Journal subject areas

The journal subject areas are defined by the following index terms below. These terms represent the keywords to be chosen for assignment of submitted manuscripts to individual editors.

Biodiversity and ecosystem function Freshwater
Terrestrial
Marine
Palaeo-
Microbial ecology & geomicrobiology
Biogeochemistry Land
Land–sea coupling
Air–sea exchange
Air–land exchange
Greenhouse gases
Wetlands
Coastal ocean
Open ocean
Stable isotopes & other tracers
Organic biogeochemistry
Limnology
Rivers & streams
Sediment
Soils
Groundwater
Environmental microbiology
Biomineralization
Bio-optics
Modelling, aquatic
Modelling, terrestrial
Paleobiogeoscience Marine record
Terrestrial record
Proxy use, development & validation
Organic biomarkers
Past ecosystem functioning
Climate connection
Biogeophysics Ecohydrology
Biota & sediment stability
Turbulence & biota
Physical–biological coupling
Bioturbation
Benthic boundary layer processes
Environmental optics
Astrobiology and exobiology Extreme environments, brines & hydrothermal
Deep biosphere
Extraterrestrial biogeosciences
Earth system science/response to global change Models, Holocene/Anthropocene
Models, geological history
Climate change
Evolution of system Earth
Remote sensing Marine
Terrestrial