ASIH 1997 Joint Meetings

Abstract Format Requirements

Following the successful method developed last year, we are processing submissions by an automated procedure. The standards and rules described here will allow us to more efficiently, correctly, and completely create the program and schedules, and to inform presenters when they are presenting their talks. Please pay careful attention to detail. We appreciate your efforts to help this process go as smoothly as possible.The following are conventions for indicating non-standard ASCII characters:

Diacritical Marks: Use carats (<>) around single characters that need accents or other diacritical marks (e.g., "S<a>o Jos<e> do Cal<c>ado" will be translated as São José do Calçado). All single characters surrounded by carats will be translated as Spanish (á, é, í, ó, ú, ñ), French (á, è, é), or German (ö, ü), etc., according to context. For other special characters, please send separate e-mail instructions to asih@u.washington.edu.

Italics: Use braces ({}) to surround, and a lower case "i" to precede words or phrases to be italicized (e.g., "{iNovumbra hubbsi}" for Novumbra hubbsi). All scientific names must be spelled out in full at least once.

Superscripts and Subscripts: Use braces ({}) in conjunction with "+" and "-" respectively to indicate superscripts and subscripts (e.g., "X{+2}" for X², and "H{-2}O" for H₂O).

Bold: Place words or phrases to appear in bold type in braces ({}) and precede with a lower case "b" (e.g., "{bremarkable}" for remarkable).

Create a standard template and complete as described below. The abstract file should contain 10 information blocks. The information blocks should have no empty lines between them and should all be tagged using the tags designated below. Tag words should all be in capitals and followed by a colon and at least one space or a new line. The tags must follow each other in the same order as they are listed below, with all tags included even if there is no information included. Use upper and lower case letters for the text of your entries as standard grammar dictates.

Abstract Information Blocks

1. Presenter: Enter name of the person making the presentation. Enter last name first, comma and space, first and middle name or initials.
2. Address: Enter address information of presenter. Put semicolons at the end of each line in the mailing address.
3. Information: Enter telephone and fax numbers (presenter only).
4. E-Mail: Enter e-mail address of presenter, if available.
5. Paper Type (enter information for each appropriate category):
   
   (a) Enter Oral or Poster presentation
   (b) Enter Contributed or Invited Symposium (please indicate which symposium)
   (c) Enter ASIH, HL, SSAR, ELHS-AFS, AES, or GIS presentation
   (d) Enter Student Award Category (choose only one)
   Oral presentations:
   • ASIH Stoye Award (choose one category): General Ichthyology; General Herpetology; Genetics, Development, and Morphology; Ecology and Ethology; Physiology and Physiological Ecology
   • HL Award for Graduate Research
   • SSAR Henri Seibert Award
   • ELHS-AFS Sally L. Richardson Award
   • AES Samuel Gruber Award
   Poster presentations:
   • ASIH Storer Award (choose one category): Ichthyology; Herpetology
   (e) Enter special equipment required for presentation in this field. A standard carousel slide projector will be available in all meeting rooms. Please indicate if other equipment (e.g., overhead projector) will be needed.
6. Authors: List the authors of the paper using both upper and lower case letters as appropriate. Enter each name as last name first, a comma and space, and first and middle names or initials. Separate the name of each author by a comma. Names may appear on one or separate lines.
7. Affiliations: List institution and shortest acceptable address for each author or combination of authors. The initials of the author or authors affiliated with that address, in parentheses, should precede the addresses. If more than one address, separate by a semicolon.
8. Title: Enter title of abstract in lower case letters except for first letter of title and proper names.
9. Abstract: The text of the abstract should be entered here, not to exceed 200 words. Authors are responsible for spelling and grammar.
10. Keywords: List keywords to be used in the keyword index. Please enter in the keywords block any and all terms under which you would like your abstract indexed. Separate distinct keywords by commas. All text entered here will be read as plain capitalized text. Therefore, there is no need or reason to specify italics, bold, superscripts, subscripts, or capitals.