INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FISHERT BULLETIN 



Manuscripts submitted to the Fisbeiy Bulletin v\ill reacli ["n'int faster if they conform to the following instructions 

 These are not absolute rec|uirements, of course, but desiderata. 



CONTENT OF MANUSCRIPT 



The tide page should give only die title of the paper, 

 the author's name, his/her affiliation, and mailing ad- 

 dress, including ZIP code. 



The abstract should not exceed one double-spaced 

 page. 



In the text, Fislxiy Bulletin sr\le, for the most part, fol- 

 lows tliat of the U.S. Government Printing Office Si}le 

 Manual. Fish names follow the st\'le of the American 

 Fisheries Socien Special Publication No. 12, A List of 

 Common and Scientific NamesofFisljesfi-om the United 

 States and Canada. Fourth Edition, 1980. 



Text footnotes should be r\ped separately from the 

 text. 



Figures and tables with tlieir legends and headings 

 should be self-explanator\; not requiring reference to 

 the text. Their placement should be indicated in the 

 right-hand margin of the manuscript. 



Preferably original figures should be reduced by pho- 

 tography to 6 inches for single-column figures or to 12 V2 

 inches for double-column figures, alkraing for about 

 50% reduction. The ma.\imum height, for either width, 

 is about 18 inches. Photographs should be printed on 

 high quality- or glossy paper Original computer print- 

 outs are acceptable provided the image is clean, sharp, 

 and black. Note in red on each sheet, at top - ORIGINAL 

 COMPUTER PRINTOUT 



Do not send original drawings to the Scientific Editor; 

 if the>; rather than the photographic reductions, are 

 needed by the printer, the Scientific Publications 

 Office will request tliem. 



Each table should start on a separate page. Consistenc\- 

 in headings and format is desirable. Vertical rules 

 should be avoided, as the\' make the tables more expen- 

 si\e to print. Footnotes in tables should be numbered 

 sequentially in arabic numerals. To avoid confusion 

 with powers, they should be placed to tiie left of 

 numerals. 



Acknowledgments, if included, are placed at the end 

 of the text. 



Literature is cited in the text as: Lynn and Reid (1968) or 

 (Lynn and Reid 1968 ). All papers referred to in the text 

 should be listed alphabeticalK- by the senior author's 



surname under the heading Literature Cited. Onh 



tlie author's surname and initials are required in the 

 literature cited. The accuracy of tlie literature cited is the 

 responsibility of the author Abbreviations of names of 

 periodicals and serials shouldconformto5e/7rt/io?«-ces 

 for the BJOSIS Data Base. (Chemical Abstracts 3\so uses 

 this system, which was developed by the American Stan- 

 dards Association. ) 



Common abbreviations and symbols, such as mm, 

 m, g, L, mL. mg, °C (for Celsius), %, "Am, and so forth, 

 should be used. Abbreviate units of measure only when 

 used with numerals. Periods are only rarely used with 

 abbreviations. 



^X'e prefer that measurements be given in metric units; 

 other equi\alent units ma\ be gi\'en in parentlieses. 



FORM OF THE MANUSCRIPT 



The original of the manuscript should be t\ped, double- 

 spaced, on white bond paper Please triple space above 

 headings. 'VC'e would rather receive good duplicated 

 copies of manuscripts than carbon copies. The se- 

 quence of the material should be: 



TITLE PAGE 



ABSTRACT 



TEXT 



UTERATL'RE CITED 



TEXT FOOTNOTES 



APPENDIX 



TABLES (Each should be numbered with an arabic 



numeral and heading provided ). 

 UST OF FIGL^RES (Entire figure legends) 

 FIGL'RES ( Each figure should be numbered with 



an arabic numeral: legends are desired) 



ADDITONAL INFORMATION 



Send the ribbon copy and t^'o duplicated or carbon 

 copies of the manuscript to: 



Dr. Andrew E. Dizon, Scientific Editor 



Fisheiy Bulletin 



Southwest Fisheries Center La Jolla Labciraton^ 



National .Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 



RO, Box 2~1 



U Jolla, CA 92038 



Fifh- separates will be supplied to an author free of 

 charge and 50 supplied to his organization. No covers 

 will be supplied. 



GPO 791-009 



