期刊名称：ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Editor:John P. Smol, Ph.D
ISSN (print): 1181-8700
ISSN (electronic): 1208-6053
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Impact factor: 1.652
5-year Impact factor: 2.649
Ranking by impact factor:
Environmental Sciences: 55/192
About the journal
Published since 1993, this quarterly electronic-only journal presents authoritative literature reviews on a wide range of environmental science and associated environmental studies topics, with emphasis on the effects on and response of both natural and manmade ecosystems to anthropogenic stress. The authorship and scope are international, with critical literature reviews submitted and invited on such topics as sustainability, water supply management, climate change, harvesting impacts, acid rain, pesticide use, lake acidification, air and marine pollution, oil and gas development, biological control, food chain biomagnification, rehabilitation of polluted aquatic systems, erosion, forestry, bio-indicators of environmental stress, conservation of biodiversity, and many other environmental issues.
Indexed in
BIOSIS Previews, CSA Human Population & Natural Resource Management, Current Contents, Environment Complete, Environmental Impact, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, GreenFILE, Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts, Pollution Abstracts, Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, EBSCO, OCLC, Summon, and more
Publisher
Managing Editor Jennifer Stewart (613-656-9846 ext. 266)
Scientific Publishing Editor Danhua Wang
Publishing Assistant Diana Leck
Manager, Production Judy Hum-Delaney
Production Coordinator Merv R Buske
Cover image
Terraced landscape along Pan American Highway between Quito and Cuenca in Ecuador (Photo: Neal Michelutti).
Instructions to Authors
focus on a particular theme, while others will provide reviews covering a variety of topics. Ideally, the subject material is to be international in scope.
All contributions, whether invited or unsolicited, will be reviewed and edited. Skill in communication, as well as authority of knowledge, will be paramount. Authors are encouraged to be creative in the liberal use of figures, tables, charts, and models to visually present data and ideas. Recent books for review will be considered from the environmental sciences, and reviews of some will be included in journal issues. Books for review should be sent to the Editor or to NRC Research Press, clearly marked for Environmental Reviews.
Contact information
The contact information for the Journal is as follows:
Editorial Office
Environmental Reviews
NRC Research Press
65 Auriga Drive, Suite 203
Ottawa, ON K2E 7W6
Canada
Fax: 613-656-9838
E-mail: er@nrcresearchpress.com
Ethics
General
The ethical standards expected of authors, referees, and editors are described in the NRC Research Press Publication Policy (on the Journal Web site at http://nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/policies/pub, or available upon request).
Duplicate and prior publication
The Editorial Board considers a paper not eligible for publication if most of the content of the paper (i) is under consideration for publication or is published in a journal or book chapter, or (ii) is under consideration for publication or is published in a conference proceedings or a government publication with a substantial circulation (distributed to 100 or more individuals over a wide area). Authors may place a draft of a submitted article on their Web site or their organization’s server, provided that the draft is not amended once accepted for publication. We encourage authors to insert hyperlinks from preprints to the final published version on the NRC Research Press Web site (www.nrcresearchpress.com). Abstracts or extended abstracts related to conferences do not constitute prior publication. Extended abstracts are usually under 2000 words and do not include presentation of detailed tables and graphics of the results of the study.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism (publishing a substantial portion of one’s own previously published research results without acknowledgement of such republication or using work published by another author without attribution) is a serious offence. Because NRC Research Press is committed to combating plagiarism, it participates in CrossCheck. CrossCheck is a multi-publisher initiative to screen content for originality using the software iThenticate, which compares submitted manuscripts against the CrossCheck database of scholarly literature and detects instances of overlapping and similar text. To find out more about CrossCheck visit http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck.html.
Conflict of interest and disclosure
The Editor recognizes that authors and peer reviewers may have real or perceived conflicts of interest arising from intellectual, personal, or financial circumstances of their research. Submitted manuscripts should include full disclosure of funding sources for the research and the letter of transmission should include an explanation of any real or perceived conflicts of interest that may arise during the peer review process. Failure to disclose such conflicts may lead to refusal of a submitted manuscript.
Photos of people
If a person pictured in a photo is identifiable, his or her permission is required to publish the photo. The person must be asked to sign a letter or form allowing NRC Research Press to publish the photo.
Photo manipulation
Authors should be aware that the Journal considers digital images to be data. Hence, digital images submitted should contain the same data as the original image captured. Any manipulation using graphical software should be identified in the methods, including both the name of the software and the techniques used to enhance or change the graphic in any way. Such a disclaimer ensures that the methods are repeatable and ensures the scientific integrity of the work. The removal of artefacts or any (nonintegral) data held in the image is discouraged.
Manuscript
Publication will be facilitated if authors check very carefully the symbols, abbreviations, and technical terms for accuracy, consistency, and readability and ensure that manuscripts and illustrations meet the requirements outlined below. NRC Research Press maintains the right to preserve the technical quality of the Journal. Authors are requested to refer to a recent issue of the Journal for details of layout, especially for tables and reference lists.
All parts of the manuscript, including footnotes, references, tables, and the captions for illustrations, must be typewritten and double-spaced. The use of line numbering is required. For material that is to be set in italics, use an italic font if available; where not available, underline material that is to be set in italics. Use capital letters only when the letters or words should appear in capitals in the printed paper.
Spelling should follow that of Webster’s Third New International Dictionary or the Oxford English Dictionary. Authors are responsible for consistency in spelling.
Abbreviations, nomenclature, and symbols for units of measurement should conform to international recommendations and be the same in the text and figures. SI units (Système international d’unités) should be used or SI equivalents should be given. This system is explained and other useful information is given in the Canadian Metric Practice Guide. For practical reasons, some exceptions to SI units are allowed. As a general guide for biological terms, The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers: Scientific Style and Format is recommended. For enzyme nomenclature, Enzyme Nomenclature (1992): Recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry should be followed.
Abbreviations and contractions of the names of substances, procedures, etc., must be defined the first time they occur. Symbols and unusual or Greek characters should be identified clearly; superscripts and subscripts should be legible and carefully placed.
All tables and equations are required to be in a workable format that can be physically manipulated. Equations should be represented in true editable format, preferably using a math editor (MathType); however, authors should insert simple inline equations in text without using MathType. When inserting symbols from Word's "Symbol" palette, authors should use the “normal text” or "symbol" fonts. Symbols should be inserted using MathType ONLY if they cannot be found in the "Symbol" palette under one of those two fonts. Tables and equations must not be submitted in .gif, .jpg, or other picture formats (neither within the manuscript nor as separate files). Tables must be in a workable table format (preferred), an Excel spreadsheet format, or typed into the text.
Manuscript organization — The paper must be arranged in the following order with all pages numbered consecutively: title page, abstract and key words, text, acknowledgements, references, tables in numerical order, and figure captions. Each section should begin on a separate page.
The title page should contain the following. (i) The full title of the paper. (ii) Authors listed in the order in which they are to appear at the head of the printed article. (iii) Affiliation and full mailing address, including province (state) and country, for each author. This should reflect the affiliation and address at the time of the study. Indicate current affiliations and addresses that differ from those in the by-line in a footnote. (iv) Name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the author responsible for correspondence. (v) Word count.
Authors can set up their manuscript to maximize its online discoverability by following a few simple guidelines. Because the Title and Abstract are free to all readers and because most search engines give extra weight to keyword phrases in headings and to repeated phrases, wording of the Title and Abstract is especially important to increase the chance your paper will be found. Follow the instructions below when writing your Title and Abstract; include key phrases you feel a reader would use when conducting a literature search in the area of your paper.
Both titles and abstracts provide information for contemporary alerting and information retrieval services, and should therefore be informative but brief. Titles are also the most heavily weighted element of a paper for online search engines and should therefore contain important descriptive phrases that relate to the topic.
An abstract of not more than 350 words is required for every contribution and should contain accurate descriptive words that will draw the reader to the content. Its content is particularly important for alerting services and search engines and for readers who scan the abstract to decide whether to download and read the rest of the paper. The abstract should be well written and contain three to four descriptive keyword phrases that will draw the reader to the content. Because search engines look for duplication of terms, repeating keyword phrases in the title and abstract increases the chance that a paper will be found during an online search; care should be taken, however, because excessive repetition of a term can cause a search engine to reject a Web page. The abstract should state the academic rationale (purpose) of the work, the design and methods used in the study, key results and trends, and lastly implications and conclusions of your work. Authors who can submit abstracts in both fluent English and fluent French are encouraged to do so. The abstract must begin on a separate page and should be headed by the full bibliographic reference. Abstracts should try to convey to other scientists the subject area and major points of the review. Authors must provide a maximum of six key words, which are to be typed below the abstract.
The text should be written and arranged to ensure that the observations reported may be reproduced and (or) evaluated by readers. Sources of biological materials, experimental methods, geographical locations, and statistical methods should be described. Precise locations of rare and endangered organisms should not be divulged. Sources of commercially available laboratory or field equipment and fine chemicals should be indicated in parentheses (name of company, city, and country). Material taken from research theses must be thoroughly edited for brevity and must conform to these Instructions to Authors.
Footnotes to material in the text should not be used unless they are unavoidable, but their use is encouraged in tables. Where used in the text, footnotes should be cited in the manuscript by superscript Arabic numbers (except in the tables, see below) and should be numbered serially beginning with any that appear on the title page. Each footnote should be typed on the manuscript page upon which the reference is made; footnotes should not be included in the list of references.
Equations should be clearly typed; triple-spacing should be used if superscripts and (or) subscripts are involved. Superscripts and subscripts should be legible and carefully placed. Distinguish between lowercase l and the numeral one, and between capital O and the numeral zero. A letter or symbol should represent only one entity and be used consistently throughout the paper. Each variable must be defined in the text, or in a List of symbols to appear after the reference list. Variables representing vectors, matrices, vector matrices, and tensors must be clearly identified. Numbers identifying equations must be in parentheses and placed flush with the left margin. In numbering, no distinction is made between mathematical and chemical equations.
Acknowledgements should be written in the third person and kept to a concise recognition of relevant contributions.
References — The author is responsible for verifying each reference against the original article. Each reference must be cited in the text, using the surnames of the authors and the year, for example, (Green 1970) or Green and Brown (1981). Depending on the sentence construction, the names may or may not be in parentheses, but the year always is. If there are three or more authors, the citation should give the name of the first author followed by et al. (e.g., Green et al. 1969). If references occur that are not uniquely identified by the authors’ names and year, use a, b, c, etc., after the year, for example, Green 1983a, 1983b; Green and Brown 1978a, 1978b, for the text citation and in the reference list.
Private communications and papers submitted but not yet accepted are not included in the reference list but instead should be included as footnotes or in parentheses in the text, giving all authors' names with initials; for a private communication, year of communication should also be given (e.g., J.S. Jones (personal communication, 1999)). If an unpublished book or article has been accepted for publication, include it in the reference list followed by the notation “In press”. References to nonrefereed documents (e.g., environmental impact statements, contract reports) must include the address where they can be obtained.
The reference list must be double-spaced and placed at the end of the text. References must be listed in alphabetical order according to the name of the first author and not numbered. References with the same first author are listed in the following order. (i) Papers with one author only are listed first in chronological order, beginning with the earliest paper. (ii) Papers with dual authorship follow and are listed in alphabetical order by the last name of the second author. (iii) Papers with three or more authors appear after the dual-authored papers and are arranged chronologically.
References should follow the form used in current issues of the Journal. The names of serials are abbreviated in the form given in CASSI or in Serial Sources for the BIOSIS Previews® Database. In doubtful cases, authors should write out the name of the serial in full.
The Journal encourages the inclusion of issue numbers, which should be placed in parentheses after the volume number. Uniform resource locators (URLs) or digital object identifiers (DOIs) are useful in locating references on the Web, and authors are encouraged to include these; they should be added to the reference in the reference list. Online-only citations are indicated as such by including “[online]” after the title. The following bibliographic citations illustrate the punctuation, style, and abbreviations for references.
Examples of reference types, including electronic references
Journal article with DOI:
Klein, E., Berg, E.E., and Dial, R. 2005. Wetland drying and succession across the Kenai Peninsula Lowlands, south-central Alaska. Can. J. For. Res. 35(8):1931–1941. doi:10.1139/X05-129.
Journal article with URL:
Newbury, M.G., and Ashworth, A.C. 2004. A fossil record of colonization and response of lacustrine fish populations to climate change. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 61(10):1807–1816. Available from http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_abst_e?cjfas_f04-113_61_ns_nf [accessed 28 October 2005].
Journal article available online only (with DOI):
van der Sanden, J.J., and Hoekman, D.H. 2005. Review of relationships between grey-tone co-occurrence, semivariance, and autocorrelation based image texture analysis approaches [online]. Can. J. Remote Sens. 31(3): 207–213. doi:10.1139/rs03-011.
Entire issue of journal:
Gordon, D.C., Jr., and Hourston, A.S. (Editors). 1983. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Dynamics of Turbid Coastal Environments. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 40(Suppl. 1).
Report:
Campbell, R.W. 1993. Population of the major North American needle-eating budworms. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-463.
Book:
Philip, M.S. 1994. Measuring tree crops. In Measuring trees and forests. 2nd ed. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. pp. 107–150.
Book in a series:
Scott, W.B., and Crossman, E.J. 1973. Freshwater fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. No. 184.
Part of book:
Healey, M.C. 1980. The ecology of juvenile salmon in Georgia Strait, British Columbia. In Salmonid ecosystems of the North Pacific. Edited by W.J. McNeil and D.C. Himsworth. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oreg. pp. 203–229.
Paper in conference proceedings:
Kline, V.M., and McClintock, T. 1994. Effect of burning on a dry oak forest infested with woody exotics. In Proceedings of the 13th North American Prairie Conference: Spirit of the Land, Our Prairie Legacy, Windsor, Ont., 6–9 August 1992. Edited by Robert G. Wickett, Patricia Dolan Lewis, Allen Woodcliffe, and Paul Pratt. Department of Parks and Recreation, Windsor, Ont. pp. 207–213.
Institutional publications and pamphlets:
Dzikowski, P.A., Kirby, G., Read, G., and Richards, W.G. 1984. The climate for agriculture in Atlantic Canada. Available from the Atlantic Advisory Committee on Agrometeorology, Halifax, N.S. Publ. ACA 84-2-500. Agdex No. 070.
Corporate author:
American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation. 1975. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. 14th ed. American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation, Washington, D.C.
Thesis:
Keller, C.P. 1987. The role of polysaccharidases in acid wall loosening of epidermal tissue from young Phaseolus vulgaris L. hypocotyls. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Botany, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Web site citation:
Quinion, M.B. 1998. Citing online sources: advice on online citation formats [online]. Available from http://worldwidewords.org/articles/citation.htm [accessed 20 October 2005].
Translation:
Koike, A., and Ogura, B. 1977. Selectivity of meshes and entrances of shrimp traps and crab traps. J. Tokyo Univ. Fish. 64: 1–11. [Translated from Japanese by Can. Transl. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 4950, 1983.]
Tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order cited in the text. The title of the table should be a concise description of the content. Column headings should be brief but may be amplified by footnotes. Vertical rules should not be used. A recent issue of the Journal should be consulted to see how tables are set up and where the lines in them are placed. Footnotes in tables should be designated by symbols (in the order *, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶, #) or superscript lowercase italic letters. Descriptive material not designated by a footnote may be placed under a table as a Note. Tables should be typed on separate pages and placed after the list of references. Numerous small tables should be avoided, and the number of tables should be kept to a minimum.
Appendices — Figures and tables used in an appendix should be numbered sequentially but separately from those used in the main body of the paper, for example, Fig. A1, Table A1, etc.
Supplementary material — Supplementary material (or data) consists of extra tables, figures (maps), detailed calculations, and data sets produced by the authors as part of their research, but not essential for understanding or evaluating the paper, and not published with the article in the print edition of the journal. This material is never edited, converted, or scanned, and therefore will appear exactly as submitted. This is to prevent any errors from being inadvertently introduced during file manipulation or printing. Tables and figures should be numbered in sequence separate from those published with the paper (e.g., Fig. S1, Table S1) and all supplementary material should be referred to in the manuscript by footnotes. Supplementary material must be submitted with the article in electronic format. During Web submission (ScholarOne), relevant files should be attached under “Supplementary data”. If an electronic copy is provided, it will be made available in its native file format on the journal Web site (at no cost to readers).
Illustrations
Each figure or group of figures should be planned to fit, after appropriate reduction, on one page. The page size is 14.4 cm x 21.2 cm (5.7 in x 8.3 in.). The figures (including halftones) must be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, and each one must be referred to in the text and must be self-explanatory. All terms, abbreviations, and symbols must correspond with those in the text. Only essential labelling should be used, with detailed information given in the caption. Each illustration must be identified by the figure number and the authors’ names in the left-hand corner, well away from the illustration area.
Line drawings should be computer generated in black.
All lines must be sufficiently thick (0.5 points minimum) to reproduce well, and all symbols, superscripts, subscripts, and decimal points must be in good proportion to the rest of the drawing and large enough to allow for any necessary reduction without loss of detail. Avoid small open symbols; these tend to fill in upon reproduction. Lettering produced by dot matrix printers or typewriters, or by hand, is not acceptable. The same font style and lettering sizes should be used for all figures of similar size in any one paper.
Photographs should be continuous tone and must be of high quality, with strong contrast. The copies for reproduction should show only essential features. A photograph, or group of them, should be planned to fit into the area of either one or two columns of text with no further reduction. Electron micrographs or photomicrographs should include a scale bar directly on the print. The best results will be obtained if the authors match the contrast and density of all figures arranged as a single plate.
Colour illustrations will be at the author’s expense. These charges apply only to hard copy reprints of the articles. There is no cost to publish in colour online. Further details on prices are available from Jennifer Stewart, Managing Editor, NRC Research Press (phone: 613-656-9846 ext. 266; fax: 613-656-9838; e-mail: jennifer.stewart@nrcresearchpress.com).
NRC Research Press prefers the submission of electronic illustration files for accepted manuscripts and will use these electronic files whenever possible.
If electronic files are not available, paper versions of the figures will be scanned. Note that the scanner will easily reproduce flaws (e.g., correction fluid, smudges). Submission of noncontinuous (screened) photographs and scanned illustrations printed out on laser printers is not recommended as moirés develop; a moiré is a noticeable, unwanted pattern generated by rescanning or rescreening an illustration that already contains a dot pattern.
Preparation of electronic illustration files
PC or Macintosh versions of True Type or Type 1 fonts should be used. Do not use bitmap or nonstandard fonts.
See the electronic graphics list at http://nrcresearchpress.com/page/authors/information/graphics for accepted file formats.
All figures should be submitted at their final published size. For figures with several parts (e.g., a, b, c, d, etc.) created using the same software application, assemble them into one file rather than sending several files.
Remember that the more complex your artwork becomes, the greater the possibility for problems at output time. Avoid complicated textures and shadings, especially in vector illustration programs.
Bitmap (raster) files — Bitmaps are image files produced using a grid format in which each square (or pixel) is set to one level of black, colour or grey. A bitmap (rasterized) file is broken down into the number of pixels or picture elements per inch (ppi). Pixels per inch is sometimes referred to as dots per inch (dpi). The higher the resolution of an image, the larger the number of pixels contained within the rectangular grid.
The proper resolution should be used when submitting bitmap artwork. The minimum requirements for resolution are 600 dpi for line art, 1200 dpi for finelines (line art with fine lines or shading), 300 dpi for halftones and colour, and 600 dpi for combinations (halftones with lettering outside the photo area).
All colour files submitted must be as CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black). These colours are used in full-colour commerical printing. RGB graphics (red, green, and blue; colours specifically used to produce an image on a monitor) will not print correctly.
Vector files — Vector files are image files produced using elements such as lines and shapes. Typically these files are used for line drawings.
Bitmaps inside vector files — Bitmaps can be imported into vector/draw applications only for the purpose of adding and overlaying information, lines, text, etc. Bitmaps should not be resized, cropped, rotated, or otherwise manipulated after importing.
Multimedia files
The Journal allows authors to incorporate audio and video clips into their paper; these are published in the online version of the Journal, adding a dimension to the paper that cannot be achieved in the printed version. For submission guidelines and accepted formats, see the List of Accepted Graphic Files at http://nrcresearchpress.com/page/authors/information/graphics.
How to Submit
Submission
We accept online submissions only. Authors must submit manuscripts via ScholarOne Online Submission and Peer Review system (mc.manuscriptcentral.com/er-pubs). ScholarOne is best viewed in Netscape 7.0 or higher or Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. Authors may register at any time on the site, but should register only once. During registration, authors choose a username/password. The security of manuscripts is protected by the username/password system. Authors should address their submissions to Dr. John P. Smol, Editor, Environmental Reviews.
For technical support at any point during submission, contact Phone Support at 1-434-964-4100 or 1888-503-1050 (Monday 12:00 a.m. to Friday 8:30 p.m. EST). A user manual with full instructions is available at http://mchelp.manuscriptcentral.com/gethelpnow/guides.htm.
Authors should submit a cover letter along with the manuscript; tables and figures may be included in the manuscript file, or may be uploaded separately. ScholarOne accepts files in most common text and graphics formats (see complete list of formats on the Web site). When submitting, authors should be working at a computer where all of the relevant files for their paper are available. Submission of a typical manuscript requires about 10 minutes, but upload time depends on the speed of the Internet connection.
All correspondence about manuscripts submitted through ScholarOne will be sent to the person listed as the corresponding author during submission. Correspondence is by e-mail.
For revisions, the corresponding author will be contacted by e-mail and asked to submit a revision; the process is very similar to the initial submission. For accepted manuscripts, the author will be contacted to advise him or her of acceptance. The final accepted manuscript and all associated files for tables, figures, and supplementary data will then be uploaded via ScholarOne by the editorial office. Once the paper has been accepted, subsequent correspondence should be with NRC Research Press, Canadian Science Publishing, 65 Auriga Drive, Suite 203, Ottawa, ON K2E 7W6, Canada.
Material to accompany the submission
Cover letter
The corresponding author should send a cover letter with the submission, signed by all authors, that
- states the type of paper being submitted (e.g., article, book review, etc.);
- includes the full name and complete contact information (including e-mail address) for each co-author;
- warrants that the manuscript represents original work that is not being considered for publication, in whole or in part, in another journal, book, conference proceedings, or government publication with a substantial circulation (see Ethics section, Duplicate and prior publication);
- warrants that all previously published work cited in the manuscript has been fully acknowledged (see Publication process section, Permission to reproduce copyright material);
- warrants that the manuscript is one of a kind, or part of a study or thesis from which other manuscripts may be generated;
- warrants that all of the authors have contributed substantially to the manuscript and approved the final submission;
- explains any real or perceived conflicts of interest (see Ethics section, Conflict of interest and disclosure);
- provides the names of colleagues who have reviewed the manuscript in the final stages; and
- lists the names, full mailing addresses (including postal/zip codes), telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of four to six persons who are qualified to act as referees.
Copyright material
Whenever a manuscript contains material (tables, figures, charts, etc.) that has been previously published and, hence, is protected by copyright, it is the obligation of the author to secure written permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce the material for both the print and electronic formats. These letters must accompany the submitted manuscript.
Editorial Process
Receipt of manuscripts — Receipt of each manuscript is acknowledged by letter to the corresponding author, with copies to all authors, within three working days. The manuscript is read and examined for conformity to these Instructions to Authors by the technical editor. Failure to meet the criteria outlined will usually result in return of the manuscript for correction before evaluation.
Final acceptance or rejection of manuscripts — The final decision on acceptance or rejection is made by the Editor which may be made on the advice from the Associate Editor. This decision, together with relevant reasons, will be communicated by letter from the Editor to the corresponding author. One copy of the original submission is retained by the Editor. In the case of papers that are not acceptable or are withdrawn, this manuscript and a copy of all reviews and correspondence are retained for reference, in case of resubmission, for 2 years after the date of submission.
Publication Process
General
The Editorial Office checks all accepted manuscripts for conformation to these Instructions to Authors and to ensure that all necessary paperwork, including a signed licence to publish form (see section Copyright license), is present. Any areas that are identified as problematic will be addressed by the Editorial Office in consultation with the corresponding author. Once the Editorial Office has resolved any problems with the manuscript and the original signed copyright license forms have been received from all authors, the manuscript is forwarded to NRC Research Press in Ottawa for publication. The papers are prepared for publication by a professional copy editor responsible for ensuring that the final published work is consistent in form and style. Authors who so choose can have a pdf of the accepted version of their manuscript (prior to copy editing and page composition) loaded to the Journal’s Web site while their paper is undergoing the regular production process. To learn more about this, see our FAQ page on “Just-IN” manuscripts.
Correspondence with NRC Research Press
Once the paper has been accepted, all correspondence should be with NRC Research Press, Canadian Science Publishing, 65 Auriga Drive, Suite 203, Ottawa, ON K2E 7W6, Canada (fax: 613-656-9838; e-mail: pubs@nrcresearchpress.com; URL: www.nrcresearchpress.com). NRC Research Press may make editorial changes as required, but will not make substantive changes in the content of a paper without consultation with the author and the Editors.
Galley proofs
A galley proof, illustration proofs, and the copy-edited manuscript are sent to the corresponding author. Galley proofs must be checked very carefully, as they will not be proofread by NRC Research Press, and must be returned within 48 hours of receipt. The proof stage is not the time to make extensive corrections, additions, or deletions, and the cost of changes introduced at the proof stage and deemed to be excessive will be charged to the author. Questions concerning galley proofs should be addressed to Danhua Wang (613-656-9846 ext. 258; fax: 613-656-9838; e-mail: jenny.ryan@nrcresearchpress.com.
Offprints, reprints, e-prints
If offprints or reprints are desired, the author must follow instructions for ordering from Rightslink forwarded with the galley proofs. Other customers can order reprints directly from the “Reprints and permissions” link for the published article on the Web site. The Journal does not provide free offprints or reprints, and these are not mailed until an order is placed through Rightslink. PDFs can be ordered directly from NRC Research Press for a fee.
Permission to reproduce copyright material
Whenever a manuscript contains material (tables, figures, charts, etc.) that has been previously published and, hence, is protected by copyright, it is the obligation of the author to secure written permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce the material for both the print and electronic formats. These letters must accompany the submitted manuscript.
Permission to reprint material published in CSP journals
Permission to reproduce or republish the paper, in whole or in part, should be requested via Rightslink, by using the “Reprints and permissions” link for the published article on the Web site.
Copyright license forms
All authors are required to complete a copyright license form licensing rights to Canadian Science Publishing (CSP). Most authors will sign the License to Publish form, which grants certain rights to CSP. Employees of the government in Commonwealth countries (covered by Crown copyright) will sign a publishing agreement, and employees of the US government will sign a form licensing rights to CSP. Copyright license forms are available from the Editor, on the Web site of the journal (http://nrcresearchpress.com/page/authors/information/copyright), as well as through the online submission and peer review (ScholarOne) system.
These forms should be either faxed or scanned and e-mailed to Louis Lafleur, NRC Research Press, 65 Auriga Drive, Suite 203, Ottawa, ON K2E-7W6, Canada.
NRC Research Press
65 Auriga Drive, Suite 203
Ottawa, ON K2E 7W6
Canada
E-mail: pubs@nrcresearchpress.com
URL: www.nrcresearchpress.com
Fax: 613-656-9838
Revised July 2013
Editorial Board
Editor
 Dr. John P. Smol — Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
John P. Smol, PhD, PhD (hc), LLD (hc), FRSC, is a prominent Canadian researcher. He is the Co-Director of the Paleoecological Assessment and Research Laboratory at Queen's University. He has published over 400 scientific papers and chapters on paleolimnology, is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Paleolimnology, series book editor of Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, and is the Editor of the journal Environmental Reviews. In 2012, Dr. Smol was elected Chair of the International Paleolimnology Association. He is the editor or author of 18 books, including the textbook Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective, now in its second edition. Smol is a worldwide lecturer and winner of many prestigious awards, including the Steacie Fellow, the Killam Fellow, and the Herzberg NSERC Gold Medal. He also was presented with a 3M National Teaching Fellowship, considered by many to be Canada's top teaching honour, and was just recently named by Nature magazine as Canada's Top Mid-Career Science Mentor. In 2013, Smol received the Partners in Research Science Ambassador Award and was named Officer of the Order of Canada, recognizing a lifetime of achievement and merit of a high degree, especially in service to Canada or to humanity at large.
Assistant Editor
Kathleen Ruhland — Queen’s University
Tel.: 613-533-6000 ext. 77337
Fax: 613-533-6617
Email: ruhlandk@queensu.ca
Editorial Advisory Board/Associate Editors
K. Azetsu-Scott (Canada)
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T.C. Hutchinson (Canada) |
J.O. Nriagu (USA) |
J. Blais (Canada)
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W.M. Last (Canada) |
A.L. Page (USA) |
| B. Fenton (Canada) |
D.B. Layzell (Canada) |
D.W. Schindler (Canada) |
| B. Freedman (Canada) |
D.S. Lemmen (Canada) |
D.T. Selbie (Canada)
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| G. Gagnon (Canada) |
R.J. MacDonald (Canada) |
J.M.R. Stone (Canada) |
| K. Hall (Canada) |
D. MacKay (Canada) |
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| J.A. Hutchings (Canada) |
M. Mallory (Canada) |
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