Articles received by the Editorial Board in English, and English translation of articles from "Biologia Morya" as well, as are published in the journal "Russian Journal of Marine Biology" by Pleiades Publishing Inc. The journal accepts reviews and original research papers on various aspects of observational, experimental, theoretical and applied marine biology. Please write your text in good English (American usage). Manuscripts dedicated to description of new species, submitted by authors in English, will be published in the "Russian Journal of Marine Biology" without publication in the Russian-language journal ("Biologiya Morya").

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The publishers publish and distribute English-language articles only upon signing copyright transfer agreements. To reserve their rights, the authors are requested to enclose with the manuscript an electron copy of a signed agreement. The copyright transfer agreement should be filled out using MS Word or hand-printed, signed by all authors (coauthors and copyright holders) and the scanned. The agreement is a bilingual document (in English or Russian). The content is the same in both languages.

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The manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor in-Chief: Igor Yu. Dolmatov, Biologiya Morya, ul. Palchevskogo 17, Vladivostok, 690041 Russia.

Phone: (+7) 4232 311172, fax: (+7) 4232 310900; e-mail: biolm@imb.dvo.ru.

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Every article must include the following information related to ethical standards, which is easy to formulate using the step-by step manual on the following page: https://www.pleiades.online/en/authors/guidlines/ethics-statements (disclosure all relationships or interests that could have direct or potential influence or impart bias on the work, and following ethical responsibilities and ethical standarts, including respectance of the welfare of animals used for research).

Please write your text in good English (American usage). Manuscripts dedicated to description of new species, submitted by authors in English, will be published in the "Russian Journal of Marine Biology" without publication in the Russian-language journal ("Biologiya Morya"). Manuscripts on other topics in English will be accepted from authors for whom Russian is not native language, from invited authors or by special decision of the Editorial Board.

Electronic version of your manuscript should be in MS Word. Manuscripts of full papers are not limited in size, but short communications should not exceed 8 pages and 2 figures as separate files. Use A4 format, 1.5-spacing, left-justification, 2.5-cm margins, and 12-point Times New Roman font for all text, references, tables, and figure legends. Insert a line between paragraphs and a single space between words and after punctuation, do not use underlining. Pages and lines of the manuscript should be numbered.

Supplementary Materials (http://pleiades.online/en/authors/guidlines/prepare-electonic-version/supplementary-materials). To describe your studies better, the article can be supplemented with various additional files (audio, video, presentations in various formats, tables, and illustrations) provided that the author reserves the right for these supplementary materials that has not been granted to others or the author has written permission to use these materials for the purpose of publication in the journal. Supplementary materials are published online only in English-language journals at http://link.springer.com.