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BrazilianJournalofOceanography

(Bibliographicalabbreviation:Braz.j.oceanogr.)

InstructionstoAuthors

Introduction

The Brazilian Journal of Oceanography (BJO) publishes peer-reviewed

manuscripts in English in two formats: Full Articles and Notes (please, read

carefullytheinstructionstoauthorstounderstandthedifferencebetweenthese

two formats). Full articles are usually related to labored

investigations/descriptions on time and space which deserves detailed

description on the whole processes involved. Notes are usually related to

shorter-term investigations/descriptions which could deserve a broader

investment in timetobetterunderstand/describe theoceanographicprocesses

with a hot and original topic, but contain important baseline/preliminary

contents to be shared to the scientific community. Suggested reviews will be

consideredintheFullArticlescategory.

Submitted manuscripts should be the result of original research on

processes in oceanography/marine sciences conducted in any global

ocean/estuarinebasin.TheBJOcoverstheentirespectrumofdisciplinesdealing

with the biological oceanography, physical oceanography, marine chemistry,

sedimentologyandgeology, fromcoastal andestuarinewatersout to theopen

sea. Emphasis is directed towards inter-disciplinary process-oriented

contributions.TheBJOdoesnotpublishreportsfromconsultantprojects,single

descriptionsonfirst,second,thirdandsoonrecordsofaspecieselsewhere,and

researchthathasnoconnectiontooceans,estuariesandtheshoreline.

ThewholemanuscriptshouldbewritteninEnglish.IfEnglishisnotyour

nativelanguageoryouhadnopreviousexperienceinwritingscientificpapersin

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English, we strongly recommend that, before submitting your manuscript for

publication in the BJO, you should send it through a professional English

revision. In the evaluation process, manuscripts may undergo through robust

modifications.Thus,westronglyrecommendcountingonacompanyorlanguage

reviewers that could also invest time and efforts in the final revision of your

manuscript. In the first preliminary review, if the Editor in Chief detects that

English should be improved, the manuscript will return to the responsible

author to address thedesired improvements inEnglish.The resubmissionwill

beonlyacceptedfollowedbyacertificateofrevision.

The BJO is published under Open Access model and is therefore free

accessed without charges. You may read and download all past and modern

manuscripts published through the BJO history, and you are free to copy and

disseminateallpapersforscientificandeducationalpurposes.Allcontentofthe

journal, except where identified, is licensed under a Creative Commons

attribution-typeBY.Checkallpublishedpaperssince1950in:

ü Boletim do Instituto Paulista de Oceanografia, from 1950 to 1951 in

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_issues&pid=0100-

4239&lng=en&nrm=iso;

ü Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico from 1952 to 1995 in



ü Revista Brasileira de Oceanografia from 1996 to 2003 in

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1413-


ü BrazilianJournalofOceanographysince2004in


8759&lng=en&nrm=iso

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TheBJOisindexedby:

ü RussianInstituteofScientificandTechnicalInformation

ü ASFA(AquaticSciences&FisheriesAbstracts)

ü BiologicalAbstracts

ü CambridgeScientificAbstracts

ü CentrodeInformaciónCientíficayHumanística

ü ISI-WebofKnowledge

ü LibraryAcquisitionsChemicalAbstractsService

ü SciELO(ScientificElectronicLibraryOnline)

ü Scopus

ü WorldDataCenterA-Oceanography

ü ZoologicalRecord

Beforesubmittingyourmanuscripttobeevaluatedforpublicationinthe

BJO,allauthorsshouldbeawarethat:

A) Your manuscript was not submitted simultaneously to any other peer-

reviewedjournal.

B)Yourmanuscriptwasnotpreviouslypublishedinitscompleteform,oreven

inpart,inanyotherpeer-reviewedjournal.

C)Yourmanuscriptwasreviewedandapprovedbyallauthors.

D)Ifyourresearchwasconductedwithexperimentsusingliveorganisms,itmet

theanimaltreatmentethicsguidelines.Inthissense,authorsneedtocertifythe

editorial board that no individual organisms were harmed in conducting the

researchor theyshouldsubmit thecertificationonanimalethicssignedbythe

institutionwheretheexperimentwasconducted.

E)Ifyourmanuscriptisaboutastudyconductedinacountrywherepermitsare

requiredtocarryoutscientificresearch(e.g.CITIES,state/federalenvironmental

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agencies),thepermitnumbersandnameofissuingagenciesshouldbeincluded

intheMaterialandMethodssection(inFullArticles)orinthemainbodytext(in

Notes).

F)Alltheauthorsareinagreementtosubmitthemanuscripttoajournalwhich

willcountonthepeer-reviewsystem,respectingthetimeandeffortsdevotedby

theeditorialboardandatleasttwoanonymousrefereestoattendalltheauthors

whoshowedinteresttopublishintheBJO.Remindthatalltheonesinvolvedare

doingtheirbesttocontributetothemarinesciences.

G) The editorial board is doing the best efforts to process all submitted

manuscripts in acceptable time and quality to better attend authors. The

associate editors will invest time on searching and reaching two positive

answers from referees, and this process may take time. Then, we expect that

referees may complete their review in up to six weeks. If the manuscript is

rejectedbythetworeferees,themessagecomesstraighttoauthors.Ifwehave

twoextremelydistinctreviews,athirdonemayberequested,consumingmore

time. If the manuscript is considered acceptable by the two referees

conditionally to a minor or major revision, authors will have four weeks for

adjustments.Whenadjustmentsareasked, theresponsibleauthormustsenda

responseletterthroughtheelectronicsystemaddressingalltheobservationsof

thereferees (either incorporating thesuggestionsor justifyingwhyauthorsdo

not agree with a certain comment/suggestion). When major adjustments are

asked,refereeswillre-checkthere-submittedformbeforethefinalapproval.If

adjustments are still necessary, another round involving authors and referees

checkingtherevisedformsmaybenecessary.Thus,theeditorialboardasksfor

yourcomprehension.

H)TheEditor inChiefwillcountonthesupportofassociateeditorstoprocess

thesubmittedmanuscripts.Afterthecompleteprocessesandwhendealingwith

approved manuscripts, the Editor in Chief will assess the quality of the final

version and, if necessary, may send suggestions to the authors to address

adjustmentsinformattingtofollowthejournalguidelines.

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The final forms of each approved manuscript will pass through a

designingprocesstogeneratethepageproofs.Themainauthorwillreceivethe

proofs and will be responsible for checking the last necessary details for

adjustments (usually typesettingones). Ifnoalterationsaresuggested, theBJO

won't publish errata for later discovered necessary editing adjustments. Thus,

werequesta completeandcareful reviewof thepageproofs,preferablybyall

authorsinthecaseofmultipleauthors.

Since 2009 the BJO publishes all issues in electronic versions, which

represents our strong compromise with the Go Green Initiatives seeking to

reachanewcultureonenvironmentalresponsibility.Authorswillhaveaccessto

the free of charge final version of their manuscript through the SCIELO

(http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1679-

8759&lng=en&nrm=iso) andSIBI (http://www.revistas.usp.br/bjoce)websites.

Please,thinktwicebeforeprintingyour(andother)publishedmanuscripts.

Besuretosubmityourmanuscriptfollowingtherequestedformatthatis

describedbelow.Failuretodosowillinducethereturnofthemanuscripttothe

responsibleauthorjustafterthepreliminaryexaminationbytheEditorinChief.

GuidelinestoAuthors:BrazilianJournalofOceanography

1.Fileformat

The complete manuscript (including tables and figures) should be

uploadedtothesysteminthepreferablyfollowingformats:DOCandDOCX.

2.GeneralFormat

2.1Pagesetup:A4paperandallmarginssetat2.5cm.

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2.2Font:TimesNewRoman;12pt.tothewholetextincludingtitle,headingsand

subheadings.

2.3Doublelinespacingthroughoutthewholetext,exceptforTables.

2.4Pagenumbers inallpagessincethefirstonewiththetitle:bottomofpage,

rightside.

2.5StartinginthefirstphraseoftheIntroductionofFullArticlesandfirstphrase

of theNote, lines shouldbenumbered from1on.Thiswill help the reviewing

process.

2.6AmericanorBritishEnglish;spellingsmustbeconsistentwithoneversionof

Englishthroughoutthemanuscript.

2.7Eachparagraphmustbeindentedwithonetab.

3.Titleandrunningtitle

3.1Thetitleshouldbeinsertedatthetopofthepage,centered,shouldbeconcise

andclearlyrelatedtothefindingsofthemanuscript.

3.2 A running header which summarizes the title and with up to six words

should be provided. Itmust be inserted just below the title, skipping one line,

centeredjustified,andafterthequotation"Runningtitle:".

3.3Only the first letterof the title/running title, aswell as theones related to

species(genus),orgeographicalreferencesshouldbecapitalized(seeitem16.3).

3.4We suggest authors to avoidusing geo-political references such as naming

States,Provinces,orCountriesintitles.Theinvestigationinoceanographymust

beinterestingtointernationalreaders,despitetheState,ProvinceorCountryit

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was conducted. We recommend the use of geo-referenced terms in

oceanography/marinesciences.

3.5Allwordsinthemaintitleshouldbeinboldandscientificnamesshouldbe

italicized.

3.6Donotinsertfullstop(.)aftertitleandrunningtitle.

4.Author(s)andAffiliation(s)

4.1 Full name(s) of the author(s) should be provided just after skipping a line

fromthetitle.

4.2Namesshouldbecenteredandinitalics.

4.3 When there is more than one author, names should be separated using

commas(,).Donotuse"and"or"&"beforethelastname.Onlycommas.

4.4Affiliationsshouldincludecompleteaddressforcorrespondence,preferably

includingthenameofoneinstitutiontheauthorrepresentsbeforetheaddress,

whichwillbeincludedinparenthesesjustafterthenameoftheinstitution.

4.5Skipalinefromthelistoftheauthorstoinsertaffiliations.

4.6Affiliationsshouldbeleftjustified.

4.7Whenthereismorethanoneauthor,superscriptnumbersshouldfolloweach

namewithadifferentaffiliation.Ifthereisonlyoneaffiliationreferredtotwoor

moreauthorsandnoauthorsrelatedtoanotheraffiliation,superscriptnumbers

should not be used as it is implicit that all authors are affiliated at the same

institution.

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4.8Whenthereismorethanoneauthor,anasteriskbesidethelastnameshould

indicate the corresponding author. When considering the responsible for

communication, the numbering referred to the addressmust come before the

asterisk(e.g.PaulaSmith1*,MarkJulianLemmerts2,JuliaEmideFariaOshima3).

4.9Thequotation"correspondingauthor"shouldbeinsertedafterallaffiliations,

skipping a line, left-justified, and inserting an e-mail which will be useful for

contacts.

5.Paperformats

5.1ThereareonlytwoformatstosubmitmanuscriptsforpublicationintheBJO:

FullArticles(whichincludeReviews)andNotes.

5.2FullArticlesmustpresentthefollowingcomponents:Title,author(s)name(s)

and affiliation(s), indication of the author responsible for communication,

abstract, introduction, material and methods, results, discussion,

acknowledgements,andreferences.

5.3Notesmustpresent:Title,author(s)name(s)andaffiliation(s), indicationof

the author responsible for communication, complete text without using

headings,exceptforacknowledgementsandreferences.

5.4Tables and figures canbeused inFullArticles (+Reviews) andNotes (see

instructionsbelow).

5.5 There are no restrictionswhen considering the length of Full Articles and

Notes: we just ask all authors to write concise scientific contributions, with

adequateandnecessarynumberoftablesandfigures.Keepinmindthatscience

mustbesharedbyfocusedandstraighttothepointtexts,sharingwhatisreally

importantfromyourgatheredresults.Readersarenotinterestedonthereasons

you had not completed one task or if your results will be important for

conservationpurposes.

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6.HeadingsandSubheadings

6.1 Full Articles should present the following sectionswithout numbering and

writteninuppercase(nobold,noitalics):

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALANDMETHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION(Optional)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

6.2NoteshavenoheadingsexceptforACKNOWLEDGEMENTSandREFERENCES

withoutnumberingandwritteninuppercase.

6.3Headingsshouldbecentered.

6.4Fromthreetosixkeywordsshouldbeprovidedbytheauthor(s)onlywhen

submittingcompletepapers.Notesdonotneedtoincludekeywords(seeitem8.

Descriptors).

6.5 Subheadings may be used in MATERIAL AND METHODS (e.g. Study Area;

Sampling; Data Analysis), and/or RESULTS and/or DISCUSSION according to

authors'preference.

6.6 Subheadings should be left-justified, using lowercases with the first letter

capitalized, skipping a line after the main heading of the section, and then

skippinganotherlineandinsertingonetabtostartdescribingtheitem.E.g.:

MATERIALANDMETHODS

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StudyArea

Thisstudywasconducted....

6.7Nosubheadingsofsubheadingsareaccepted.Weaskauthorstobecreative

toshareyourscience.

6.8Donotusenumberingforsubheadings.

6.9Donotusefullstop(.)aftersubheadings.

7.Abstract(FullArticles)

7.1Abstractmustbeinsertedbetweenthequotationofthee-mailaddressofthe

corresponding author and the descriptors (keywords). Skip a line after the

correspondingauthortoinserttheheadingABSTRACT.

7.2 Abstract should be limited to up to 300 words. The BJO won't accept

abstractswith301ormorewords.

7.3Abstractshouldgiveacompleteideaonthemanuscript,preferablyandwhen

possible including the reference on the time and space scales related to the

presented study/survey, the geographical reference, the main objective(s) or

maintestedhypothesis/hypotheses,thesummarizedmethods,themainresults

andthefinal/concludingremarks.

7.4Theabstractshouldprovide thereaderacomplete ideaon themanuscript.

Shouldbebriefandmustpresentacomprehensivesummaryofthecontentsof

themanuscript. Itmustallowreaderstosurveythecontentsofthemanuscript

quickly and enable abstracting and information services to index and retrieve

manuscripts.Bigpictureresultsshouldbeclearinyourabstract.Trytoavoidthe

inclusionof phrases that arenot related to your study, like "this studywill be

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importanttooceanographicscience"or"morestudiesarenecessarytoelucidate

thegatheredresults".

7.5Donotusesubheadingsintheabstractbody(suchas"objective"or"results).

7.6Donotusereferencecitations.

7.7Italicizeonlyscientificnames.

8.Descriptors(=keywords)(FullArticles)

8.1Onlycompletepapersmustpresentfromthreetosixkeywords.

8.2Usethesubheading"Descriptors"left-justifiedafterskippingalinefromthe

ABSTRACT.

8.3Keywordsmustbeseparatedbycommas.

8.4Beawarethatthosedescriptorswillbethekeytoallkindsofsearchrelated

tothehottopicsofyourmanuscript.

8.5Westronglyrecommendtoavoidusingnamesofcountries,states/provinces,

seasons,abbreviations,andgeneraltermssuchas"salinity".

8.6Wesuggestauthors to consult the listof followingsourceswhereyoumay

find important suggestions on using strategic keywords to third parties easily

findyourpublishedmanuscriptwheninvestingontheirsearch:

http://www4.fao.org/asfa/asfa.htm;

orthePDFversiononftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/k5032e/k5032e.pdf

9.Introduction(FullArticles)

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9.1 Skip a line after the "Descriptors" and insert the centered title

"INTRODUCTION"(CAPITALIZED).

9.2 This section must provide the reader the scenario related to your

study/survey, sharing the baseline published information on the main/major

topics(seesectiononreferences).

9.3 The text must be concise, straight to the point, and preferably without

subheadings.

9.4 We recommend that the objective(s) of the manuscript, or the tested

hypothesis/hypotheses should be quoted in the last paragraph(s) of the

Introduction.

9.5Authorsarefreetodescribetheirobjective(s)asoneormorehypothesisto

betested,orasaquestionormoretobeanswered,orevenasadescriptionofan

interesting/importantoceanographicfeature/phenomenontobedescribed.

9.6TablesandfiguresshouldnotbeusedintheIntroduction.

10.MaterialandMethods(FullArticles)

10.1SkipalineafterfinishingtheINTRODUCTIONandinsertthecenteredtitle

"MATERIALANDMETHODS"(CAPITALIZED).

10.2Herewestronglyrecommendauthorstoreferencethestudy/surveyintime

andspace.

10.3 Describe the main characteristics of the surveyed/studied area, or the

experimentaldesigninawaysomeonecouldreplicatetheinvestigationintime

andspace.

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10.4 Maps are recommended only if they are useful for the complete

comprehension of the manuscript. They should be readable, clear, with the

insertionsofthereferencesongeographicreferenceswhicharereallyimportant

toyourstudy.Wegentlyasktoavoidinsertingimagestakenfromgooglemaps

or sharing geo-political maps which has nothing to do with your study. We

encourage authors to invest time and energy on modern maps using modern

software.

10.5Whenevernecessary,oneormorefigures(seeformatdetailsin18.Figures)

and or tables (see format details in 19. Tables) may illustrate the survey

design/experimentaldesign.

10.6Thedescriptionofdataanalysesisstronglyrecommended.

10.7 The commonly used and standardized subheadings may be used: Study

Area; Sampling; and Data Analysis; but authors are free to use other useful

subheadings according to the requirements to better explain thematerial and

methodsinvolvedintheirstudy.

10.8Westronglyrecommendtoquoteresearchpermitsinthissectionwhenever

possible/necessary.

11.Results(FullArticles)

11.1SkipalineafterthefinishingtheMATERIALANDMETHODSandinsertthe

centeredtitle"RESULTS"(CAPITALIZED).

11.2Herewestronglyrecommendauthorstoaddressthemainresultsgathered

from the sampling procedures/survey design described in the Material and

Methodssection.

11.3Authorsare free tousespecificandusefulsubheadingsaccording to their

manuscriptrequirementstobettersharetheresultsoftheirstudy.

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11.4Tables(seeformatdetails in18.Tables)andfigures(seeformatdetails in

19. Figures) are strongly recommendedmainlywhen they could take place of

longtextswithahugelistofnumbers.Whenoptingtousefiguresandtables,we

strongly recommend to avoiddescribing all details of both in this section. Just

describethemain/most importantresults.Detailson legendswillbeexplained

initems18and19.

12.Discussion(FullArticles)

12.1 Skip a line after finishing the RESULTS and insert the centered title

"DISCUSSION"(CAPITALIZED).

12.2Herewestronglyrecommendauthorstoaddressthemainresultsgathered

through the sampling procedures/survey design described in theMaterial and

Methods section, meanwhile authors describe the hot topics of those results

comparingtotheknown/publishedliteraturewheneverpossible.

12.3 Please, do not repeat part of the results again. Quote Tables and Figures

when it is important to draw the reader's attention to one ormore important

results.

12.4Authorsare free tousespecificandusefulsubheadingsaccording to their

manuscriptrequirementstobettersharetheresultsoftheirstudy.

12.5Tablesandfiguresshouldnotbeinsertedinthissection.

13.Conclusion(Optional)

13.1 Skip a line after finishing the DISCUSSION and insert the centered title

"CONCLUSION"(CAPITALIZED).

13.2Usuallyaparagraphisenoughtodescribethemainconclusionofasurvey.

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13.3Donotrepeatresultsinthissection.

13.4Donotitemizetheconclusion.

13.5 Conclusion has always a strong link to the main objective(s); to the

addressedquestionortotheoneormorehypothesistobetested.

14.Acknowledgements(FullArticlesandNotes)

14.1 Skip a line after the finishing theDISCUSSIONor theCONCLUSION if you

optedtodescribeaconclusion inyourmanuscriptand insert thecenteredtitle

"ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"(CAPITALIZED).

14.2Westronglyrecommendauthorstobebrief.

14.3 Please, keep the original names and acronyms of the native language of

institutionsandsponsors.ItisnotnecessarytotranslatethosenamestoEnglish.

14.4Feelfreetoincludethegrantnumber(s)involvedinfundedprojects.

14.5Please,quoteresearchpermitsintheMaterialandMethodssection.

15.References(FullArticleandNotes)

15.1 Skip a line after the finishing the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and insert the

centeredtitle"REFERENCES"(CAPITALIZED).

15.2 The BJO follows the Harvard style of referencing literature, with several

adaptions when necessary. These guidelines can be easily found in the main

bibliographic software globally used. This may be a useful link to the ones

interested in checking the guidelines: http://www.citethisforme.com/harvard-

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referencing. At the end of this section you'll find the main examples of

referencingliteratureusingthisstyle(Item21).

15.3It istheresponsibilityoftheauthorstodoublecheckthelistofreferences

andtheirquotationsinthemainbodytext.

15.4ThefollowingreferencesandquotationscannotbeusedintheBJO:

15.4.1 Doctoral andMasters Theses, Bachelor thesis, and any other document

comingfromrequestsforgettingadegreeinacademia.

15.4.2Personalcommunications.

15.4.3 Abstracts (even full papers) presented in conferences (meetings,

symposia).

15.4.4Unpublishedpapers.

15.4.5Unpublisheddata.

15.4.6Websiteswithafewexceptionsregardingpublishedwebdocuments(e.g.

IUCNredlist-inthesecases,followthestandardizedquotationrequestedbythe

website, adapting it to the Harvard Style - see item 21). It will be up to the

editorstodeterminewhetherausedsourcewouldbeappropriateforaspecific

citation.

15.4.7Corporateorgovernmentreportsorconsultantreportswhichcannotbe

accessedbyanyinterestedperson/partyorinpubliclibraries/sources.

15.5 When evaluating the manuscript for publication, the use of those

unacceptedreferences/quotationsmaybe listedasoneof thereasonstoreject

itspublicationinthewayitwassubmitted.Weassumethattheonesinterested

inpublishingintheBJOshouldcarefullyreadtheinstructionstoauthors.

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16.Generalguidelines

16.1 Sentence structure: we suggest using the active, not passive voice, third

person(unlessitisreallyrelevanttousefirstperson),andpasttense(unlessthe

statement is always true). Do not give life to inanimate objects (e.g. the table

shows,theanalysessuggest,thispaperhelps).

16.2Numbers:

16.2.1Use themetric systemandabbreviateunits,without spacebetween the

numberandtheabbreviatedunit.Neveruseafullstopaftertheunit,unlessyou

reachedtheendof thephrase,butdon't forgetto insertspaceafterthequoted

unit(e.g.5ton;7m;sampleswerecollectedinintervalsof10h.);

16.2.2Numbersupto10mustbewritten in text(e.g. sevenbuoyswereused),

exceptwhentheyarereferredtometricunits(e.g.5m);

16.2.3Usefullstopfordecimals(e.g.0.55;0.05-includezerosindecimals)and

beconsistentinusingthesameandthelessernumberofsignificantdigits.

16.2.4Usecommatothousands(e.g.20,000permutations;1,345individuals).

16.2.5Theword"data"isplural(e.g.datawereanalyzed).

16.2.6 Usually use "between" when comparing two items, and among when

comparingthreeormore.

16.2.7Formatdatesas the following:26March2017;26March.Alwaysquote

months in text in the main body text, but in tables and figures they may be

quotedinnumbersfollowingthepatternDD/MM/YYorDD/MM(e.g.26/03/17

or26/03).

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16.2.8Format timeas the followingexamples:03:30h; from14:00h to16:30h;

21:50:53. If in themain body text: two hours of experiments, every 12 hours,

everyfiveminutes.Alwaysconsiderthelocaltimezonewhenquotingtime.

16.2.9Togeographiccoordinates:25o03'S,47o55'W;or25o03'25"S,47o55'03"W.

16.3Capitalletters:usecapitallettersin

16.3.1 Recognized geographic references, water masses/currents (e.g., St.

Lawrence Estuary; Southern Hemisphere; Southwestern Atlantic Ocean;

AntarcticCircumpolarCurrent;GulfStream);

16.3.2Major taxonomic categories (e.g.Mammalia), but derived names should

notbecapitalized(e.g.cetaceans,mammals);

16.3.3Namesofrecognizedinstitutions,whichmayleadtotheuseofacronyms

(e.g. International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN; International

WhalingCommission-IWC).

16.3.4Commonnames(e.g.DrakePassage,Darwingrouper).

16.4Italics:useitalicsin

16.4.1Allscientificnames;

16.4.2Latinwordslikeinvitro,adlibitum,apriori,ca.,e.g.,sensu,etal.(Obs:"et

al."istheabbreviationof"etalii"-thisiswhythefullstopcomesonlyafter"al."-,

whichmeans"andothers").Thus,youmustuseverbsinpluralwhendescribing

statementsrelatedtopublishedliteraturewith2ormoreauthors.

16.4.3Donotuseitalicswhenquotingsp.,spp.,cf.,aff.,sp.nov.,gen.nov.,among

others.

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16.4.4 Names of vessels (e.g. Alpha-Crucis; Alpha Delphini; Prof. Besnard; M/V

Alucia).

16.5Abbreviationsandacronyms:youmustuseabbreviationsand respect the

followingguidelines

16.5.1Afterquotingthecommonnamefollowedbythescientificnames(genus+

species)ofaspecies,allthenextquotationsshouldhavethegenusabbreviated,

even if a phrase starts with the scientific name of a species (e.g. Sotalia

guianensisabbreviatedbyS.guianensis).

16.5.2Acronymsarewelcomesincethecommonnameofaspecies,aparticular

phenomenon,aninstitution,oranypossibleabbreviatedname(s)willbequoted

along themainbody text forat leastonemoreoccasion.Authorsshouldquote

thecompletenameattheveryfirsttimeitappearsinthemaintext,followedby

theacronyminparentheses.Don'tusefullstopsafteracronyms.Ex:Thisspecies

is classified as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for

ConservationofNature(IUCN).

16.6Footnotes:neverusefootnotes.

17. Equations: we recommend that authors use an equation editor (e.g.

MathType,Equation)whenincludingformulasintheirmanuscripts.Ifmorethan

one formula is to be used and quoted throughout the manuscript, arabic

numbersshouldfollowinparentheses.

18. Tables: Use tables to share numeric data on your survey/investigation,

turning thereadingofyourmanuscriptapleasantexperiencewhencomparing

todescribeallnumericdatainlongparagraphs.

18.1Tablesmustbepresentedaspartofthemanuscript,inaseparatesheet,at

theendofthemainbodyofthedocument/file.

18.2 Tables will be published in portrait format. We ask authors to limit the

tablesinupto17cmwidth.

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18.3Tablesshouldbesimple,withlinesonly(noverticallinesorgrids),witha

singlelineendingthetable.Iffootnotesforthetablearenecessary,theyshould

beincludedjustbelowthisline.

18.4The legendmust comeabove the table, ina justified text format.Legends

mustbecomplete,withcompletephrases/statementsinordertogivethereader

theoverallinformationtheauthor(s)desiretosharewiththattable.Tableswith

theirlegendsmustbeself-explanatory.Westronglyrecommendtheinsertionof

references regarding "when, where, and how", related to the presented

data/resultsinatablewheneverpossible.

18.5 Only the word “Table” and the number in a legend are written in bold

followedbyafullstop(e.g.Table1.).

18.6Inthemainbodytext,tablesshouldbereferredas"TableX"(alwayswith

firstletterincapital).

18.7 Do not worry on suggesting the location a table/or tables should be

inserted.Theteaminvolvedwiththemanuscriptdesignwilldothebestefforts

toinsertit/themintheproperposition(s).Authorswillhavetheopportunityto

suggestchangesontheirlocationafterreceivingthepageproofs.

19. Figures: Use figures to share important information on your

survey/investigation, turning the reading of your manuscript a pleasant

experiencewhencomparingtodescribeallnumericdatainlongparagraphs.

19.1Figuresmustbepresentedaspartofthemanuscript,inaseparatesheet,at

the end of the main body of the document/file, after table(s) if it/they were

presented.

19.2Figureswillbepublishedinportraitformat.

19.3Figuresshouldbesavedat300dpiormore.

19.4Ifphotographsareused,theyshouldexhibitstrongcontrastandsharpness.

19.5Weaskauthorstoinvestinasimpleandcompactdesigntofigures,leaving

outnumeralsandanyotherkindofinformationwhichcouldbedescribedinthe

legend.

19.6Thelegendmustcomebelowthefigure, inajustifiedtextformat.Legends

mustbecomplete,withcompletephrases/statementsinordertogivethereader

the overall information the author(s) desire to sharewith that figure. Figures

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with their legends must be self-explanatory. We strongly recommend the

insertion of references like "when, where, and how", related to the presented

data/resultsinafigurewheneverpossible.

19.7 Only the word “Figure” and the number in a legend are written in bold

followedbyafullstop(e.g.Figure1.).

19.8Inthemainbodytext,figuresshouldbereferredas"FigureX"(alwayswith

thefirstlatterincapital).

19.9 Do not worry on suggesting the location a figure/or figures should be

inserted.Theteaminvolvedwiththemanuscriptdesignwilldothebestefforts

toinsertit/themintheproperposition(s).Authorswillhavetheopportunityto

suggestchangesontheirlocationafterreceivingthepageproofs.

20.Onlinesubmissionofmanuscripts

20.1 Manuscripts should be submitted through the GNPapers system at:

http://bjo.gnpapers.com.br.

20.2 Registration and login are required to submitmanuscripts online and to

checkthestatusofsubmissions.

20.3Authorsdonotneedtosendacoverletter,butwillneedtofollowimportant

stepsincludingtheinclusionofimportantdatawhichwillbeautomaticallyused

by the system to start building the final form of the manuscript if it will be

approvedforpublication.Besides,thewayauthorswillincludedataandfileswill

helpeditorsandrefereesintheirdutiesafterthesubmission.

21.MainexamplesofreferencingliteratureusingHarvardstyle

21.1Journals:printandonline.

21.1.1Oneauthor

In-textexample:(Schneider,2015).

ReferenceListExample:

SCHNEIDER, E. K. 2015. Trajectoryanalysis of the mechanism for westward

propagation of Rossby waves. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72,

2178-2182.

21.1.2Twoauthors

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In-textexample:(FrumanandAchatz,2015).


FRUMAN,M.D.&ACHATZ,U.2015.Validationoflarge-eddysimulationmethods

forgravitywavebreaking. JournaloftheAtmosphericSciences,72,3537-

3562.

21.1.3Threeormoreauthors

In-text examples: (Roberts et al., 2006); Natalio et al. (2017); Albright et al.

(2016).

ReferenceListExamples:

ROBERTS, J.M.,WHEELER, A. J. & FREIWALD, A. 2006. Reefs of the deep: the

biology and geology of cold-water coral ecosystems. Science, 312, 543-

547.

NATALIO,L.F.,PARDO,J.C.F.,MACHADO,G.B.O.,FORTUNA,M.D.,GALLO,D.G.

&COSTA,T.M.2017.Potential effectof fiddler crabsonorganicmatter

distribution: a combined laboratory and field experimental approach.

Estuarine,CoastalandShelfScience,184,158-165.

ALBRIGHT,R.,CALDEIRA,L.,HOSFELT, J.,KWIATKOWSKI,L.,MACLAREN, J.K.,

MASON,B.M.,NEBUCHINA,Y.,NINOKAWA,A.,PONGRATZ,J.,RICKE,K.L.,

RIVLIN,T.,SCHNEIDER,K.,SESBOUE,M.,SHAMBERGER,K.,SILVERMAN,

J., WOLFE, K., ZHU, K. & CALDEIRA, K. 2016. Reversal of ocean

acidificationenhancesnetcoralreefcalcification.Nature,531,362-365.

21.2Books:printandonline

21.2.1Oneauthor

In-textexample:(Lurton,2010).


LURTON, X. 2010. An introduction to underwater acoustics: principles and

applications,Berlin,Springer-Verlag.

21.2.2Twoauthors

In-textexample:(JakobseandOzhigin,2011)


JAKOBSE, T. & OZHIGIN, V. K. 2011. The Barents Sea: ecosystem, resources,

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management,Trondheim,TapirAcad.Press.

21.2.3Threeormoreauthors

In-textexamples:Liuetal.(2015);(Mannetal.,2000);Quintelletal.(2015).


LIU,Y.,KERKERING,H.&WEISBERG,R.H.2015.Coastaloceanobservingsystems,

Amsterdam,AcademicPress.

MANN,J.,CONNOR,R.C.,TYACK,P.L.&WHITEHEAD,H.2000.Cetaceansocieties:

fieldstudiesofdolphinsandwhales,Chicago,UniversityofChicagoPress.

QUINTRELL, J., LUETTICH, R., BALTES, B., KIRKPATRICK, B., STUMPF, R. P.,

SCHWAB, D. J., READ, J., KOHUT, J., MANDERSON, J., MCCAMMON, M.,

CALLENDER,R., TOMLINSON,M., KIRKPATRICK,G. J., KERKERING,H.&

ANDERSON, E. J. 2015. Theimportance of federal and regional

partnerships in coastal observing. In: LIU, Y., KERKERING, H. &

WEISBERG,R.H.(eds.)Coastaloceanobservingsystems.Boston:Academic

Press.

21.2.4Chapterinasingleauthorbook

In-textexample:Bourdieu(2011).


BOURDIEU,P.2011.Infrontofthecameraandbehindthescenes.Ontelevision.

Cambridge:Polity.

21.3.Maps

In-text examples:(Bourillet et al., 2012);(Center for Coastal Monitoring and

AssessmentandProgramandCoastalServicesCenter)


BOURILLET, J. F., DE CHAMBURE, L., LOUBRIEU, B., BRETON, C. &MAZE, J. P.

2012.Geomorphological map from Blackmud canyon to Douarnenez

canyon.Scale:1/1000000(N46degree)MercatorprojectionEllipsoid

WGS84.Versailles:EditionsQuae.1map.

CENTERFORCOASTALMONITORINGANDASSESSMENT(US).BIOGEOGRAPHY

PROGRAM&COASTALSERVICESCENTER(US).2001.Benthichabitatsof

PuertoRicoandtheU.S.VirginIslands.SilverSpring:U.S.NationalOceanic

andAtmosphericAdministration.

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21.1Corporateauthors

In-textexamples: (UniversityofChicagoPress,2010);(BSI,1985); (ISO,1997);

(WHO,1993)


UniversityofChicagoPress.2010.TheChicagomanualofstyle.16thed.Chicago:

UniversityofChicagoPress.

WHO (World Health Organization). 1993.WHO editorial stylemanual. Geneva:

WorldHealthOrganization.

BSI (British Standards Institution). 1985.Specification for abbreviation of title

wordsandtitlesofpublications.London:BSI.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization). 1997.Information and

Documentation—BibliographicReferences.Part2,ElectronicDocumentsor

Parts Thereof. ISO 690-2. New York: American National Standards

Institute.

World Health Organization. 1993.WHO editorial style manual. Geneva: World

HealthOrganization.