NOAA Technical Reports NMFS 



Technical Reports of the Fishery Bulletin 



Guide for Contributors 



Preparation 



Title page should include authors' full 

 names and mailing addresses and the 

 senior author's telephone and FAX 

 number. 



Abstract should not exceed one double- 

 spaced typed page. It should state the 

 main scope of the research but em- 

 phasize its conclusions and relevant find- 

 ings. Because abstracts are circulated by 

 abstracting agencies, it is important that 

 they represent the research clearly and 

 concisely. 



Text must be typed double-spaced 

 throughout. A brief introduction should 

 portray the broad significance of the 

 paper; the remainder of the paper should 

 be divided into the following sections: 

 Materials and methods. Results, 

 Discussion (or Conclusions), and Ac- 

 knowledgments. Headings witliin each 

 section must be short, reflect a logical se- 

 quence, and follow the rules of multiple 

 subdivision (i.e. there can be no subdi- 

 vision without at least two items). The 

 entire text should be intelligible to inter- 

 disciplinary readers; therefore, all acro- 

 nyms, abbreviations, and technical terms 

 should be spelled out the first time they 

 are mentioned. The scientific names of 

 species must be written out the first time 

 they are mentioned; subsequent mention 

 of scientific names may be abbreviated. 

 Follow the U.S. Government Printing Office 

 Style Manual (1984 ed.) and the CBE Style 

 Manual (5th ed.) for editorial style, and 

 the most current issue of the American 

 Fisheries Society's Common and Scientific 

 Names of Fishes from the United Stales and 

 Canada for fish nomenclature. Dates 

 should be written as follows: 1 1 Novem- 

 ber 1991. Measurements should be ex- 

 pressed in metric units, e.g., metric tons 

 as (t); if other units of measurement are 

 used, please make this fact explicit to the 

 reader. The numeral one (1) should be 

 typed as a one, not as a lower-case el (1). 



Text footnotes should be numbered 

 with Arabic numerals and typed on a 

 separate sheet of paper. Footnote all per- 

 sonal communications, unpublished data, 

 and unpublished manuscripts with full 

 address of the communicator or author, 

 or, as in the case of unpublished data, 

 where the data are on file. Authors are 

 advised to avoid references to nonstan- 

 dard (gray) literature, such as internal, 

 project, processed, or administrative re- 

 ports, wherever possible. Where these 

 references arc used, please include 

 whether they are available from NTIS 

 (National Technical Information Service) 

 or from some other public depository. 



Literature cited comprises published 

 works and those accepted for publication 

 in peer-reviewed literature (in press). Fol- 

 low the name and year system for cita- 

 tion format. In the text, cite Smith and 

 Jones (1977) or (Smith and Jones, 1977). 

 If there is a sequence of citations, list 

 chronologically: Smith, 1932; Green, 

 1947; Smith and Jones, 1985. Abbrevia- 

 tions of serials should conform to ab- 

 breviations given in Serial Sources for the 

 B10S1S Previews Database. Authors are 

 responsible for the accuracy and com- 

 pleteness of all citations. 



Tables should not be excessive in size 

 and must be cited in numerical order in 

 the text. Headings should be short -but 

 ample enough to allow the table to be 

 intelligible on its own. All unusual sym- 

 bols must be explained in the table head- 

 ing. Other incidental comments may be 

 footnoted with italic numerals. Use 

 asterisks for probability in statistical 

 data. Because tables are typeset, they 

 need only be submitted typed and for- 

 matted, with double-spaced legends. Zeros 

 should precede all decimal points for 

 values less than one. 



Figures include line illustrations and 

 photographs (or slides) and must be cited 

 in numerical order in die text. Unless 

 photographs are submitted on glossy 

 paper with good contrast, we cannot 



guarantee a good final printed copy. 

 Figures are to be labeled with author's 

 name and number of figure. Use Times 

 Roman font (upper and lowercase letters) 

 to label within figures. Avoid vertical let- 

 tering except for y-axis labels. Zeros 

 should precede all decimal points for 

 values less than one. Figures may be sub- 

 mitted as computer software files (along 

 with laser-printed copies), as photo- 

 mechanical transfers (PMTs), or as high 

 quality photographic prints. Send only 

 xerox copies of figures to the Scientific 

 Editor; original figures will be requested 

 later when the manuscript has been ac- 

 cepted for publication. Figure legends 

 should explain all symbols and abbrevia- 

 tions and should be double-spaced on a 

 separate page at the end of the 

 manuscript. 



Copyright law does not cover govern- 

 ment publications; they fall witliin the 

 public domain. If an author reproduces 

 any part of a government publication in 

 his work, reference to source is con- 

 sidered correct form. 



Submission 



Send printed copies (original and two 

 copies) to the Scientific Editor: 



Dr. John B. Pearce, Scientific Editor 

 Northeast Fisheries Science Center 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 

 1 66 Water Street 

 Woods Hole, MA 02543-1097 



Once the manuscript has been accepted 

 for publication, you will be asked to sub- 

 mit a software copy of your manuscript 

 to the Managing Editor. The software 

 copy should be submitted in WordPerfect 

 text format (or in standard ASCII text 

 format if WordPerfect is unavailable) and 

 should be placed on a 5. 25-inch or 3.5- 

 inch disk that is double-sided, double or 

 high density, and that is compatible with 

 either DOS or Apple Macintosh systems. 



Copies of published articles and 

 notes are available free of charge to the 

 senior author (50 copies) and to his or 

 her laboratory (50 copies). Additional 

 copies may be purchased in lots of 100 

 when the author receives page proofs. 



