INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS 2009

 

Manuscripts must be written in English. They must be clear and concise with the minimum number of tables and illustrations. Manuscript should not exceed 30 pages. Submission of manuscript in electronic form (WORD or RTF file) only. The manuscript (typed double spaced with wide margins and including tables and figures) must be arranged as follows: title, page, Abstract and Résumé pages, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Tables and Figures captions. For each species (in italics), author’s name and date should be indicated the first time the species name is cited in the text. Manuscripts are submitted for analysis to at least two referees. After acceptance of the manuscript, an electronic file of the final version will be sent together with the original artwork (no larger than A4).

Correspondence to: Pr. D. Davoult, CBM-Cahiers de Biologie Marine,
Station Biologique, BP 74, 29682 Roscoff Cedex, France. E-mail : CBM@sb-roscoff.fr

Title page: it should contain an informative title, the first name, surname and postal address of each author, a fax number and an electronic mail address. A condensed title, of no more than 35 characters including spaces, for page headings will be given.

English Abstract and French Résumé: both should summarize the contents and conclusions of the paper and should not exceed 200 words each. A list of English keywords (maximum six) must be proposed.

References: No more than 35 references should be given (except for reviews). In the text, they should be cited by the name of the author(s) followed by the year of publication. When there are more than two authors, the first author should be followed by et al.. References in the reference list must be alphabetically arranged, with the names of all authors, the year of publication and the full title of the paper. The journal titles, in italics, are given in full. References to books must include the publisher and place of publication. References should appear in the following style:

Gabriele M., Bellot A., Gallotti D. & Brunetti R. 1999. Sublittoral hard substrate communities of the northern Adriatic Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 40: 65-76.

Wildish D. J. 1985. Geographical distribution of macrofauna on sublittoral sediments on continental shelf: a Modified trophic ratio concept. In: Proceedings of the 19th European Marine Biological Symposium (P.E. Gibbs ed), pp. 335-345. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge

Dejours P. 1988. Respiration in water and air. Elsevier: Amsterdam. 179 pp.

Figures: line drawings, in Indian ink on white paper, no larger than A4, and half-tone photographs must be of high quality. All figures will be reduced to a size not exceeding 85 mm width (single column figure) or 175 mm width (double column figure) x 224 mm. For clarity, plan for a final lettering 2 mm high in the figure, after reduction. Each figure must be numbered with consecutive Arabic numbers and referred to as Fig. 1, Fig. 2,… in the text. A descriptive caption, written in French and in English, must accompany each illustration. Captions should be typed all together on a separate sheet. Coloured illustrations can be included at the author’s expense. As for the figure format, the usual electronic formats such as JPEG, TIFF (300 dpi, width 85 or 175 mm) are recommended, with the exclusion of PDF.

Tables: each table, with a concise heading written in French and in English, should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet. Tables should be numbered in consecutive Arabic numbers, and referred to as Table 1, Table 2,… in the text. Figures and Tables in XLS must not be included in word files in the aim to allow the editor to correct presentation.
Tables need to be (175x227 mm) or less.

Short notes: new scientific results can be submitted in the form of short notes. Written in english, with a short abstract, they will not exceed 4 printed pages including Tables and Figures.

Proof sheets and offprints: proof sheets will be sent to the corresponding author. They must be carefully checked for printer’s errors. No changes or additions to the edited manuscript or figures will be allowed at this stage. Twenty-five offprints will be provided free of charge. The corresponding author will receive a PDF electronic version of the published paper. Copyright of published paper and illustrations become the property of the journal. A form of assignment of copyright has to be signed at the time of definitive acceptance of the manuscript.