Oceanography | Vol.29, No.3
Breaking Waves
CALL FOR
MANUSCRIPTS
Breaking Waves provides an outlet for short papers describ-
ing novel approaches to multidisciplinary problems in ocean-
ography. These provocative papers will present findings that are
synthetic by design, and have the potential to move the field of
oceanography forward or in new directions.
Papers should be written in a style that is both concise and
accessible to a broad readership. While these papers should be
thought-provoking for the professional oceanographer, they
should also be written in a manner that is engaging for the edu-
cated nonprofessional. As in other sections of Oceanography,
we encourage the use of color photographs and figures to help
illustrate a paper’s main points and add to its aesthetic appeal.
Consistent with our effort to publish papers on rapidly advanc-
ing topics in oceanography, all submissions to the Breaking Waves
section will be given a special fast-track in the peer-review and
publishing processes. Our goal will be to publish papers no more
than two issues (i.e., six months) after their submission.
The Associate Editor overseeing Breaking Waves manuscripts
is Charles H. Greene (chg2@cornell.edu), Department of Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University. Authors should
submit a brief e-mail message to the Associate Editor outlining
their ideas for papers prior to actual manuscript preparation. This
step will ensure that authors receive appropriate feedback prior
to investing their time and energy in preparing manuscripts that
may be unsuitable for publication in this forum. Correspondence
with the Associate Editor and submission of manuscripts must
be done electronically. File formats for text, figures, and photo-
graphs must be consistent with existing style guidelines
for Oceanography (http://tos.org/oceanography/guidelines).
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DEPARTMENTS
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QUARTERDECK. Silver Linings: Disasters Can Produce Good Science
By E.S. Kappel
07
FROM THE PRESIDENT. TOS To Pilot a Mentoring Program for Ocean Science
Graduate Students
By M.S. Lozier
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COMMENTARY. True Colors of Oceanography: Guidelines for Effective and
Accurate Colormap Selection
By K.M. Thyng, C.A. Greene, R.D. Hetland, H.M. Zimmerle, and S.F. DiMarco
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COMMENTARY. North America’s Iconic Marine Species at Risk Due To
Unprecedented Ocean Warming
By C.H. Greene
18
COMMENTARY. Assessing Student Learning of Oceanography Concepts
By L. Arthurs
22
RIPPLE MARKS. Coral Reef Discovered in an Unlikely Locale:
The Amazon River’s Freshwater Plume
By C.L. Dybas
214 ROGER REVELLE COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE. Managing Leviathan:
Conservation Challenges for the Great Whales in a Post-Whaling World
By P.J. Clapham
226 THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM. Why Wet Students Are the Best:
The Ins and Outs of Fieldwork
By S. Boxall
229 CAREER PROFILES. Louise Newman, Executive Officer, Southern
Ocean Observing System • Jonathan M. Lilly, Senior Research Scientist,
NorthWest Research Associates
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