Call for manuscripts now open

The ICRS 2012 Organising Committee invites all presenting authors (oral and poster) to submit a manuscript for inclusion in the ICRS 2012 Proceedings.

The deadline for submission is Thursday 1 March 2012. However, we encourage you to submit your manuscript earlier if possible to afford you a longer period to undertake any revisions required by your Mini-Symposium Chair.

A copy of the ICRS 2012 Proceedings will be included in every delegate’s satchel at registration in Cairns. The Proceedings will also be available online at:

• ICRS2012 Online from mid-July 2012, and
• ReefBase after the Symposium.

Important information

• See the following section Preparing your manuscript for detailed instructions on preparing and submitting your ICRS 2012 manuscript.
• Manuscripts are limited to a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of 5 pages (A4 size) including text, references, tables and figures.
• The manuscript will have the sections: Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgement and References.
• References should follow the same style as used for the journal Coral Reefs:
• Risk MJ, Sammarco PW, Edinger EN (1995) Bioerosion in Acropora across the continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 14:79-86.
• Sorokin YI (1993) Coral reef ecology. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York.
• Bosence DWJ (1991) Coralline algae: mineralization, taxonomy, and palaeoecology. In: Riding R (ed) Calcareous algae and stromatolites. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 98-113.
• Steven ADL, Broadbent AD (1997) Growth and metabolic responses of Acropora palifera to long- term nutrient enrichment. Proc 8^th Int Coral Reef Symp 1:867-872.
• You can use colour for illustrations. Please ensure any colours are legible if printed in black and white.
• When you overwrite the text in the template by copying and pasting your own text, ensure that you “paste special>unformatted text” which is found under the “Paste” command top left of your toolbar (2007 and 2010 versions), or under “Edit>Paste” (2003 version).
• Your manuscript file must be saved in Word 97-2003 format.
• Manuscripts are to be uploaded via the website. We cannot accept manuscripts via mail or email.
• Authors will normally only make revisions once.
• All revisions must be completed by Wednesday 18 April 2012.

Preparing your manuscript

You must use the online template to format your manuscript.

Please prepare your manuscript using the following instructions. Paper size, margins, indentations, font style and size etc will be automatic when you use the template.

1. In the header, underneath the full title of ICRS 2012, overtype the name of your Mini- Symposium, e.g. 16A Microbial mutualism in coral reef invertebrates.
2. Overtype your title of no more than 10 words in length.
3. Overtype your authors with the first author in bold and using superscript to indicate different affiliations.
4. If possible, fit each affiliation with their address onto one line – you may use abbreviations.
5. Insert and hyperlink the email address of the corresponding author.
6. Overtype your abstract of up to 250 words.
7. Overtype up to five key words, using the same key words you used when you uploaded your manuscript on the website, separated by a comma, each key word to start with a capital letter and the last word to end with a full stop.
8. Acknowledgements and References are 8 point but the headings are 10 point.
9. References to follow the style as used for the journal Coral Reefs – see above examples under Important Information.
10. When citing figures or tables in the text, cite them as Fig. 1, Table 1, and Fig. 1-2.
11. Figures are to be embedded using tiff or eps formats, making sure the resolution is around 300 dpi and the text is large enough to be legible.
12. Figure and image captions should be Times New Roman 8 point, left-aligned and placed below the image.
13. Figures copied from graphic applications should be pasted into the Word document using Edit>Paste Special>Picture.
14. Use Format>Picture>Layout to line up figures with text - not tabs or spaces.
15. Left-align tables and remove outside borders.
16. Data columns should be left aligned.

Uploading your manuscript

• Upload your manuscript here or use the button at the top of the page, by Thursday 1 March 2012.
• Your file must be saved in Word 97-2003 format.
• You will be asked to enter the Mini-Symposium to which your abstract has been allocated. This information can be found in the acceptance email sent to you in December 2011.
• You will be informed by Wednesday 28 March if your manuscript has been accepted or needs to be revised.
• If your manuscript needs to be revised with changes as directed by your Mini- Symposium Chair, you will have until Wednesday 18 April to make these changes. You will then upload your revised manuscript via the website. DO NOT EMAIL YOUR REVISED MANUSCRIPT BACK TO YOUR CHAIR.
• You will be informed by mid-May if your revised manuscript has been accepted for inclusion into the Proceedings.