, print and online versions): € 796
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