Frontiers in Marine Science

期刊简介：Frontiers in Marine Science publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research that advances our understanding of all aspects of the environment, biology, ecosystem functioning and human interactions with the oceans. Field Chief Editor Carlos M. Duarte at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, policy makers and the public worldwide.With the human population predicted to reach 9 billion people by 2050, it is clear that traditional land resources will not suffice to meet the demand for food or energy, required to support high-quality livelihoods. As a result, the oceans are emerging as a source of untapped assets, with new innovative industries, such as aquaculture, marine biotechnology, marine energy and deep-sea mining growing rapidly under a new era characterized by rapid growth of a blue, ocean-based economy. The sustainability of the blue economy is closely dependent on our knowledge about how to mitigate the impacts of the multiple pressures on the ocean ecosystem associated with the increased scale and diversification of industry operations in the ocean and global human pressures on the environment. Therefore, Frontiers in Marine Science particularly welcomes the communication of research outcomes addressing ocean-based solutions for the emerging challenges, including improved forecasting and observational capacities, understanding biodiversity and ecosystem problems, locally and globally, effective management strategies to maintain ocean health, and an improved capacity to sustainably derive resources from the oceans.

【译文】《海洋科学前沿》发表经过严格同行评审的研究，推进我们对环境、生物学、生态系统功能和人类与海洋相互作用的各个方面理解。由位于沙特阿拉伯吉达的国王阿卜杜拉科技大学Carlos M. Duarte担任领域主编，并得到一支由国际研究人员组成的杰出编辑委员会的支持。这本多学科开放获取期刊处于传播和沟通科学知识和重大发现的前沿，面向全球的研究人员、学者、政策制定者和公众。随着预测到2050年人类人口将达到90亿，显然，传统的陆地资源将不足以满足对食物或能源的需求，这些需求是支持高质量生活所必需的。因此，海洋正成为未开发的资产来源，在以蓝色、基于海洋的经济快速增长的新时代，水产养殖、海洋生物技术、海洋能源和深海采矿等新创新产业正在迅速增长。蓝色经济的可持续性紧密依赖于我们对如何减轻与海洋生态系统相关的多种压力的知识，这些压力与海洋工业运营规模和多样化的增加以及全球人类对环境的影响有关。因此，《海洋科学前沿》特别欢迎沟通针对海洋解决方案的研究成果，包括改进的预测和观测能力、理解生物多样性和生态系统问题、本地和全球的有效管理策略，以及从海洋可持续获取资源的能力。