2005 Georgia Water Resources Conference

Instructions for Camera-Ready Manuscripts:
Manuscript Content and Organization

Content

The paper is written as a concise summary of the presentation, giving the main points and a brief justification or discussion of each main point, with all conclusions.

Paper's Length: 2-4 pages in the camera-ready format.

The title should be short and descriptive.

Manuscript Submission

By January 10:  Send three (3) printed copies of your manuscript by regular mail to address below.  We keep one
copy on file and mail two copies to peer reviewers. Please do not email an electronic copy in January.

GWRC Proceedings Editor
Institute of Ecology
1033 Green Street
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia  30602-2202

Phone:  706-542-3709

By March 21: Send one (1) printed camera-ready original and an electronic copy (MS Word or WordPerfect format preferred) by regular mail to above address. The electronic copy will be used to create the CD and the online (color) version of the conference proceedings. The original camera-ready manuscript will be used to create the bound volume (black and white only).
Please name the electronic file using the name of the first author. The file naming convention is:
     LastnameFirstinitial-GWRCpaper.doc (example: "JonesW-GWRCpaper.doc")
If the first author has multiple papers, add the name of the second author or the presenting author to get a unique filename:
     LastnameFirstinitial1LastnameFirstinitial2-GWRCpaper.doc (example: "JonesWSmithJ-GWRCpaper.doc")

Organization

Section headings (major, minor, and sub headings) are used appropriately to organize the text and make it "reader friendly". A well organized paper will have no more than about 5 paragraphs without a break for a heading. (see Typing Format for headings)

Abstract: Short abstract (2-6 sentences) summarizes the paper's purpose, conclusions and main contribution to water management. (Give the meat of the paper in the abstract, not an appetizer.) Abstract may be omitted for papers shorter than 1.5 pages.

Most (but not all) papers will include these major headings:

Introduction: The Introduction does the following:

1. states the paper's purpose and intended contribution,
2. points out its importance, relevance and usefulness for water resources management in Georgia,
3. explains who needs this information and why.

Background and Related Work:

• Sufficient background information about the topic is given.
• The key issues or questions are pointed out.
• Related work is mentioned.
• Current knowledge about the issue is briefly summarized or referenced.
• Hypotheses, alternatives or approaches considered by others are mentioned.

Experimental Design (for a research problem):

• The research hypotheses are clearly stated,
• the experimental design is described, and
• the decision rule is defined (ie., under what conditions would the hypothesis be rejected?)

Experimental Design (for a design or a decision problem):

• The alternatives,
• the stakeholders and their evaluation criteria, and
• the evaluation and decision procedure are described.

Methods: The research/study methods and analysis procedure are briefly but adequately described. Common methods are just referenced.

Conclusions:

• Data and conclusions are presented clearly.
• Reasons for reaching these conclusions are given.

Discussion:

• Implications of the conclusions are discussed. (Could consider the implications regarding administration, management, economic impact, financing, culture, law, education, quality of life, ethics, sustainability, new technology, etc.)

Recommendations: (may be combined with Discussion)

• What should be done next and by whom?

Acknowledgments: Recognize key assistance you have received.

Literature Cited: References are cited by author and date (Jones, 1983) in the text, and they are listed alphabetically with complete information in the Literature Cited section. This section can be especially helpful to readers who want to follow up on your topic. Please include all key publications, especially those relevant to Georgia.