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Author Guidelines

The submitted manuscript should have the following sections:

1. Title Page
The title page should include:
The name(s) of the author(s)
Address(es) of the author(s)
The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author

Running title

2. Abstract
150-400 words. Please do not put P-value, abbreviations or any reference.

3. Keywords
4-6 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, Acknowledgement (if any).

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

5. References
Citation in the text
Examples:
(Dumont, 1998).
Dumont (1998).
Smith and Johnson (2011).
(Smith and Johnson, 2011)

For 3 or more than 3 authors:
(Anan et al., 2002)
Anan et al. (2002)

Separate authors in a parenthesis using;
(Kajiwara et al., 2003; Weißflog et al., 1999; Korshenko and Gul, 2005)

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. 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 (Ed.). 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: C.d. Ridder, P. Dubois, M.C. Lahaye, M. Jangoux (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.

The EndNote users can use the style file:
EndNote style (zip file)

6. Tables
Tables should be numbered and cited in the text, for example: Table 1. All tables should have a caption above the table without ending to “.”

7. Graphs and Illustration
All graphs and illustrations should have a caption below the table ending to a “.”
Graphs and illustrations should be cited in the text, for example: Figure 1.
Graphs and illustrations can be prepared using MS-Office. Embed the illustrations prepared by MS-Office in the paper. The font of the graphs or any text on the illustrations should be Arial or Times New Roman. Size of the text on graphs and illustrations should be 10 pt.

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.

8. Copy Right
With submitting a paper to the IJAB, you accept to transfer automatically the copy right to the IJAB. Submitting a paper to the IJAB 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 Five potential reviewers for their paper.

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 with a merged results and discussion.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. Confirm that the manuscript has been submitted solely to this journal and is not published, in press, or submitted elsewhere (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. Confirm that the submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
3. Confirm that the text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

4. Confirm that the contact details of at least three potential reviewers (Name, affiliation and email address) were prepared.

5. Confirm that all the research meets the ethical guidelines, including adherence to the legal requirements of the study country.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

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Authors who support this journal through the payment of voluntary page charges will retain copyright and the IJAb will license these articles under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website), as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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