Papers are to be double spaced with 1” margins and font size of 12.

The abstract should be between 100 and 200 words and on a separate page.

The text of the paper is 10 full pages (not counting the abstract or references).

Citations of the papers you’ve read should be written like this

Smith, 2007

Smith and Jones, 2008

Smith et al., 2009 (if three authors or more).

Examples of reference formats:

Peer-reviewed article:

Myers, J.L. and L.L. Richardson.  2009. Adaptation of cyanobacteria to the sulfide-rich microenvironment of black band disease of coral.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 67:242-251.

Book chapter:

     Richardson, L.L.. 2004.  Black band disease.  In: Coral Reef Health and Disease, E. 

              Rosenberg and Y. Loya (Eds.),  Springer-Verlag (Publisher), p. 325-336.