GUIDANCE ON PREPARATION OF PAPERS
June 5, 2010
Participants in the Memphis symposium are encouraged to submit papers on any of the six principal topics described in the announcement:
1. River restoration
2. Riparian and wetland restoration
3. Monitoring and assessment of riverine resources
4. Remote sensing and GIS applications
5. Ecosystem services
6. Conservation of imperiled species and resources
Participants SHOULD NOT submit papers which are limited in topical or geographic scope. These include:
A. Aquaculture techniques
B. Methods for detection and harvest of food fishes
C. Local surveys of exploited resources
Papers on topics A, B or C will not be accepted by the Organizing Committee unless they demonstrate clear value to river ecologists working in other disciplines and in other geographic regions.
All papers should relate directly to the theme of the meeting: ecology and biodiversity of large rivers in Asia and North America. Participants are asked to “think globally” and to compare their own empirical findings with those of researchers working in other rivers, in other regions and, when possible, on the opposite continent. Participants are reminded that scientific practices acceptable on one continent may be unacceptable (or impossible) on another, and that species valued in one part of the world may be considered nuisances in other areas of the world. Presentations providing balanced global perspectives of research and management will be much appreciated by the organizers and attendees of the Symposium.
Because the problems affecting the quality and health of large river ecosystems are complex with both proximate and ultimate causes, we
especially welcome papers which:
1) provide species-specific data on restoration efforts that not only describe problems associated with productivity, habitat, and condition
measures, but also address the basic causes for the decline (or increase) in specific groups or habitat components;
2) discuss both local and large-scale effects on species, ecological communities, or ecosystems of concern;
3) discuss adaptive management so that species, ecological communities or ecosystems can have attainment goals and ways to measure progress along the way;
4) acknowledge and, where possible, make the public aware of the main research goals and ultimate objectives of the study;
5) provide needed information to better understand the large river
ecosystem as a whole (instead of understanding only one small aspect of
the system);
6) integrate other fields of study. |