Marine Ecology Progress Series《海洋生态学进展丛刊》(半月刊). Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS) was founded in 1979 by Professor Otto Kinne. Its original concept was based on Marine Ecology - the first comprehensive, integrated treatise on life in oceans and coastal waters - conceived, contributed to, organized and edited by Otto Kinne, and published by John Wiley & Sons. MEPS serves as a worldwide forum for all aspects of marine ecology, fundamental and applied. The journal covers: microbiology, botany, zoology, ecosystem research, biological oceanography, ecological aspects of fisheries and aquaculture, pollution, environmental protection, conservation, resource management.