Submissions

Author Guidelines

The submitted manuscript should have the following sections

1. Title Page

The title page should include:

• Manuscript title
• The name(s) of the author(s)
• Address(es) and email of the author(s)
• ORCID’s of the author(s)
• The e-mail address of the corresponding author
• Running title
• Suggested reviewers

2. Abstract

100-400 words. Please do not put P-value, abbreviations, or any reference.

3. Keywords

3-5 keywords.

4. Manuscript

Manuscripts should be submitted in MS-Word (preferably in .docx format) with the font Times New Roman (size 12 pt).

The manuscript should have, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Acknowledgement (if any).

Scientific names should be italic. Pages should be numbered. All lines should be numbered automatically using the MS-Word.

5. References

The author should follow APA 7 format.

Citation in the text

Examples:

Dumont (1998).

(Dumont, 1998).

Smith and Johnson (2011).

(Smith & Johnson, 2011)

For 3 or more authors:

Anan et al. (2002)

(Anan et al., 2002)

Separate authors in parenthesis using; (Avsar, 1997; Weißflog et al., 1999; Kajiwara et al., 2003; Korshenko & Gul, 2005)

All references cited in the text should be quoted in this section. Journal names should be expanded. Please do not insert abbreviations. For example, expand J. Fish. Biol. to Journal of Fish Biology Provide Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for articles wherever available.

The reference list at the end of the paper

Journals

Agusa, T., Kunito, T., Tanabe, S., Pourkazemi, M., & Aubrey, D. G. (2004). Concentrations of trace elements in muscle of sturgeons in the Caspian Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 49, 789-800.

Book

Townsend, C. R., Begon, M., & Harper, J. L. (2003). Essentials of ecology. 2nd edition. Blackwell Science Publishing. 530 p.

Cooke, G. D., Welch, E. B., Peterson, S. A., & Nichols, S. A. (2005). Restoration and management of lakes and reservoirs. CRC Press. Florida, 591 p.

Book Section

Coutteau, P. (1996). Micro-algae. In: P. Lavens, P. Sorgeloos (Eds.). Manual on the production and use of live food for aquaculture, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 361. Rome, FAO. pp: 7-47.

Conference Paper

Cellario, C., & George, S. (1990). Second generation of Paracentrotus lividus reared in the laboratory: Egg quality tested. In: Ridder, C., Dubois, P., Lahaye, M. C., & Jangoux M. (Ed.). Echinoderm research: proceedings of the second European conference on Echinoderms. Brussels, Belgium, Balkema, Rotterdam. pp: 65-70.

Thesis

Clarke, M. (2002). The effect of salinity on distribution, reproduction and feeding of the starfish Coscinasterias muricata (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in a rocky subtidal community of a New Zealand fiord. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago. 84 p.

Webpage

Wray, G. A. (1994). Echinodermata. Available from: www.tolweb.org. Retrieved 3/19/2004.

6. Tables

Tables should be numbered and cited in the text, for example, Table 1. All tables should have a caption above the table ending with a “.”. All tables should be inserted in the main text. The authors can indicate the insertion place of tables in the text by putting the table’s number in the bracket, for example (Table 19.

Tables must be self-explanatory, contain synthesized data, and not exceed A4 size. Data shown on graphs should not be repeated in tables and vice versa.

7. Graphs and Illustration

All graphs and illustrations should have a caption below the table ending with a “.” Graphs and illustrations should be cited in the text, for example: (Figure 1).

The font of the graphs or any text on the illustrations should be Times New Roman. The size of the text on graphs and illustrations should be 10 pt.

Submitted manuscripts should have graphs and illustrations should be inserted in the text. Graphs and illustrations can be submitted separately. If illustrations are going to be submitted separately, prepare them with the following format (with a resolution no less than 300 dpi) and determine their locations in the paper: For vector graphics, EPS For halftones, TIFF format.

The resolution of photographs must be 300 dpi at print size (original extension: jpg or tif).

Line art pictures (tif extension) must be done electronically (not scanned) and their resolution must be 600 dpi at print size.

The authors can indicate the insertion place of figures in the text by putting the figures’ number in the bracket, for example (Figure 1).

Colour illustrations will be published free of charge only in the electronic version of the journal (pdf files).

8. Copyright

By submitting a manuscript to the TAXA, you accept to transfer automatically the copyright to Cappadocia Publishing. Submitting a manuscript to TAXA means that all authors have seen the paper and agree with the final form of the submitted paper and their positions in the author list. No part of the submitted paper should be published before.

9. Suggestion of potential reviewers

Authors are encouraged to suggest three potential reviewers for their papers.

10. Technical notes/ Short communication

Technical notes/Short communication has similar guidelines to original articles (above mentioned Author Guidelines) but its page number should be limited to 3-4 with merged results and discussion.

11. New description of species

For the description of new animal species, all new descriptions must follow the guidelines provided by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN).

Latin abbreviations such as gen. nov., sp. nov., ssp. nov., syn. nov., and comb. nov. must follow new taxa, synonymies, or new combinations.

The complete data of the types, name-bearing (e.g., holotype, lectotype, syntype) or otherwise (e.g., paratypes, topotypes), and the name of the depository should be provided in the original description.

Type material should contain the following details: registration number, sex, date of collection, exact name of the site of collection, broader area name, District/Province/State, Country, latitude longitude information of the site of collection, and collector’s name. The manuscript will not be accepted if the registration numbers and name of the depository are not mentioned.

For example, Holotype: GUIC CC1462MA; 68.4 mm SL, Iran, Hamedan prov., Gamasiab River at Dehno, a tributary to Karkheh, 34°10’15″N, 48°21’19″E, altitude 1610 m, 20 September 2011, S. Vatandoust, H. Mousavi-Sabet. Paratypes: GUIC CC1462M; 6, 65.2–98.2 mm SL; same data as holotype; FSJF 3225; 18, 26–37 mm SL, Iran, Hamedan prov., Gamasiab River south of Habibabad, a tributary to Karkheh, 34°16’54” N, 48°09’26″E.