Limnological Papers

Instructions for Authors

Manuscript submission

Submission of a manuscript means: that the work described has not been published before; that is not under consideration for publication anywhere else and its publication has beeen approved by all co-authors.

Title page should include:

• The name(s) of the author(s)
• A concise and informative title
• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
• The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author

Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Keywords: Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Text of manuscript should be submitted in Word.
Use a normal, plain font (10-point Times Roman) for text.
Manuscript should not be longer then 20 typescript pages, including figures and tables.
It should be typed double-spaced on sheet A4 format.
Use italics for emphasis
Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
Do not use field functions
Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.
Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).

Headings

Please use no more than two levels of displayed headings

Footnotes

Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables.

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

Scientific style of manuscript

Text of manuscript should be devided into sections: introduction, material and methods, study area, results, discussion, acknowledgments and references.

Authors are urged to comply with the rules of biological nomenclature, as expressed in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, and the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. When a species name is used for the first time in an article, it should be stated in full, and the name of its describer should also be given.

References

References in the text will use the name and year system: Kowalski & Malinowski (1983) or (Kowalski & Malinowski 1983). For more than two authors, use Kowalski et al. (1982). Cite only published items; grey literature (abstracts, theses, reports, etc) should be avoided as much as possible. Papers which are unpublished or in press should be cited only if formally accepted for publication.

If the paper or book has no English title the original title should be given followed by an English translation in square brackets. The exception is title in Russian, which are in n0-Latin alphabet, which should be translated into English.

Examples of references:

• Meschiatti A.J., Arcifa M.S., Fenerich-Verani N. 2000. Fish community associated with macrophytes in Brazilian Floodplain lakes. Environmental Biology of Fish 58: 133-143.
• Maitland P. S. & Campbell R. 1992. Fresh Water Fishes. Harper Collins Publishers, London.
• Mikulski J.S. 1982. Biologia wód śródlądowych [Freshwater biology]. PWN, Warsaw.
• Ejsmont-Karabin J., Karabin A. 1986. Parametry I wskaźniki przydatne do kontroli zmian zooplanktonu w jeziorach ulegających eutrofizacji [Parameters and indices useful in controlling zooplankton changes in lakes undergoing euthrophication]. In: Monitoring systemów jeziornych [Monitoring of lake ecosystems]. Ed.: A. Hilbricht-Ilkowska. Ossolineum, Wrocław-Warszawa: 23-45. 

Tables:

• All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
• For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
• Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
• Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.

Figures and illustrations

For the best quality final product, it is highly recommended that you submit all of your artwork – photographs, line drawings, etc. – in an electronic format. Your art will then be produced to the highest standards with the greatest accuracy to detail. The published work will directly reflect the quality of the artwork provided.

• Supply all figures electronically.
• Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
• For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF format. MS Office files are also acceptable.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
• Name your figure files with "Fig" and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.eps.

Line art

• Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
• Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
• All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
• Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.

Color Art

• Color art is free of charge for online publication.
• If black and white will be shown in the print version, make sure that the main information will still be visible. Many colors are not distinguishable from one another when converted to black and white.
• If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to color in the captions.

Figure Numbering

• All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
• Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).

Figure Captions

• Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
• Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.
• No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.

Figure Placement and Size

• When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
• For most journals the figures should be 39 mm, 84 mm, 129 mm, or 174 mm wide and not higher than 234 mm.
• For books and book-sized journals, the figures should be 80 mm or 122 mm wide and not higher than 198 mm.

Authors are obliged to prepare the final version (after correction) of their text on electronic version. Text, figures, tables and artwork (pictures)should be saved as separate files.