Instructions for authors
Manuscript format
1. Text
The text and illustrations should be submitted on A4 paper in two copies and/or as an e-mail attachment. The text should be double-spaced, with 2 cm top and bottom margins, and 3 cm left and right margins, the font size being 12 points. Once a manuscript has been accepted for publication, the author should provide the editorial board with the manuscript as a computer file (s) if it has not been agreed otherwise. The preferable format is MS Word for the text. Printable PDF file should also be attached by authors from countries using any non-English symbols.
2. Tables, composite illustrations
Tables and composite illustrations should be organised to fit into one (up to 80 mm wide) or two (up to 165 mm wide) columns, or the ‘landscape’ orientation (up to 235 mm wide, only if presentation is impossible otherwise). The text font size in tables should not be less than 9 points. If not available as computer files, the figures should not be larger than twice the final size and should be bold enough to stand reduction up to 1.5 times. Captions and legends may be submitted on a separate sheet. If tables and figures are submitted on separate sheets, their position in the text should be indicated. Colour illustrations may be charged to the author. The preferable format is MS Excel for the tables and graphs. Drawings should be submitted as Windows metafiles (WMF), photographs - as Tagged image files (TIF) with resolution of 300-600 dpi of the original size; if they are of equivalent quality to the Indian ink drawings or the original photographs, the submission of the original may be not obligatory. Other computer formats (JPG, CDR) may be accepted after agreement with the editorial board.
3. Title
The manuscript should contain: the title (as concise and informative as possible); the author’s (-s’) full name (the surname in capitals); the full name, mailing address and e-mail (or telephone and fax) of the institution in which the work has been carried out; the running title (if the title of the article is of more than 6 words); key words; the abstract in English (obligatory) and Lithuanian (the latter for the Lithuanian authors only) on separate sheets, each preferably of no more than 150 words.
4. Parts of the manuscript
The text should be composed of the Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, and References; it may include Conclusions, Acknowledgements, Tables and Figures, if any. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively and placed at the bottom of the page to which they pertain. No parts of the text should be typed in capitals or spaced. Generic and specific names should be in italics. Only generally accepted abbreviations and symbols are allowed. The authors must comply with the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and with the published Opinions of the International Commission.
5. Citation
References to the text should be stated by giving the name of the author and the year of publication in brackets, e.g. (Mason 1984) or (Kumari & Rittinghaus 1975). When there are more than two authors, only the first author’s name followed by ‘et al.’ should be used (Gibbons et al. 1992).
6. References
Each reference should be in the following consecutive order: authorship, year of publication, name of the article, name of the periodical/book, volume, number, and the first and last pages. Titles of articles should be in the original language and translated into English. Names of periodicals and books should be in italics. References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript using the following format and punctuation:
Klomp, N. I. and Furness, R. W. 1992. The dispersal and philopatry of Great Skuas from Foula, Shetland. Ringing and Migration 13 (2): 73–82.
Laws, E. A. 1993. Aquatic Pollution. An Introductory Text. New York: An Interscience Publication, John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Linden, O., Elmgren, R., Westin, L. and Kinemann, J. J. 1980. Scientific summary and general discussion. In: J. J. Kinemann, R. Elmgren and S. Hansson (eds) The TSESIS Oil Spill. Report of the first year scientific study, pp. 43–58. Stockholm: Askö Laboratory, University of Stockholm.
Osborne, K. C. 1986. Great Crested Grebe. In: P. Lack (ed.) The atlas of wintering birds in Britain and Ireland, pp. 42–43. Calton: T. & A. D. Poyser.
Wells, P. G., Butler, J. N. and Hughes, J. S. (eds) 1995. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Fate and Effects in Alaskan Waters. Philadelphia: American Society for Testing and Materials.