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Limnology and Oceanography Letters (L&O Letters) is an open access journal featuring short-format innovative and cutting-edge research in all domains of the aquatic sciences. The journal also publishes synthetic articles and data papers. L&O Letters is indexed in Web of Science with a Impact Factor of 7.8, ranked #1 in Limnology and #2 in Oceanography.
Early‐career researchers are embracing the journal as authors and reviewers because of its focus on inclusion, equity, and diversity, and as it continues to be at the cutting‐edge of open science. Submit to L&O Letters today! Submit to L&O Letters
Read more about L&O Letters' inception here:
The Challenges, Risks, and Rewards of Launching A New Journal (wiley.com)
Featured in L&O Letters
Articles
Salinization, warming, and loss of water clarity inhibit vertical mixing of small urban ponds
-  16 November 2023
Increased anoxia following species invasion of a eutrophic lake
-  14 November 2023
Terrestrial carbon inputs to inland waters: A current synthesis of estimates and uncertainty
-  132-142
-  30 November 2017
Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and impoundments: Upscaling in the face of global change
-  64-75
-  26 March 2018
Micro‐by‐micro interactions: How microorganisms influence the fate of marine microplastics
-  18-36
-  22 January 2020
Finding the missing piece of the aquatic plastic pollution puzzle: Interaction between primary producers and microplastics
-  91-104
-  5 June 2017
Simple rules for concise scientific writing
- Limnology and Oceanography Letters
-  379-383
-  13 June 2020

Blooms also like it cold
- Limnology and Oceanography Letters
-  546-564
-  17 February 2023
Micro‐by‐micro interactions: How microorganisms influence the fate of marine microplastics
- Limnology and Oceanography Letters
-  18-36
-  22 January 2020
Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers
- Limnology and Oceanography Letters
-  453-463
-  8 December 2022