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. Footnotes 

 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 edition. Fish 

 names, follow the American Fisheries Society Special Publica- 

 tion No. 6, A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes 

 from the United States and Canada, third edition, 1970. 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 unpublished or some processed material, give author, year, title 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 Insti- 

 tution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92037, pers. commun., 21 

 May 1977. 



Figures. Should be self-explanatory, not requiring reference 

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

 and their placement indicated in the left-hand margin of the 

 manuscript. Photographs and line drawings should be of 

 "professional" quality — clear and balanced, and can be re- 

 duced to 6V2 inches (40 picas) for page width or to 3 ! /s inches (19 

 picas) for single-column width, but no more than 9 inches (54 

 picas) high. Photos should be printed on glossy paper — sharply 

 focussed, good contrast. Label each figure. List, and typed dou- 

 ble spaced, each figure legend. 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 con- 

 fusion with powers, place them to the left of the numerals. If the 

 original tables are typed in our format and are clean and leg- 

 ible, these tables will be reproduced as they are. In the text all 

 tables should be cited consecutively and their placement indi- 

 cated in the left-hand margin of the manuscript. 



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 according to years 

 (e.g., Smith 1936; Jones et al. 1975; Doe 1977). All papers re- 

 ferred to in the text should be listed alphabetically 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 cita- 

 tions. Abbreviations of names of periodicals and serials should 

 conform to Biological Abstracts List of Serials with Title Abbre- 

 viations. Format, see recent SSRF or Circular. 



Abbreviations and symbols. Common ones, such as mm, m, 

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

 ate 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 (each table should be numbered with an Arabic 

 numeral and heading provided) 



LIST OF FIGURE LEGENDS (Entire figure legends, includ- 

 ing "Figure" before each number) 



FIGURES 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 



Send ribbon copy and two duplicated copies of the manuscript 

 to: 



Dr. Jay C. Quast, Scientific Editor 



Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center 



Auke Bay Laboratory 



National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 



P.O. Box 155 



Auke Bay, AK 99821 



Copies. Fifty copies will be supplied to the senior author and 

 100 to his organization free of charge. 



