Instructions to Authors
General information
As announced in the call for papers, selected papers about freshwater
aquatic ecosystems will be included in a book on this topic, whereas
other manuscripts will be submitted for publication to Ecological
Modelling. Therefore the following instructions have been adapted
from those for Ecological Modelling in order to be fully compatible
with them. However, manuscripts for this conference must be submitted
only electronically and hardcopies will not be accepted.
Manuscripts should be submitted by the end of April via e-mail in
order to speed up the reviewing process. Microsoft Word files will
be preferred, but other word processor formats will be also accepted.
The Authors are requested to submit their manuscript, with tables
and figures, and the full contact details of three suggested reviewers,
to the following e-mail address:
man@isei3.org
As Microsoft Word and other word processors tend to produce huge
files (especially after inserting figures) please check the file size
before sending it. If needed, the manuscript file can be compressed.
If the size of your file is still very large (e.g. >3 Mb), please
send a message to the above address (man@isei3.org) in order to arrange
a suitable procedure for file transfer (e.g. via FTP or via ordinary
mail).
Submission of a manuscript is understood to imply that the manuscript
is original and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
Upon acceptance of the manuscript, the author(s) will be asked to
transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher.
Manuscripts will be reviewed by at least two referees that will be
selected among the suggested reviewers and/or other scientists.
Manuscripts should be written in English. Authors whose native language
is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscripts checked
by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission.
Manuscripts should be double spaced, using Times New Roman 12 pt,
with wide margins (at least 25 mm) and, if possible, with numbered
lines (the same format applies to body text as well as to abstracts,
footnotes, references, etc.). Every page of the manuscript, including
the title page, references, tables, etc., should be numbered. However,
in the text no reference should be made to page numbers; if necessary,
one may refer to sections. Italicize words that should be in italics,
and do not italicize any other words. Avoid excessive usage of italics
to emphasize part of the text.
Organisation of the manuscripts
Manuscripts in general should be organized in the following order:
- Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
- Name(s) of author(s)
- Complete postal address(es) of affiliations
- Full telephone, Fax No. and e-mail address of the corresponding
author
- Present address(es) of author(s) if applicable
- Complete correspondence address to which the proofs should be
sent
- Abstract
- Keywords (indexing terms), normally 3-6 items
- Introduction
- Material studied, area descriptions, methods, techniques
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements and any additional information concerning research
grants, etc.
- References
- Tables
- Figures
- Figure captions
In typing the manuscript, titles and subtitles should not be run
within the text. They should be typed on a separate line, without
indentation. Use lower-case lettertype and number first- and second-order
headings.
Special instructions to the copy editor or typesetter should be
encircled using a double border line. The typesetter will then know
that the enclosed matter is not to be set in type.
The Organising Committee reserves the privilege of returning to the
author for revision accepted manuscripts and illustrations which are
not in the proper form given in this guide.
Specific instructions
Units
SI units should be used.
Abstract
The abstract should be clear, descriptive and not longer than 400
words.
Tables
Large tables should be avoided. Reversing columns and rows will often
reduce the dimensions of a table, as well as dividing it into two
or more parts. Tables should be numbered according to their sequence
in the text. The text should include references to all tables. Each
table should be typewritten on a separate page of the manuscript.
Tables should never be included in the text. Each table should have
a brief and self-explanatory title. Column headings should be brief,
but sufficiently explanatory. Standard abbreviations of units of measurement
should be added between parentheses. Vertical lines should not be
used to separate columns. Leave some extra space between the columns
instead. Any explanation essential to the understanding of the table
should be given as a footnote at the bottom of the table.
Illustrations
Illustrations (line drawings and photographs) should be submitted
separately. If they are included in the same file as the text (e.g.
in a Microsoft Word file), they should be inserted at the end of the
manuscript, after the tables, and each figure should be inserted in
a separate page. Pasting graphics as "Picture", using the
Paste Special menu entry, usually allows to keep the file size as
small as possible, because only the graphics are imported, with no
links to the data file from which they have been copied. Moreover,
figures inserted as "Picture" are in vectorial format and
can be nicely rescaled with no effects on their quality. Separate
postscript figures are also accepted. High resolution bitmap files
are accepted for photographs in the evaluation phase, whereas sharp
and glossy photographs copies are required in the final version. Reproductions
of photographs already printed cannot be accepted and photographs
are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity.
Illustrations should be numbered according to their sequence in
the text. References should be made in the text to each illustration.
Each illustration should be identified by its number at the bottom
of the page or in the file name (in case of separate files). Illustrations
should be of such a size as to allow a reduction of 50%, so make sure
that the size of the lettering is big enough to allow such a reduction
without becoming illegible. The lettering should be in English. Use
the same kind of lettering throughout the manuscript. Each illustration
should have a caption. The captions to all illustrations should be
typed on a separate sheet of the manuscript. Explanations should be
given in the separate legend. Drawn text in the illustrations should
be kept to a minimum. Colour illustrations cannot usually be included,
unless the cost of their reproduction is paid for by the author.
References
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list
of references following the text of the manuscript. The manuscript
should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of author's
names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference
list. In the text refer to the author's name (without initial) and
year of publication, followed - if necessary - by a short reference
to appropriate pages. Examples: "Since Peterson (1988) has shown
that ...." "This is in agreement with results obtained later
(Kramer, 1989, pp. 12-16)". If reference is made in the text
to a publication written by more than two authors the name of the
first author should be used followed by "et al.". This indication,
however, should never be used in the list of references. In this list
names of first author and co-authors should be mentioned. References
cited together in the text should be arranged chronologically. The
list of references should be arranged alphabetically on authors' names,
and chronologically per author. If an author's name in the list is
also mentioned with co-authors the following order should be used:
publications of the single author, arranged according to publication
dates - publications of the same author with one co-author - publications
of the author with more than one co-author. Publications by the same
author(s) in the same year should be listed as 1974a, 1974b, etc.
Use the following system for arranging your references:
a. For periodicals
Van Orden, G.N. and Uchrin, C.G., 1993. The study of dissolved oxygen
dynamics in the Whippany River, New Jersey using the QUAL2E model.
Ecol. Modelling, 70: 1-17.
b. For books
De Groot, W.T., 1992. Environmental Science Theory. Studies in Environmental
Science Vol. 52. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 584 pp.
c. For multi-author books
Jørgensen, S.E., 1988. Modelling eutrophication of shallow
lakes. In: W.J. Mitsch, M. Stras kraba and S.E. Jørgensen (Editors),
Wetland Modelling, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 177-188.
The titles of periodicals mentioned in the list of references should
be abbreviated according to the International List of Periodical Title
Word Abbreviations. In the case of publications in any language other
than English, the original title is to be retained. However, the titles
of publications in non-Latin alphabets should be transliterated, and
a notation such as (in Russian) or (in Greek, with English abstract)
should be added. Work accepted for publication but not yet published
should be referred to as "in press". References concerning
unpublished data and personal communications should not be cited in
the reference list but may be mentioned in the text.
Formulae
All formulae in a manuscript should be presented in a consistent
and clear way, with respect to the meaning of each symbol and its
correct position. Unusual symbols must be collected in a separate
list giving a clear explanation of each symbol. Moreover it will be
helpful if each special symbol is identified (by name, in a double
line box) in the manuscript at its first occurrence. Display each
formula which is longer than approximately one third of a typed line.
Moreover display important and complicated formulae. Avoid long paragraphs
containing many formulae but no displays.
Do not use complicated juxtapositions of symbols, especially in the
text. Also try to avoid complicated subscripts and superscripts; second-order
indices especially may present difficulties as to their size and position,
and third-order indices are taboo. Although the typesetter will not
copy spaces automatically, their presence in the manuscript may be
helpful for instructing the typesetter. As a rule, spaces are inserted
between complicated factors of products (and similar expressions)
and before and after relation (=, epsilon, ?, ...), function (+, ?,
×, ...) and conjunction (?, ?, ?, ?, …) symbols.
For expressing mathematical notation, several special typefounts
are available, the most commonly used of which is italic. Other available
typefounts are: bold Roman, sans serif, Greek, script, German (Fraktur)
and Hebrew (aleph and beth only). Roman type is used for special purposes,
in particular for all expressions (abbreviations) consisting of more
than one letter but denoting a single function (e.g., exp, log, sin,
cos, lim, inf, sup, card, dom, ran, cl, int, ...); the reason for
this is to distinguish these expressions from composites consisting
of several single symbols. Roman type is also used for properties
(e.g. T1, T2, ...) and for abbreviations (e.g., a.e., a.s., s.t.,
mod, ...).
The height of expressions in the text should never exceed one line.
In many cases there are acceptable alternatives which enable reduction
of the height. Stacked fractions may be set using a slash or negative
exponent. Numerical fractions can be set in small type, so that they
will fit in one line.
Formulae in the text should be clearly separated from each other.
It is advised not to break formulae if this can be avoided; it may
be misleading and it often proves difficult to explain to the typesetter
how the formulae have to beset. Diagrams of sets and morphisms can
be typeset by the compositor. Good results can only be obtained if
the diagrams in the manuscript have been arranged clearly. Special
attention should be paid to the proper arrangement of the arrows (i.e.
always aligned with the middle of the formulae).
In order to facilitate typesetting it is advised to arrange each
diagram in the simplest possible way, i.e. try to obtain the maximum
proportion of horizontal and vertical arrows. Curved and bent arrows
should certainly be avoided. Sometimes it may be possible to partition
complicated diagrams into several subdiagrams.
Large diagrams should be numbered and referred to in the text by
their numbers since it may be necessary to place them differently
from the manuscript.
In chemical formulae, the valence of ions should be given as, e.g.
Ca2+ and CO2-3,not as Ca++ and CO--3. Isotope numbers should precede
the symbols, e.g.18O. The repeated writing of chemical formulae in
the text is to be avoided where reasonably possible; instead, the
name of the compound should be given in full. Exceptions may be made
in the case of a very long name occurring very frequently, or in the
case of a compound being described as the end product of a gravimetric
determination (e.g., phosphate as P2O5).
Footnotes
Footnotes should only be used if absolutely essential. In most cases
it should be possible to incorporate the information in normal text.
If used, they should be numbered in the text, indicated by superscript
numbers, and kept as short as possible.
Nomenclature
Authors and editors are, by general agreement, obliged to accept
the rules governing biological nomenclature, as laid down in the International
Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the International Code of Nomenclature
of Bacteria, and the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
All biotica (crops, plants, insects, birds, mammals, etc.) should
be identified by their scientific names when the English term is first
used, with the exception of common domestic animals. All biocides
and other organic compounds must be identified by their Geneva names
when first used in the text. Active ingredients of all formulations
should be likewise identified. For chemical nomenclature, the conventions
of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the official
recommendations of the IUPAC-IUB Combined Commission on Biochemical
Nomenclature should be followed.
Copyright
An author, when quoting from someone else's work or when considering
reproducing an illustration or table from a book or journal article,
should make sure that he is not infringing a copyright. Although in
general an author may quote from other published works, he should
obtain permission from the holder of the copyright if he wishes to
make substantial extracts or to reproduce tables, plates, or other
illustrations. If the copyright-holder is not the author of the quoted
or reproduced material, it is recommended that the permission of the
author should also be sought. Material in unpublished letters and
manuscripts is also protected and must not be published unless permission
has been obtained. A suitable acknowledgement of any borrowed material
must always be made.
