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Preparation and Submission
of Abstracts
Deadline for Receipt: March 24, 2008
Abstracts must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (Word 97 or later) as an email attachment to:
dguthrie@jsd.claremont.edu
The deadline for receipt of abstracts is March 24, 2008. Abstracts will be published in a Supplement to the August, 2008 issue of the Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.
Confirmation of receipt will be received via email. If confirmation is not received within 5 days, contact Dan Guthrie at (909) 607-2836..
Please copy and paste the following information into the body of your email message when submitting your abstract:
Name______________________________ Institution_________________________________
I will submit an abstract for: Poster Session______ Oral Session______Symposium______
Symposium Title___________________________________________________________
My presentation will not be part
of a symposium but will be part of a "Contributed Papers" session:
Title of Paper______________________________________________________________
I am an undergraduate or graduate student working towards a degree and I wish to have my poster or oral presentation considered for a best paper or poster award in the following category (check one):
Ecology/Evolution ______
Fisheries Biology ______
Molecular Biology and Physiology ______
Physical Sciences ______
I prefer to give my oral paper on FRIDAY_____ SATURDAY_____
Audio/Visual Material Needed for
Presentation:
35mm Slide Projector ________
Overhead Projector
________
PowerPoint Projector ________
If you will be using a PowerPoint presentation please have your PowerPoint presentation on a form usable on a PC .
Abstract Format:
Follow exactly the format used in the sample abstract below. In particular:
- Use all capital letters for the abstract title.
- Names and addresses should appear as in the example.
- Single space all lines with the following exceptions:
- leave one blank line between the title and author addresses
- leave one blank line between the author addresses and the body of the abstract.
- Underline the name of the presenting author.
- Use a maximum of 250 words for the body of the abstract (exclusive of title and author
addresses).
- Use 12 point Times New Roman font.
- Use italics for scientific names.
Sample Abstract Format:
FIRST SIGHTING AND RARE OCCURENCE OF THREE SUB-TROPICAL FISHES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
M.T. Craig and D.J. Pondella, II. Vantuna Research Group, Occidental College, Department of Biology, Los Angeles, CA, 90041.
During the extensive El Nino event of 1997-98 three sub-tropical fishes were observed and captured within King Harbor, Redondo Beach, California. The panamic sergeant major, Abudefduf troschelii, the threebanded butterflyfish, Chaetodon humeralis, and the sabertooth blenny, Plagiotremus azaleus, were observed along an interior breakwall at various instances during the two-year coastal warming phenomenon. The sitings represent the first occurrence of A. troschelii and P. azaleus in California waters, and marks the re-occurrence of C. humeralis which has been absent from the southern California fauna for more than 150 years. Information on the historical distribution of these fishes along the west coast of Baja California revealed that the siting of P. azaleus within Santa Monica Bay represents a substantial range extension of nearly 1450km.
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