AB publishes rigorously refereed and carefully selected Feature Articles, Research Articles, Reviews and Notes, as well as Comments/Reply Comments (for details see MEPS 228:1), Theme Sections, Opinion Pieces (previously called 'As I See It') (for details consult the Guidelines for Authors) concerned with the biology, physiology, biochemistry and genetics (including the ’omics‘) of all aquatic organisms under laboratory and field conditions, and at all levels of organisation and investigation. Areas covered include:

-Biological aspects of biota: Evolution and speciation; life histories; biodiversity, biogeography and phylogeography; population genetics; biological connectedness between marine and freshwater biota; paleobiology of aquatic environments; invasive species.

-Biochemical and physiological aspects of aquatic life; synthesis and conversion of organic matter (mechanisms of auto- and heterotrophy, digestion, respiration, nutrition); thermo-, ion, osmo- and volume-regulation; stress and stress resistance; metabolism and energy budgets; non-genetic and genetic adaptation.

-Species interactions: Environment–organism and organism–organism interrelationships; predation: defenses (physical and chemical); symbioses.

-Molecular biology of aquatic life.

-Behavior: Orientation in space and time; migrations; feeding and reproductive behavior; agonistic behavior.

-Toxicology and water-quality effects on organisms; anthropogenic impacts on aquatic biota (e.g. pollution, fisheries); stream regulation and restoration.

-Theoretical biology: mathematical modelling of biological processes and species interactions.

-Methodology and equipment employed in aquatic biological research; underwater exploration and experimentation.

-Exploitation of aquatic biota: Fisheries; cultivation of aquatic organisms: use, management, protection and conservation of living aquatic resources.

-Reproduction and development in marine, brackish and freshwater organisms

AB 出版经过严格审查和精心挑选的专题文章、研究文章、评论和笔记，以及评论/回复评论（详情请参阅 MEPS 228:1）、主题部分、意见文章（以前称为“我的看法”）（详情请参阅作者指南），涉及实验室和现场条件下以及所有组织和调查级别的所有水生生物的生物学、生理学、生物化学和遗传学（包括“组学”）。涵盖的领域包括：

-生物群落的生物学方面：进化和物种形成；生活史；生物多样性、生物地理学和系统地理学；种群遗传学；海洋和淡水生物群落之间的生物联系；水生环境的古生物学；入侵物种。

-水生生物的生化和生理方面；有机物的合成和转化（自养和异养、消化、呼吸、营养的机制）；热、离子、渗透和体积调节；压力和抗压力；新陈代谢和能量预算；非遗传和遗传适应。

-物种相互作用：环境-生物和生物-生物相互关系；捕食：防御（物理和化学）；共生。

-水生生物的分子生物学。

-行为：空间和时间定位；迁徙；摄食和生殖行为；竞争行为。

-毒理学和水质对生物的影响；人类活动对水生生物的影响（例如污染、渔业）；溪流调节和恢复。

-理论生物学：生物过程和物种相互作用的数学建模。

-水生生物研究中使用的方法和设备；水下探索和实验。

-水生生物的开发：渔业；水生生物的养殖：生物水资源的利用、管理、保护和养护。

-海洋、咸水和淡水生物的繁殖和发育

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