FSBI

THE FISHERIES SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLES ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Leicester University UK 13-17 July 2009
 

Call for Papers

Contributions for all oral or poster presentations on any topic relating to stickleback biology are welcomed. Please bear in mind the topics to be discussed by the keynote speakers and signify under which heading your paper might fall.

Potential contributors should indicate their interest in presenting a paper and/or a poster by submitting a title and abstract (up to 250 words) by e-mail attachment (preferably in a Word document) to the conference co-ordinator, Tricia Ellis-Evans (Contact) by 1 November 2008. The layout should be as follows:

TITLE OF PRESENTATION (in bold capital letters)

Oral Paper / Poster (Please indicate which is preferred)

Author(s) names (family name followed by given name and initials) and full addresses, but not academic titles or official positions.

Text of the abstract (250 word limit)

Below is an example:

STICKLEBACK STUDIES: SMALL FACTS THAT SPEAK TO LARGE ISSUES

Jones, Jack W and Hynes, H. B. Noel

Department of Zoology, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, PO Box 167, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK

Despite being the object of many a small boy's first explorations of the natural world, the threespine stickleback has become an ideal model species for the study of significant evolutionary and ecological problems. The elucidation of the ecological causes of the adaptive radiation of stickleback in western Canadian and in Alaskan lakes has become a paradigm for this type of study. The species has taken its place alongside the group of Darwin's finches, as some of the best examples of how natural selection has brought about the origin of new forms. This paper will illustrate in detail how trophic specialisation has lead to isolated forms that are adapted to different niches in the same lake. Although the study is localised to a few lakes in British Columbia, Canada, the lessons to be learnt are applicable to most species in most environments. We can truly say that small facts speak to large issues.


The scientific committee will review all abstracts for relevance to the Conference theme and scientific merit.

There will be a dedicated poster session.

Publication of proceedings

In contrast to previous stickleback meetings the proceedings will not be published in the journal Behaviour. All contributors will be invited to submit a manuscript that will be considered for publication in an issue of the Journal of Fish Biology (the FSBI journal), which will be published in December 2009. The Guest Editor will be Dr Carl Smith. Manuscripts will be subjected to the normal Journal peer review process.

The language of the conference and manuscripts will be English.

Manuscript Timeline

1 March 2009 - Deadline for manuscripts to be submitted on-line.

On-line submission must be made through Editorial Manager

N.B. For 'Article type' select 'Symposium Paper.'

Submissions must be clearly marked as intended for the conference issue with the subject heading: FSBI 2009 CONFERENCE

Society Membership

The Journal of Fish Biology is free to FSBI members.

Other delegates may wish to join the Society and receive the Newsletter, the current year's issues of the Journal along with the Conference issue.

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