The Bulletin of Marine Science is dedicated to the dissemination of research dealing with the tropical and subtropical waters of the world’s oceans. All aspects of marine science are treated by the Bulletin of Marine Science, including papers in marine biology, biological oceanography, fisheries, marine policy, applied marine physics, marine geology and geophysics, marine and atmospheric chemistry, meteorology, and physical oceanography. In most regular issues the Bulletin features separate sections on new taxa and coral reefs.

The Bulletin of Marine Science is now in its 57th year of publication. Commencing in 1951 the first volumes were published as the Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean. The name was changed in 1965 (volume 15) to the present one. It is published by the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida 33149-1031 U.S.A.

The Bulletin of Marine Science (print ISSN 0007-4977, online ISSN 1553-6955) is published six times per year in two volumes for the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science of the University of Miami by AllenPress, Inc., 810 East 10th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0368 U.S.A.

Manuscript submission

The Bulletin accepts manuscripts via an online submission and peer-review process. The submission of a manuscript will be taken to imply that the manuscript is original and has not been submitted or published elsewhere in its present or modified form. For instructions for manuscript preparation and submission click here. Other matters should be sent to the Editorial Office, Bulletin of Marine Science, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida 33149-1031 U.S.A. or e-mailed to bms@rsmas.miami.edu.