期刊名称：JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
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About the journal
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The realization that a historical perspective is often useful, if not essential, to the understanding of most limnological processes has resulted in the recent surge of interest in paleolimnology. The main aim of the Journal of Paleolimnology is the provision of a vehicle for the rapid dissemination of original scientific work dealing with the reconstruction of lake histories. Although the majority of papers deal with lakes, paleoenvironmental studies of river, wetland, peatland and estuary systems are also eligible for publication.
The Journal of Paleolimnology, like the subject itself, is multidisciplinary in nature, and papers are published that are concerned with all aspects (e.g. biological, chemical, physical, geological, etc.) of the reconstruction and interpretation of lake histories. Both applied and more theoretical papers are equally encouraged. The Journal of Paleolimnology will continue to be a major repository for papers dealing with climatic change, as well as other pressing topics, such as global environmental change, lake acidification, eutrophication, long-term monitoring, and other aspects of lake ontogeny. Taxonomic and methodological papers are also acceptable provided they are of relatively broad interest.
In addition to original data and ideas, the Journal of Paleolimnology also publishes review articles, commentaries and program announcements. A relevant Book Review section is also featured.
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Instructions to Authors
General
- Journal of Paleolimnology publishes original articles that deal with the reconstruction and interpretation of primarily lake histories, although paleoenvironmental studies of river, wetland, peatland and estuary systems are also eligible for publication. The journal is international in scope. THERE IS NO PAGE CHARGE. To avoid long tables, species lists, and other protocols, authors may deposit them with any official repository and indicate this in the text. The World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology at NOAA/NC-DC, in Boulder, Colorado is an example, but authors may select an institution of their choice, with the only restriction that the new data must be available for free consultation.
- Research papers and notes must be written in English.
- Several different categories of contributions are published:
- Research papers: usually 5-25 printed pages long, including tables, figures and references to the literature.
- Short notes or comments on recently published papers: usually 2-4 pages long and presenting concise information on timely topics, or criticising presumed errors or shortcomings in recently published research papers. Technical notes, for example those dealing with new types of equipment or procedures, are also encouraged. An abstract and key words are required but no summary is needed.
- Review papers: There will be a maximum of one review paper per issue. Prospective authors should consult with the editors before submitting a long manuscript, either directly or through a member of the editorial board. Review papers may have quotations (text and illustrations) from previously published work. Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright clearance wherever this applies.
- Computer Applications to Paleolimnology: usually short contributions, summarizing computer applications to paleolimnological research (e.g. new software packages, new approaches and techniques, Internet facilities, etc.).
- Rapid communications: this category provides a vehicle for rapid publication (approx. 3-6 months) of short, timely, high-impact manuscripts of broad and and general interest to paleolinmologists. Authors wishing to submit manuscripts for Rapid Communication consideration should indicate so in their cover letter and also provide a brief justification of why they feel the submission is appropriate for accelerated handling.
Rapid Communication manuscripts must be less than 15 pages, including title page, key words, abstract and text (double spaced), references, figures, captions, and tables. These submissions will undergo an accelerated refereeing process and the authors must be prepared to undertake required revisions in less than a week.
Special issues
The journal also publishes special or dedicated issues (e.g. issues dedicated to a certain topic or the proceedings of a workshop or conference). These issues are usually guest edited. Please contact one of the editors if you are interested in developing a special issue.
Editorial policy
Manuscripts sent to one of the two co-editors will first be checked for language, presentation, and style. Manuscripts that are obviously substandard in this respect (see below for more information) will be returned to their authors without further review. Such manuscripts can be resubmitted after necessary corrections have been made.
Papers that conform to journal style are then sent to referees. The editors decide on acceptance or rejection on the basis of the reports submitted by the referees, the members of the editorial board, and the subsequent revisions by the authors themselves. Authors are encouraged to suggest potential referees in their covering letter. The editors are not bound by those suggestions. In general, the editors will correspond only with the senior or corresponding author. It is the senior or corresponding author’s responsibility to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the paper and of any changes that have been made to the paper during the review/editing process.
Preparing the manuscript
- Manuscripts should be conform to standard rules of English grammar and style. Either British or American spelling may be used, but consistently throughout the article.
- Conciseness in writing is regarded as a major asset. It greatly improves the readibility of a paper. Moreover, competition for space is keen. Wordiness, ambiguous statements, vague expressions, long and pointless series of adjectives, passive instead of active tenses should be avoided. Authors are also warned against a sloppy use of scientific expressions. Examples are the use of such terms as physicochemistry (of water) where physical and chemical properties are meant and not the physical chemistry of water, the non-interchangeable use of variables (or variates, or environmental factors) and parameters, etc. Non-Anglo-Saxon authors writing in English are warned against the erroneous use of period and comma in numerical values. Remember that in English ten thousand is written 10,000 while ten, exact to three decimals, is written 10.000.
- The Council of Biology Editors Style Manual (available from the Council of Biology Editors, Inc., 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA) is recommended as a vademecum for matters of style and form.
- THREE COPIES of the manuscript should be submitted. They should be typewritten, neat, and free of errors and handwritten corrections. They should be double spaced throughout, typed on only one side of the paper, with wide (2-3 cm) margins on either side. A correctly prepared typewritten page should contain about 350 words. Two such pages reduce to one journal page (not including illustrations). Tables and illustrations should also be submitted in triplicate, but it is not recommended to submit the originals of the figures with the first version of the text.
- White paper of good quality and standard size (21 x 29 cm) should be used. Airmail and onionskin paper are not acceptable.
- The contents of the manuscript should be well organised. Page one should show the title of the contribution, name(s) of the author(s), and address(es) or affiliation(s). We also encourage author(s) to now include, after their address(es), their e-mail address(es). Up to six key words should also be included on page one. The abstract should appear on page two. The body of the text should begin on page three. It should be free of footnotes and divided into sections and subsections.
- A typical organization might look as follows:
Introduction
Study sites
Material and methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Tables
Figure captions
Figures
Approximate locations for tables and figures should be indicated in the left margin of the text.
Names of plants and animals and occasional expressions in Latin or Greek should be underlined (or typed in italics).
Tables
- Tables should not duplicate figures and vice versa. They should be numbered consecuitvely in Arabic numerals, and bear a descriptive legend on top. They are to be presented individually, on separate sheets of white paper. Authors should try to fit tables in one column (7.5 cm wide); but large tables may be printed over two columns.
- Vertical rules are not to be used, and horizontal lines should be kept to a minimum. See below for unit abbreviations.
Figures
- All figures should be numbered in pencil in Arabic numerals, either on top or on the back, and identified by the author’s name. The top of the figure should also be indicated. Figure captions should be grouped on a separate sheet(s) of paper that is appended to the manuscript. Do not type captions on the figures themselves.
- While originals will always give a better quality reproduction than photographs, the latter may be used in graphs, situation maps, and similar subjects. Photographs should be on glossy paper, and with good contrast, especially in the case of S.E.M. and T.E.M. micrographs. Please remember to include a scale on photomicrographs.
- For finer artwork, e.g. illustrations of ne or little known species, originals are preferred. However, in almost all cases, good quality copies are adequate (e.g. laser copies, PMT’s etc.).
- Colour photographs will be accepted, if the author agrees to pay for the extra cost.
- The lettering and scales on graphs and figures should be clear and of professional quality In particular, they should be so designed as to remain readable after reduction. If figures (and tables) are distinctly substandard, a paper may be returned to its author(s) without review.
- The number of figures should be reasonable and justified.
- In addition, the journal can now also accept some figures in a digital format (e.g. TIFF files). Please consult with the editors on the submission of figures in an electronic format.
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kg x m-2x s-1
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Chemical symbols
Ions: PO43- is preferred over PO4---; Fe2+ is preferred over Fe++.
Compounds: more and more abbreviations are being introduced for limnological variables. Some, like DO, BOD, COD are widely known. Yet, it is advised to give a full statement of the meaning of each abbreviation when first used in the text. Such usage is compulsory for less familiar abbreviations such as TDS, DOP, DOM, POM, etc. Excessive use of such abbreviations is not encouraged.
Biological nomenclature
- Authors are urged to comply with the rules governing 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.
- Authors should also check the correct spelling of all scientific names used in their texts.
- When a scientific name is used for the first time in an article, it should be stated in full, and the name of the author of that name should also be given. In later citations, the genus name may be abbreviated to its first letter followed by a period, provided that it is not starting a sentence.
Chemical nomenclature
The conventions of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and the recommendations of the IUPAC-IUB Combined Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature should be applied.
Geochronology
The method of dating must be clearly described. For example, with radiocarbon dates, the lab number and the associated error term should be included, as well as noting whether the date was corrected. With 210Pb dating, the model that was used should be specified (e.g. Contstant Rate of Supply, CRS).
Quantities, units, symbols and their abbreviations
Standard international units (the S.I. system) are, in principle, the only ones acceptable.
References to the literature
1. Citation in the text
Use the name and year systems: Adam (1983) or (Adam, 1983). For two authors, use ‘and? Adam and Eve (1982). For more than two authors, use et al.: Adam et al. (1982). If repeated use is made, at short intervals, of the same reference, use Adam, loc. cit. or Adam, op. cit. from the second citation onwards. Do not cite initials, unless homonyms occur: ‘A.b. Adam (1982) and C.D. Adam (1890) have shown...?Initials, if used, should precede family names. Initials can also be used in case of personal communications (pers. commun.) or communications by letter (in litt.), which need not be repeated in the reference list. Reference can also be made to particular page, table or figure in any published work, as follows: Brown (1966: 182) or Brown (1966: 182, Fig. 2).
2. Citation in the list of references
The list of references should be headed ‘References? not ‘Literature cited? ‘Bibliography? etc. All publications cited in the text, and only these, should be listed, alphabetically, after first authors. Per single author, references are to be arranged chronologically. If an author published several papers in the same year, they should appear as Adam, 1980a, 1980b,... This also applies to citations in the text. If an author has published both alone and with (a) co-author(s), the papers which he authored alone should be ranked first, followed by the ones with one co-author alphabetically after the name of the co-authors (not chronologically), followed by the ones with two co-authors, etc.
Initials of first names of second and subsequent authors should precede their family names:
Adam G.C., Brown B.F. and Jones C.D. 1985. Natural selection. Hydrobiologia 150: 301-314.
Prospective authors are urged to give attention to details of punctuation in this example.
Compound names: alphabetization by first word of the family name is preferred (thus, Von Stroheim, Van Straelen should appear under V, De Ridder and Du Plessis under D). Authors should carefully check and conform to capitalization and spacing in such names. For non-European names, where the use of a family name is substituted by other systems (like in the Arabian world, and in several Asiatic cultures), authors are requested to clearly indicate on their manuscript which name they wish to use as the homologue to a family name.
Publications should always be cited in their original language, except if a non-Latin alphabet is used. In the latter case, a Latin letter-by-letter transliteration is preferred, but an English translation of the title may be added with the original language indicated between square brackets at the end of the reference.
Publications which are still unpublished should be cited only if formally accepted for publication and if at least a year of publication, and a volume number of a journal can be added. Unpublished internal reports are not acceptable in reference lists, unless they are available for general distribution and can be freely consulted by the scientific community.
Publication of a paper is sometimes considerably delayed, so that the year appearing on the published volume does not correspond to reality. If such cases do occur, they may be indicated as follows: Brown (1974) 1976.
Avoid the use of ‘Anonymous? If no author is ascertainable, list reference by name of sponsoring body, or name of editor.
In a continuous series of article citations from a single journal, do not use ?I>ibid.?instead of the journal abbreviation.
Do not use underlining in the list of references.
3. Journal citations and abbreviations
- If the title of a journal is a single word, do not abbreviate. Examples: Behaviour, BioScience, Biotechnology, Experientia, Growth, Hydrobiologia, Limnologia, Photosynthetica, Nature, Science. Do not insert a comma between the name of the journal and the volume number.
- Journals and book series that appear on a regular basis should be abbreviated. Several systems are in use but Journal of Paleolimnology uses a standard which is based on the ‘World List of Scientific Periodicals? published by Butterworths, London, with certain simplifications. A list of abbreviations covering most of the journals currently used in limnology and marine science is given in this guideline.
- Many other abbreviations can be composed from these examples. If authors feel uncertain about a journal abbreviation that does not appear in the list, they should cite the journal in full, and indicate this in pencil in the margin. The editor will then see to abbreviating the journal in question.
- Note in particular that adjectives are never capitalized, except if they are the first word of a journal’s title. This includes names of countries (e.g. american = am., not Am.) and of persons (e.g. linnean = linn., not Linn.). Abbreviated words are followed by a period (Journal = J.), contracted words are not (Board = Bd, not Bd.). Notations such as Vol., nr., pp., and number of figures and tables are superfluous and should be dropped (see example of Adam et al., supra).
- Issue numbers should be added only (between brackets) if every single issue starts with page one. Volume numbers should be expressed by Arabic numbers in all cases. No Latin numbers are permitted.
- If editorial corrections to a reference list are needed (which is nearly always the case), and of minor importance, the editor’s office will see to them without prior consulting with the authors. The latter should not change an editor’s correction back to a wrong citation at the proof stage.
- Edited symposia; special volumes or issues, etc., published in a periodical. Author(s), year of publication. Title of paper. In editor(s), title of special volume, periodical (abbreviated, cf. supra), vol.: pp.
- Books. Author(s), year. Title. Publisher, city, pp.
- Multi-author books. Author(s) of chapter, year, title of chapter. In editor(s), title of book. Publisher, city: pp.
Examples:
Baker J.H. and Farr I.S. 1977. Origins, characterisation and dynamics of suspended bacteria in two chalk streams. Arch. Hydrobiol. 80: 308-326.
Dussart, B.H. 1980. Copépodes. In: C. Léveque and J.R. Durand (eds), Flore et fauna aquatiques de l‘Afrique sahélo-soudanienne, 1. O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris. Documn Techqs 44: 333-356.
Hutchinson G.E. 1975. A Treatise on Limnology, 3. J. Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 660 pp.
Starkweather P.L. 1980. Behavioral determinants of diet quantity and diet quality in Brachionus calyciflorus. In: W.C. Kerfoot (ed.), Evolution and Ecology of Zooplankton Communities. The University Press of New England, Hanover (N.H.); Lond., pp. 151-157.
Mailing
- The journal is co-edited by John P. Smol and William M. Last. If your paper is primarily biological, please submit three copies of your manuscript to J. Smol; if your paper is primarily non-biological, please submit three copies to W. Last. We recognize that many papers do not easily fit into one of these two categories; in these cases, simply choose one of the co-editors for submission.
- Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate. Pleause ensure that your mailing envelope is sufficiently robust! A significant number of manuscripts are being received in badly torn envelopes, and the possibility exists that valuable figures and photographs will be lost in the postal system. We recommend that envelopes be securly taped or otherwise reinforced before mailing.
- Because both editors are frequent users of electronic mail, we request that authors include their electronic mail addresses (if available), as well as their fax numbers, on their letters of transmittal. This information may help speed up the editing process.
- Please mail your contributions, in triplicate, to either:
Prof. John P. Smol
Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL)
Department of Biology
Queen‘s University
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada
Tel: (613) 545-6147
Fax: (613) 545-6617
e-mail: SMOLJ@BIOLOGY.QUEENSU.CA
or Prof. William M. Last
Dept. Geological Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2 Canada
Tel: (204) 474-8361
Fax: (204) 474-7623
e-mail: WM_Last@UManitoba.ca
The editors encourage authors and readers to provide them with any constructive criticism of the review/editing process.
Offprints
Fifty offprints will be offered to the author free of charge; more copies can be obtained at the rate indicated on the order form accompanying the first proof. Corrections in the text other than typesetting errors must be kept to a minimum. Authors will be charged for excessive corrections.
Proofs should be returned with an imprimatur within five days. Correspondence concerning editorial matters should be directed to the editors, and administrative matters to the publishers: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Life Sciences Division
P.O. Box 17
3300 AA Dordrecht
The Netherlands
Fax: +31 (0)78 - 6576254
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
John P. Smol
Dept. of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
William M. Last
Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Associate Editors:
P.G. Appleby, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Liverpool, UK; Richard W. Battarbee, Dept. of Geography, University College London, UK; Mark Brenner, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA; Andr?F. Lotter, University of Utrecht, Laboratory of Paleobotany and Palynology, The Netherlands; Eugene F. Stoermer, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Book Review Editor: Jonathan A. Holmes, Environmental Change Research Center, University College London, UK
Board of Advisors:
N. John Anderson, Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark; H.J.B. Birks, Botanical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway; R.S. Bradley, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA; Seward R. Brown, Dept. of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; Richard B. Brugam, Dept. of Biology, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA; Natalya Davidova, Institut Ozerovedeniya, St. Petersburg, Russia; Walter E. Dean, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA; J.A. Dearing, Dept. of Geography, University of Liverpool, UK; Patrick De Deckker, Dept. of Geology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Sherilyn C. Fritz, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA; Elizabeth H. Gierlowski-Kordesch, Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, USA; Jonathan A. Holmes, Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London, UK; Yongsong Huang, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Atte Korhola, Dept. of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki, Finland; Daniel A. Livingstone, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Sarah Metcalfe, Dept. of Geography, University of Edingburgh, UK; Frank Oldfield, PAGES, Bern, Switzerland; Charles G. Oviatt, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA; Magda Ralska-Jasiewiczowa, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland; Ingemar Renberg, Dept. for Ecology and Environmental Science, Ume?University, Sweden; Peter Siver, Dept. of Botany, Connecticut College, New London, USA; Michael R. Talbot, University of Bergen, Norway; Ian Walker, Dept. of Biology, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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