Information on Preparing Papers for IMWA 2012

Please submit your paper through the website link (do not submit your documents by e-mail). The link is provided on the advice sent to you on the acceptance of your abstract, it is a personalised link for your paper.

The Submission Deadline for revised  Papers is 15 August 2012

Download the Proceedings Endnote Style (please report any bugs!)

Paper types

All oral presenters are required to submit a full written paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings. All Keynote/Plenary papers must submit either a full paper, or an abstract (maximum 500 words) and copies of the slides presented.

Poster presentations can choose between a full paper or an abstract (maximum 500 words). Poster presenters are also encouraged to submit an A4 pdf of their poster for publication on the conference website. Copies of slides (as a powerpoint file) and posters (as pdfs) should be emailed directly to m.lund@ecu.edu.au.

Format

Manuscripts must be presented in camera-ready form, written in English language. Please submit your paper as an electronic file written in a Microsoft Word document (DOC, DOCX) or Rich Text Format (RTF). Maximum paper length is 6 pages DIN A4 format, including figures, tables, and reference lists.

Page Layout

Margins (left, right, top and bottom) should be 2.5 cm and line spacing should be set at one.

Text

All the text (except where indicated) should be in Times/Times New Roman 11. Please use a single spacing between sentences (ie. conference. The), a double space is NOT needed. Please do NOT indent paragraphs or place a blank line between them ie.

This is a really short paragraph. There are only a couple of lines, which incidentally should be considered the minimum for a paragraph.

This is the start of the next paragraph ….

Instead, the template provided uses the automatic ability of WORD to add a space at the end of a paragraph.

Avoid underlining, because this crosses through the lower parts of the letters such as q, p, g (descenders). Use italics or bold instead. If you want to underline, make sure you don’t cross through letters with descenders. Species names must always be formatted differently to the surrounding text, preferably using italics ie. the pit lake was colonised by Daphnia carinata. The genus name should be written in full, the first time the species is mentioned, then it can be abbreviated to a letter ie. In Lake Kepwari, the dominant species is D. carinata.

Abbreviations must be written out in full (no matter how common you think they may be) the first time they appear and if they are used to start a sentence ie. The Department of Water (DOW) ….

All values reported in the paper should be in SI units (metric). Please place a space between the number and the unit ie. 100 km, 10 ^oC.

The text of the paper should be arranged in logical order as regards to its extent and concept. All figures and tables must be placed directly in the text (instead of using copy and paste, you should use copy – paste special extended WMF).