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The preferred format for electronic versions is Microsoft Word (creates graphical equations, LaTeX is aceepted. Page Setup and Fonts: Top, bottom, left, and right margins should be 1 inch and use Times New Roman font throughout the manuscript. Insert continuous line numbers into the text in order to facilitate reviewing. The article title appears left justified at the top of the first page. The title font is 16 pt, bold. The rules for capitalizing the title are the capitalized each word and do not capitalize prepositions and conjunctions. The list of authors immediately follows the title (no extra spaces between the article title and the list of authors). The font is 12 pt bold and the author names are left justified and the author affiliations and addresses are in 10 pt normal font and left justified. For multiple affiliations, each affiliation should appear on a separate line. Superscript letters (a, b, c, etc.) should be used to associate multiple authors with their respective affiliations. Abstract is no more than 250 words briefly specifying the aims of the work, the main results obtained, and the conclusions drawn and prepared with single line spacing. Define abbreviations that are not standard at their first occurrence in the article.  Citations must not be included in the Abstract. The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk, and that person's email address should be provided below the keywords.

Type each section heading as Section Formatting (Heading 1) on a separate line using the appropriate style from the style list. Sections should be numbered sequentially. Paragraphs (double line spacing) that immediately follow a section heading are leading paragraphs and should not be indented, according to standard publishing style. The same goes for leading paragraphs of subsections and sub-subsections. Italics are to be used for expressions of Latin origin and scientific names, for example, in vivo, et al. and per se. Use decimal points (not commas) and a comma for thousands or above. Do not embed graphically designed equations or tables; prepare these using the word processor’s software. Present table legends directly on top of tables and figure legends directly below figures. In this MS Word template, use the Body Text style for leading paragraphs and the Body Text Indented style for all subsequent paragraphs: Subsection Headings (Heading 2) Subsection headings should be numbered 1.1, 1.2, etc and Sub-subsection headings (Heading 3) Sub-subsection headings should be numbered 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc. Only the first word is capitalized. The total number of display items (Tables and Figures) in the manuscript should not exceed 10. The summary in the sizes and styles shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Recommended fonts and sizes.

Citations within the text -In the manuscript text, references should be cited by the author and year. References should be separated by semicolons, listed in year order first, followed alphabetically for references with the same year. Multiple references by the same author are separated by a comma. Examples include (Hammer et al. 1993; Hammer 1994; Hammer and Sjöquist 1995; Jones 1995a, 1995b; Brown 2000, 2004). Please note the correct punctuation; use ‘and’ where there are two authors and ‘et al.’ for multiple authors. Do not use italics. Where a citation needs to be differentiated within the text, use ‘a’ or ‘b’: e.g., (Smith et al.1999a, 1999b), and include the ‘a’ or ‘b’ in the Reference List.  

Reference List -The list of References should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. It should be in alphabetical order. Where there are multiple papers by the same first author, the correct order is; single author papers, followed by two author papers, three author papers, etc., and by year within each group. Papers with six or more authors are always cited giving the name of the first author followed by et al.

Correct punctuation is required in References – e.g., no spacing between authors’ initials, comma between multiple authors, no stops after journal abbreviated names. Include a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) in brackets (see formatting below) only for manuscripts not yet published in print or where there are no page numbers

Journal

Risk MJ, Sammarco PW, Edinger EN (1995) Bioerosion in Acropora across the continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 14:79–86 

Conley DJ, Schelske CL, Stoermer EF (1993) Modification of the biogeochemical cycle of silica with eutrophication. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 101:179-192 

Goreau TJ (1977) Coral skeletal chemistry: physiological and environmental regulation of stable isotopes and trace metals in Montastrea annularis . Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 196:291315 

Gooseff MN, McKnight DM, Lyons HJ, Blum RJ (2002) Weathering reactions and hyporheic exchange controls on stream water chemistry in a glacial meltwater stream in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Water Resour Bull 38 [doi: 10.1029/2001WR000834]

Books , Book Chapters, and Technical Reports

Sorokin YI (1993) Coral reef ecology. Springer, Heidelberg  

Bosence DWJ (1991) Coralline algae: mineralization, taxonomy, and palaeoecology. In: Riding R, Jones FR(eds) Calcareous algae and stromatolites. Springer, New York, pp 98–113  

Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO (2001) Global forest resource assessment 2000: Main report. FAO Forestry paper 240, FAO, Rome

Theses and dissertations

Coppard SE (2002) Morphological and ecological differences between species of the echinoid genera. Ph.D. thesis, University of London, p 82

Conference Proceedings

Lough JM (2001) Perspectives on global climate change and coral bleaching: 1997-1998 sea surface temperatures at local to global scales. Proceedings JAMSTEC International Coral Reef Symposium: Coral Reef Biodiversity and Health as Indicators of Environmental Change. Science and Technology Agency, Japan Marine Science & Technology Center, Tokyo, pp 215-229