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BEM 2019
 
Meeting dates: 3-6 April, 2019
Host city: St. John’s (Newfoundland, Canada)
Venue: Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland (downtown St. John’s)

Abstract instructions

A) Topics
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Abstracts for presentations on any topic relevant to marine ecology will be accepted, including: 
1. Anthropogenic Impacts
2. Arctic Ecosystems
3. Biological Invasions
4. Behavior
5. Benthic Ecosystem Services
6. Benthic Monitoring (Applied/Industrial)
7. Biodiversity
8. Chemical Ecology
9. CHONe/OFI (special session)
10. Climate Change
11. Coastal Ecosystem Resilience
12. Community Ecology
13. Conservation and Management (including MPAs)
14. Deep Sea
15. Ecophysiology
16. Ecosystem Functioning & Sustainability
17. Evolution
18. Feeding Processes
19. Fisheries / Aquaculture
20. Habitat Sustainability & Restoration
21. High Energy Beaches
22. Kelp ecology
23. Life History Strategies
24. Living Shorelines
25. Macroecology
26. Metapopulations / Population Genetics
27. Molecular Ecology / Genomics
28. Recruitment / Larval Ecology
29. Reef Ecology
30. Reproduction
31. Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems
32. Rhodolith ecology
33. Seagrass ecology
34. Symbioses
35. Trophic Relationships
​B) Only one abstract is allowed per presenting author excluding special session exceptions.
​C) Each abstract must be submitted as an MS Word file (.doc or .docx). The name of your file will include:

• The number of your preferred topic from part A above
• The first and last name of the presenting author
• The type of presentation you prefer: oral, poster, or no preference

 
     Name the file as follows:
     [Topic number from A above]_[First and last name of presenting author]_[Preference]
 
     Some examples of file names:
 
     6_SteveJobs_ORAL.doc
     20_AhabCaptain_POSTER.docx
     14_HamletPrince_NOPREFERENCE.docx
​D) Observe the following guidelines when preparing your abstract document:

• Language: English
• Page margins: 1 inch
• Font: Times New Roman
• Title: 12-Point, bold, 150 characters maximum including spaces
• Author names: 12-Point. Identify presenting author with an asterisk (*), separate authors names with semicolons (;)
• Affiliations: 10-Point, affiliation name only (no address). If more than one affiliation per abstract, use superscript   
       numbers to match authors and affiliations
• Abstract text: 12-Point, single-spaced, left justification, no Indentation, 200 words maximum.  
• Units: metric
• Scientific names: please italicize
• Illustrations, figures, photos: NOT PERMITTED
 
  Please indicate below the abstract text the following:
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• Presenting author’s contact: Provide email address of presenting author only
 • Presenting author's status: “Undergraduate student,” “Graduate student,” or a “Professional”
• Presentation preference: "Oral", "Poster" or "No preference"
• Preferred presentation topics:   Specify your  top 3 possible topics from the list above, in order of preference
E) Example of abstract file in MS Word  (.docx)
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