title: The use of the short communication article format.
authors.affiliation: Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK. nawi@soton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thatje
mesh_terms: D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*