《植物瑪麗娜》出版了從亞細胞到生態系統各個層次的海洋植物學學科的高質量貢獻:化學和應用、基因組學、生理學和生態學、系統發育和生物地理學。特別歡迎涉及全球或跨學科興趣的研究。應用科學論文受到贊賞，特別是當它們闡明了新興概念問題的應用或促進發展中的技術時。該雜志邀請最新的評論處理最新發展的海洋植物學。

Botanica Marina publishes high-quality contributions from all of the disciplines of marine botany at all levels of biological organisation from subcellular to ecosystem: chemistry and applications, genomics, physiology and ecology, phylogeny and biogeography. Research involving global or interdisciplinary interest is especially welcome. Applied science papers are appreciated, particularly when they illustrate the application of emerging conceptual issues or promote developing technologies. The journal invites state-of-the art reviews dealing with recent developments in marine botany.