Academic Resources
The sources found here are scholarly publications on and related to the topic of Marine and Freshwater Biology. The following resources will allow you to locate sources have been written and published by researchers in the field.
Databases will provide you with a narrow collection of scholarly publications such as Journal Articles, reports, conference papers and eBooks that are focused on the field of environmental sciences and related disciplines. Check out the databases here if you need to research topics in Marine or Freshwater Biology.
Journals are periodical publications of articles written by researchers and experts in the field. These publications look to provide current research on certain aspects of the subject at a high quality. The selection of journals provided here are a collection of some of the highly ranked journals of the year, as well as a core selection of topical publications selected by the lecturers, researchers and academics of ECU.
- For how to use academic sources see Researching a Topic for tips on filtering and searching for information.
Databases
Databases are a more subject focused collection of academically published materials. To search for articles and publications which are related to Marine and Freshwater Biology try using the following databases. For a broader search or for more multidisciplinary databases see Core Resources.
- CSIRO Publishing eBooks This link opens in a new windowCovers a wide range of scientific disciplines, including agriculture, plant and animal sciences, chemistry, health and the environment.
- CSIRO Publishing Journals This link opens in a new window
Covers the latest research by leading Australian and overseas scientists and covering a broad range of subjects. - REEF (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Province Database) This link opens in a new windowBibliographic abstract only database: 1982-2014. Produced by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Indexes and abstracts both published material and grey literature about the Great Barrier Reef Region.
- ScienceDirect Journals & Books This link opens in a new window
A Web database for scientific research that contains the full text of more than 2,500 scholarly journals including over 250 fully Open Access publications. Covers Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, and provides both author and journal metrics (performance analytics) of the literature indexed in the database.
Citation Metrics are a measure of how many times a resource has been used or 'cited' in other works, and where they have been cited. If you are looking for impactful research or highly ranked Journals use these services to compare. Use these Citation Indexes to find and compare a range of academic works in science.
Abstract and citation databases are services that present the citation connections of published articles in a field and compare their citation indexes with other published works.
You can use the following databases to look for well cited research, literature or authors.
- SciVal This link opens in a new window
Provides customised research performance metrics and collaboration data on organisations, individual researchers or groups of researchers. SciVal uses the Scopus database publication, citation and usage data in all its calculations.
[Registration required. Sign in with your personal ScienceDirect/Scopus/SciVal account.] - Scimago Journal Rankings (SJR) This link opens in a new window
SCImago Journal Rankings provides metrics and rankings of journals indexed by Scopus database. - Scopus This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, and provides both author and journal metrics (performance analytics) of the literature indexed in the database. - Web of Science This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, and provides both author and journal metrics (performance analytics) of the literature indexed in the database.
Journals
- Frontiers in Marine ScienceResearch published on the effects of environment, biological, ecological and human interactions on the ocean.
[Peer Reviewed] [Open Access] - ICES Journal of Marine SciencePublication of articles and opinion essays on the understanding of marine systems and the impact of human activity on them. Topics covered are: Oceanography, Marine Biota and Ecology, and economic factors related to the management of these areas.
[Peer Reviewed] - Marine and Freshwater ResearchPublished by the CSIRO, Marine & Freshwater Research is a multidisciplinary journal publishing original research and reviews on all aquatic environments and subject areas.
- Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS)MEPS is a leading ecological journal publishing research on all aspects of marine, coastal and estuarine ecology. Coverage includes the whole spectrum of species, habitats, biological organisation (cells to ecosystems) and research (fundamental and applied).
- Progress in OceanographyArticles published on oceanography providing a more comprehensive view on the subject.
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- Fish and FisheriesCovers a multidisciplinary study of fish biology and fisheries including ecology and ecosystem dynamics, evolutionary and biological studies, and population assessments and dynamics modelling.
[Peer Reviewed] - Freshwater BiologyPublications covering freshwater ecology and the micro-organisms and biota that is present in these environments. Topics also cover physical and chemical aspects of the systems.
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