BIOL 456: Advanced Topics in Biology of Marine Life (HC) Fall 2019

From the Nature Reviews website:

“Review articles provide accessible, authoritative and balanced overviews of a field or topic. The requirement for balance need not prevent an author from proposing a specific viewpoint, but if there are controversies in the field, the author must treat them in an even-handed way. Citations should be selective. The scope of a Review should be broad enough that it is not dominated by the work of a single laboratory. Review articles are always peer-reviewed to ensure factual accuracy, appropriate citations and scholarly balance.” 

​From Jamie Becker's BIOL 456 Syllabus

• Maximum 1,700 words (references not included in word count limit)
• 8.5” x 11” US Letter page size, 12 pt Times New Roman font, 1” margins, single-spaced
• Your review should contain the following sections:
  • Descriptive title (200 characters max)
  • Abstract (ca. 100 words)
  • A brief introduction to the topic and its significance 
  • A series of organized subheadings that address the main points of your review
  • A final paragraph providing conclusions and recommendations for solutions/future studies and/or challenges
  • References (40 max)

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