NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 



NMFS Circular and Special Scientific Report— Fisheries 



Guidelines for Contributors 



CONTENTS OF MANUSCRIPT 



First page. Give the title (as concise as possible) of the 

 paper and the author's name, and footnote the author's 

 affiliation, mailing address, and ZIP code. 



Contents. Contains the text headings and abbreviated 

 figure legends and table headings. Dots should follow each 

 entry and page numbers should be omitted. 



Abstract. Not to exceed one double-spaced page. Foot- 

 notes and literature citations do not belong in the abstract. 



Text. See also Form of the Manuscript below. Follow the 

 U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, 1973 edi- 

 tion. Fish names, follow the American Fisheries Society 

 Special Publication No. 12, A List of Common and Scientific 

 Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, fourth 

 edition, 1980. Use short, brief, informative headings in place 

 of "Materials and Methods." 



Text footnotes. Type on a separate sheet from the text. For 

 unpublished or some processed material, give author, year, 

 title of manuscript, number of pages, and where it is filed — 

 agency and its location. 



Personal communications. Cite name in text and footnote. 

 Cite in footnote: John J. Jones, Fishery Biologist, Scripps 

 Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92037, pers. com- 

 mun. 21 May 1977. 



Figures. Should be self-explanatory, not requiring refer- 

 ence to the text. All figures should be cited consecutively in 

 the text and their placement, where first mentioned, indi- 

 cated in the left-hand margin of the manuscript page. Photo- 

 graphs and line drawings should be of "professional" quality 

 —clear and balanced, and can be reduced to 42 picas for 

 page width or to 20 picas for a single-column width, but no 

 more than 57 picas high. Photographs and line drawings 

 should be printed on glossy paper — sharply focused, good 

 contrast. Label each figure. DO NOT SEND original figures 

 to the Scientific Editor; NMFS Scientific Publications Office 

 will request these if they are needed. 



Tables. Each table should start on a separate page and 

 should be self-explanatory, not requiring reference to the 

 text. Headings should be short but amply descriptive. Use 

 only horizontal rules. Number table footnotes consecutively 

 across the page from left to right in Arabic numerals; and to 

 avoid confusion with powers, place them to the left of the 

 numerals. If the original tables are typed in our format and 

 are clean and legible, these tables will be reproduced as they 

 are. In the text all tables should be cited consecutively and 

 their placement, where first mentioned, indicated in the left- 

 hand margin of the manuscript page. 



Acknowledgments. Place at the end of text. Give credit 

 only to those who gave exceptional contributions and not to 

 those whose contributions are part of their normal duties. 



Literature cited. In text as: Smith and Jones (1977) or 

 (Smith and Jones 1977); if more than one author, list accord- 

 ing to years (e.g., Smith 1936; Jones et al. 1975; Doe 1977). 

 All papers referred to in the text should be listed alphabeti- 

 cally by the senior author's surname under the heading 

 "Literature Cited"; only the author's surname and initials 

 are required in the author line. The author is responsible for 

 the accuracy of the literature citations. Abbreviations of 

 names of periodicals and serials should conform to Biologi- 

 cal Abstracts List of Serials with Title Abbreviations. For- 

 mat, see recent SSRF or Circular. 



Abbreviations and symbols. Common ones, such as mm, 

 m, g, ml, mg, °C (for Celsius), %, % , etc., should be used. 

 Abbreviate units of measures only when used with numerals; 

 periods are rarely used in these abbreviations. But periods 

 are used in et al., vs., e.g., i.e., Wash. (WA is used only with 

 ZIP code), etc. Abbreviations are acceptable in tables and 

 figures where there is lack of space. 



Measurements. Should be given in metric units. Other 

 equivalent units may be given in parentheses. 



FORM OF THE MANUSCRIPT 



Original of the manuscript should be typed double-spaced on 

 white bond paper. Triple space above headings. Send good 

 duplicated copies of manuscript rather than carbon copies. 

 The sequence of the material should be: 



FIRST PAGE 



CONTENTS 



ABSTRACT 



TEXT 



LITERATURE CITED 



TEXT FOOTNOTES 



APPENDIX 



TABLES (provide headings, including "Table" and Arabic 



numeral, e.g., Table 1.-, Table 2.—, etc.) 

 LIST OF FIGURE LEGENDS (entire legend, including 



"Figure" and Arabic numeral, e.g., Figure 1.--, Figure 



2.--, etc.) 

 FIGURES 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 



Send ribbon copy and two duplicated copies of the manu- 

 script to: 



Dr. Carl J. Sindermann, Scientific Editor 

 Northeast Fisheries Center Sandy Hook Laboratory 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 

 Highlands, NJ 07732 



Copies. Fifty copies will be supplied to the senior author 

 and 100 to his organization free of charge. 



