Marine Research in Indonesia (MRI) has been published since 1956 focused on physical chemical, biological and geological oceanography research of the Indonesian and its adjacent waters e.g., Indian and West Pacific Oceans. MRI accomodates Research Articles (at least 5 pages printed pages); Reviews, State-of-the-art evaluations of defined research areas (up to 15 printed pages); Notes or short Communication, brief reports of important new information deserving priority publication or important personal views on hot topics (up to 4 printed pages); Comments, critical, fair assessments of published works and Reply Comments, replies to comments (normally 2 to 3 printed pages). MRI is published twice a year in July and November.