該雜志發表了關于基因、染色質、染色體和海洋生物(和淡水生物)的(meta)基因組的所有功能和進化方面的論文。它涉及到更廣泛的環境科學框架的新基因組啟用的見解。本雜志范圍內的主題包括:?人口基因組學和生態學?進化和發育基因組學?比較基因組學?宏基因組?環境基因組學?系統生物學更具體的主題包括:水生生物的地理和系統基因組特征、生物和群落的代謝能力和途徑、生物地球化學循環、基因組學和應用于微生物生態學的綜合方法，包括(meta)轉錄組學和(meta)蛋白質組學、傳染病跟蹤、環境壓力、全球氣候變化和生態系統建模。

The journal publishes papers on all functional and evolutionary aspects of genes, chromatin, chromosomes and (meta)genomes of marine (and freshwater) organisms. It deals with new genome-enabled insights into the broader framework of environmental science. Topics within the scope of this journal include:? Population genomics and ecology? Evolutionary and developmental genomics? Comparative genomics? Metagenomics? Environmental genomics? Systems biologyMore specific topics include: geographic and phylogenomic characterization of aquatic organisms, metabolic capacities and pathways of organisms and communities, biogeochemical cycles, genomics and integrative approaches applied to microbial ecology including (meta)transcriptomics and (meta)proteomics, tracking of infectious diseases, environmental stress, global climate change and ecosystem modelling.