Instructions to Authors

Submission of papers
All manuscripts relevant to the objectives of Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management will be considered for publication. Manuscripts submitted to Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management should be original and not being considered for publication elsewhere. The author(s) will be asked to transfer the copyright of the manuscript to the Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society (AEHMS). The original, plus two complete copies of the manuscript, including tables and figures, as well as an electronic version (either in Wordperfect 6.0, Word 6.0) on diskette should be sent to:

Dr. M. Munawar, Chief Editor,
Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management
Fisheries and Oceans, Canada Centre for Inland Waters
867 Lakeshore Rd, PO Box 5050, Burlington Ontario, Canada, L7R 4A6
Tel: +1 905 336 4867; Fax: +1 905 634 3516;
E-mail: munawarm@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Manuscripts will be subjected to a peer review. All papers submitted for publication are processed/reviewed quickly by the editorial office for rapid publication. It is therefore necessary that the deadlines given to authors be respected. A systematic response and/or rebuttal to the referees is essential in speeding the evaluation process. If the revisions to the manuscript are returned after the given deadline, the manuscript will be treated as a new submission for the review process.

Manuscript preparation

General: Manuscripts should be submitted in English. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscript checked by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission. The authority for spelling is the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Authors may use either English or American spelling, but only one form of spelling is to be used in any one paper.

Manuscripts must be typewritten with an 11 pt font size, double-spaced with wide margins, and printed single-sided. Good-quality printouts are required. The corresponding author should be identified (including a fax number and an e-mail address if possible). Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Section titles/headings should always be placed on a separate line without accompanying text. Do not number section titles/headings. Every page should be numbered; however, there should be no reference in the text to page numbers. Authors should consult an issue of the journal for style and layout if possible. Do not use the wordprocessing software’s facility for automatic word breaks, double columns, justification, or automatic paragraph number. The editors reserve the right to adjust the style to conform to the house style. Authors should keep a copy of their article since the journal cannot accept responsibility for damage or loss of papers. Original manuscripts are discarded one month after publication unless the publisher is asked to return original material after use.

Size guideline: Manuscripts of fewer than 12 printed pages including tables and figures (equivalent to 20–24 draft pages, 8.5” x 11”, double spaced, 11 pt text, and one figure per page) will be given priority in publication.

Abstract: A concise abstract (250–300 words) should include the objectives, methods, major results, and conclusions. Acronyms should not be included in the abstract. Two to six keywords, not included in the title, should be supplied.

Text: The following order is used. First page: title, authors, addresses, (affiliations). The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and footnote. Second page: abstract, keywords. Third and following pages: text of article (e.g., introduction, methodology, results, discussion), acknowledgments, appendix, references. If footnotes are included in the text, they should be kept to a minimum and be identified with superscript numbers. Footnotes are not encouraged except those accompanying tables. Double quotation marks are used for quotations within the text. Use “and” instead of the ampersand (&).

Each of the following sections must begin on separate pages: figure legends; individual figures; table legends; individual tables including title and footnotes. Figures should be furnished in separate electronic files. Do not import the figures into the text.

Units and symbols: Use the SI system of unit symbols throughout the manuscript. The most commonly used unit symbols are: centimetre (cm); gram (g); hectare (ha); hour (h); joule (j); kilogram (kg); kilometre (km); knot (kn); langley (ly); litre (l); metre (m); microequivalent (µeq); microgram (µg); micrometre (µm); micromole (µmol); milligram (mg); millilitre (ml); millimetre (mm); minute (min); month (mo); nano (n); pico (p); second (s); tonne (t); week (wk); weight (wt); year (y). Note that symbols are to be written in full when used outside of an expression, e.g., 1-litre bottle, 1 litre of water, but 0.45 mg l-1. Use positive exponents for quantities (m3) and negative exponents for concentrations (mg l–1) and rates (g m-3, h -1). Periods are not used in these expressions.

Abbreviations: Where long names of chemicals, processes, and institutions are repeated throughout the text, shortened versions or initials should be included in parentheses after the full name first appears. Thereafter, only the shortened version is to be used. Binomials should always appear in italics and should be written in full for the first occurrence only. In succeeding occurrences, the genus name should be abbreviated to the first letter (e.g., Escherichia coli should appear as E. coli in following occurrences). However, where there are two or more generic names having the same initial letter, these generic names must be written in full throughout the text. The author’s name is not repeated. The author of a scientific name is not included in the title of the paper. Do not use italic text for Latin or other foreign phrases, for example, et al.

References: All publications, and only those publications, cited in the text should be included in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. Citations in the text should be in the following formats: single author, (Smith, 1979); two authors, (Smith and Jones, 1979); three or more authors, (Smith et al., 1979); two citations, (Smith, 1979; Dawson, 1986); one author and two or more publications, (Smith 1979, 1986); one author and two publications in one year, (Smith, 1979a, 1979b); different authors with the same last name, (Smith, P., 1979; Smith, T., 1986)

The manuscript should be checked carefully to ensure that the spelling of authors’ names and dates are the same in the text as in the reference list. References should be listed in the following formats:

The list of references should be arranged alphabetically on the first author’s surname. Within this sequence, where several papers have the same initial author, the following applies: for two authors, alphabetical order of the second author. Where there is more than one paper by the same two authors, the year order is next used. With three or more authors, use the year order.

[JOURNAL] Verduin, J., Munawar, M., 1981. Estimates of open water photosynthesis in the North American Great Lakes. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 21, 1717-1724.

[BOOK] Cairns, J., Jr., Niederlehner, B.R., Orvos, D.R. (Eds.), 1992. Predicting Ecosystem Risk. Princeton Scientific Publication Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ.

[CHAPTER OR SECTION IN BOOK] Dave, G., 1996. Harmonization of methods for determination of sediment and water quality in the Scandinavian countries. In: M. Munawar, G. Dave (Eds.), Development and Progress in Sediment Quality Assessment: Rationale, Challenges, Techniques and Strategies, pp. 213-226.SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam.

[REPORT] Vollenweider, R.A., 1971. Scientific fundamentals of the eutrophication of lakes and flowing waters, with particular reference to nitrogen and phosphorus as factors in eutrophication. Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris.

[ARTICLE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] Hildebrand, H.H., Chávez, H., Compton, H., 1964. Aportación al conocimiento de los peces del arrecife Alacranes, Yucatán (México). (Contribution to the knowledge of Alacran reef fishes, Yucatan (Mexico). In spanish). Ciencia (Mexico) 33(3), 106-135.

[CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS] Adams, T., (Ed.) 1986. Proceedings of a Conference on xxx. 1985 Nov 3–5.: Name of publisher, New York City, New York.

[CONFERENCE PRESENTATION] Smith, T., Jones, G., 1986. Title of presentation. p 216–225. In: T. Adams, (Ed.) Proceedings of a Conference on xxx. 1985 Nov 3–5. Publisher, New York City. New York.

Citations in the text for personal communications or unpublished data are not included in the list of references. However, the full affiliation must be given within the text for the person(s) whose work is cited; for example, “(S. Lawrence, Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, pers. comm.).”

Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively and given a suitable caption. Each table must be typed on a separate sheet. Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript letters. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript, (e.g., in graphs).

Illustrations or figures: All illustrations should be provided in camera-ready form, suitable for reproduction (which may include reduction) without retouching. Photographs, charts and diagrams are all to be referred to as ‘Figure(s)’ and should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are referred to in the text. They should accompany the manuscript, but should not be included in the manuscript pages. All illustrations should be clearly marked on the back with the figure number and the author’s name. All figure captions must be supplied as a List on a separate sheet but not as part of the figure. Figures are reproduced in black and white unless colour is specifically requested. Authors will be charged for colour at current printing prices.

Line drawings: Line drawings should include all relevant details. Good quality printouts on white paper produced in black ink are required. All lettering, graph lines and points on graphs should be sufficiently large and bold to permit reproduction when the diagram has been reduced to a size suitable for inclusion in the journal. Dye-line prints or photocopies are not suitable for reproduction.

Photographs: Original photographs must be supplied, where possible. Please supply halftones as they are to be reproduced (eg., black and white or colour). If necessary, a scale should be marked on the photograph. Please note that photocopies of photographs are not acceptable. Inclusion of colour diagrams is subject to payment of charges to Taylor and Francis. The applicable rate will be provided upon request to the editorial office of Tayor and Francis.

Electronic Submission
Authors should submit an electronic copy of the manuscript with the hard copy. The electronic and hard copies are to be identical. The text of the manuscript, each table, and each figure should be in a separate file on the diskette. Label the diskette with the authors’ names and the file names used on the disk. Keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. To save time, advance copies of the manuscript can be submitted by e-mail followed by hard version as advised above.

Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the author (first-named author if no corresponding author is identified in multi-authored papers) and should be returned to the publisher within 48 hours of receipt. Corrections should be restricted to typesetting errors; any other alterations may be charged to the author. Any queries should be answered in full. Authors are urged to check proofs carefully before returning them, since the inclusion of late corrections cannot be guaranteed.

Copyright
All authors must sign the “Transfer of Copyright” agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables the AEHMS and Taylor & Francis to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the author’s proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm, or any other reproductions of similar nature and translations. Copyright transfer also includes the right to adapt the article for use in conjunction with computer systems and programs, including reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation in retrieval systems. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists. This should be done in a timely fashion to avoid publication delays.

Page Charges
The AEHMS maintains a high international standard of technical, copy and linguistic editing by contracting these services to qualified editorial personnel. To offset these costs, a page charge of US$40.00 per published page is charged for accepted manuscripts. Authors will be asked to complete an agreement form for the payment of page charges. Availability of funds is not a pre-requisite for the submission of papers. The acceptance of papers is based solely on the merit of the manuscript. Authors lacking official funding should request partial or full waiver at the time of submission of the manuscript supported by documentation confirming lack or shortage of official funding. Any queries regarding page changes should be directed to Dr. Munawar, president of AEHMS. A membership with the Society is essential for requesting a waiver of page charges. All authors are encouraged to become members of the Society.

Offprints
One complimentary copy of the issue will be sent to the corresponding author of the article. Additional offprints and issues can be ordered using the order form that will accompany proofs.