01/04/2008                                               GOMS • Gulf of Mexico Science

STYLE SHEET

NOTE:

·  use Webster’s 10th for spellings

·  use CBE 6th as a resource

·  as a rule, follow copy

·  style quirk: space always around mathematical operators

 

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·  code in text as [sn1] after 1^st sentence of abstract of text

·  place queries at end of text file, not in separate file

 

VOLUME LINE:

Gulf of Mexico Science, 1998(1), pp. 2-16

·  appears in upper left-hand corner of the first page

COPYRIGHT LINE:

©1998 by the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium of Alabama

·  appears centered at the bottom of the first page

   

SHORT PAPERS AND NOTES

VOLUME AND COPYRIGHT LINE: 

Gulf of Mexico Science, 1998(1), pp. 35—39 © 1998 
by the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium of Alabama

·  appears centered at the beginning of each short paper/note

 

LRH:

GULF OF MEXICO SCIENCE, 1996, VOL. 14(1)

 

RRH:

MARQUEZ-SHORT TITLE

·  LONG AND MacGREGOR –SHORT TITLE

·  WILBER ET AL.-SHORT TITLE GENUS SPECIES (≤3 authors)

·  SHORT PAPERS AND NOTES

 

APPENDIX:

APPENDIX.  Then perhaps a caption. First lines are block style, with runover centered.

·  between acknowledgments at Literature Cited

·  single-line titles centered

 

TITLE:

Cap and Cap Centered, With Genus species:
Cap After Colon or Em Dash

·  common acronyms (DNA, RNA) allowed in title; chemical names okay

·  spell out single-digit numerals

·  capitalize prepositions >4 letters in length

 

AUTHOR:

KATERINA GALACATOS, DONALD J. STEWART JR., AND MYRIAM IBARRA

·  if initials only are used, space between them

AFFILIATION, PRESENT ADDRESS, REPRINT REQUESTS, AND ACCEPTED LINE:

 

(MHC) DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGIA E ANTROPOLOGIA, UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA, C2 CAMPOGRANDE, 1700 LISB0A, PORTUGAL; AND (RE) DEPARTMENT OF FISHES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, DC 20560. PRESENT ADDRESS: DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY , UNIVERSITY PARK , PENNSYLVANIA 16802 . Send reprint requests to MHC. Date accepted: April 18, 1997.

·  if all from the same place, no initials

·  present address and reprint requests may not be listed

·  follows references

·  spell out states

·  P.O. Box; spell out Street, Avenue, University

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT(S):

·  precedes references; #1 head

·  spelled without an “a”; use an “s’ if more than one entity is being thanked

·  omit titles such as “Ms.” and “Dr.”

·  “MS thanks D. E. Frost. . .

·  first person permitted

 

ABSTRACT:

            Bold text with Genus species, indented on both sides.  One paragraph long. Straddles columns. Paragraph indent.

 

HEADINGS:

(1)  CAP AND SMALL CAP CENTERED

·  text that follows is indented unless a #2 head

·  space above and below #1 head

(1A) 

Cap then lowercase centered

Neoharriotta pumila, n. sp.

Figures 2—3

·  used in taxonomy; follow author in use of bold and italic

 

(2) Flush left cap then lowercase: Cap after colon or em dash, ending with a period. —Then text is run in after an em dash or a colon. White space precedes this head. No reverse italic.

 

(3) Flush left cap then lowercase colon: Then text is run in. White space precedes this head.

 

INTERNAL STYLE:

 

General style

·  text begins with a drop cap

·  serial comma

·  American spelling

·  ( ) alone; [ (  ) ] otherwise

·  e.g.,   i.e.,   vs   et al.

·  ca.     cf.

·  “one of us (JKL)”

·  follow author on styling of in-text lists

·  block quotes are 2 points smaller

·  roman latin: in situ, in vitro, in vivo, ad libitum

·  seagrass is one word (against W10)

·  no need to expand DDT and DDE

·  20620—20629 (3) [museum number]

 

Abbreviations and acronyms

·  U.S. (adj), United States (n)

·  DC

·  U.K. , P.O. Box

·  Ph.D., M.A., B.S.

·  CUs, ANOVAs

·  OK to begin a sentence with an acronym (but not an abbreviation) that has already been defined

Nomenclature

·  follow author on whether or not authority is spelled out in full or abbreviated

·  (Genus species (Linnaeus))

·  Genus species at first mention; then G. species

·  Genus species to begin sentence

·  (=Genus species)

·  authorities (authors and dates) may follow taxa; these do not appear in Lit Cit: Genus species name et

    name

·  sp.   nov.   n.   sp.   n.   gen.

·  var.   sp.    spp.

·  sI.    s.s.

 

Hyphenation rules

·  run together the following prefixes with the word following: ante, anti, bi, co, contra, counter, de, extra,

    intra, inter, intra, micro, mid, neo, non, over, pre, post, pro, pseudo, re, semi, sub, super, supra, trans,

    tn, ultra, un, under

·  do not permit double vowels or triple consonants with these prefixes; hyphenate these cases: bell-

    like; intra-abdominal

·  retain hyphen if the word that follows is capitalized, is an all-caps abbreviation, or is a numeral

·  retain hyphens for clarity if needed

·  use an en dash in open or hyphenated compounds for clarity: Genus species—like

·  use an en dash between units of equal weight: snout—vent length

·  use an en dash in open or hyphenated compounds: pre—World War II; non—weight- bearing

 

Time and dates

·  spell out months of up to five letters

·  May1994

·  11 Jan. 1976

·  1940s

·  1981—85

·   0800—1800 hr 

 

Geography

·  Medford , NJ

·  Medford , Burlington County, NJ

·  the experiment occurred in New Jersey

·  add U.S.A. only if needed to make parallel with international locations

·  3°40°N 16°2615”S 

    Note: Geographic location notation of latitude and longitude will remain as is, but exception may be

    granted in some circumstances and these must be identified in the text (or figure/table captions). For

    instance, this may be when GIS application dictates a different notation such as decimal-degree with

    sign notation for east or west longitude.

 

TECHNICAL STYLE:

 

Number style

·  0.01; l0 to 1,000 to 10,000

·  use numerals for single-digit numbers for units of measure, including time

·  spell out single-digit numbers otherwise and when first word in sentence

·  if numeral is spelled out as first word, unit of measure must be spelled out: “Sixteen milliliters…”

 

Units of measure

·  sec, mm, hr, d, wk, mo, yr

·  use abbreviated units of time with numerals

·  m, ml, liter

·  non-SI units OK; don’t abbreviate them: inch, mile

·  if non-SI units are used, don’t query for conversion to SI

·  ha

·  M, N

·  2%; 12—14%

·  magnification: x600

·  centrifuge: 1,400 x g

·  25 C

    Note: When referring to a measured or theoretical temperature, authors should notate the unit degrees Celsius as ^oC. Otherwise, Celsius without unit notation is abbreviated simply as C.

 

Statistical style

·  NS, SE, SD

·  Df, n.s. (not significant)

·  P < 0.05; n = 47; (±1 SE)

·  Student’s t-test

·  Mann-Whitney U-test

·  Chi-square test or X² test

·  F-test

Math style

·  follow copy on italicization of variables; roman OK

·  if an equation is numbered, use flush-right parenthetical number

·  Equation 1

·  (Eq. 1)  

 

TABLE AND FIGURE CITATIONS IN TEXT:

·  spell out Figure in text; (Fig.) and (Figs.) in parentheses

·  (Fig. 1); (Fig. 4a—c)

·  Figures 2 and 3; (Figs. 2, 3)

·  Figure 2a,c; (Fig. 2a, c)

·  Figures 1—3; (Figs. 1—3)

·  Figure 4a,b; (Fig. 4a,b)

·  Table 1; Tables 3—7

·  Tables 1 and 2; (Tables 1, 2)

·  (Fig.3;Table 1)

 

REFERENCES IN TEXT:

·  parenthetical references to Literature Cited

·  author-year citations in chronological, then alphabetical, order

·  (Eigenmann, 1914:figs. 2-3)

·  Eigenmann (1914:229)

·  (Schaefer and Provenzano, 1993)