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GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTERS

Each paper must be original and unpublished work, not submitted for publication

elsewhere and presented with scientific rigour. Each paper will be reviewed by at least two

evaluators and accepted by the scientific committee. All accepted works will be published with ISBN.

They can be written in Spanish, English or Portuguese.

Total length of communications must not exceed 10 pages, A-4 size written in single spacing, in

which charts, figures, photographs and references will be included.

For posters only an abstract (400 word maximum) or a whole document (maximum 5 pages)

can be presented, with the same characteristics as for the communications explained above.

Margins of 2,5 cm in each of the four sides should be respected.

The title of the communication (or poster) should be written in capital bold letters, centred and

Times New Roman 12 pointsfont.

Name and surname of the author or authors should be placed under the title, in small bold

letters, centred and Times New Roman 12 pointsfont.

Each communication or poster one person must be pointed as corresponding author y

underlining its name.

Names of the organisations or working centres must be written below the authors, in small

italics letters, centred and Times New Roman 9 points font, identifying with asterisks each

author. Corresponding author must include e-mail address.

Abstract must be included at the beginning of the text, with no more than 150 words in Times

New Roman 10 points.

Key Words must be included (no more than 5).

Abstract and Key Words must also be included in English, following the same guidelines as

explained above. (Abstracts of postersmust also include 5 Key Words and English version of

the Abstract and Key Words).

The paper text will be written in Times New Roman 12 points Font, black colour and justified.

Footnotes will be avoided.

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Between paragraphs a blank space will be left.

No indentation will be included at the beginning of the paragraphs.

Text epigraphs will be numbered with hierarchically organized Arabic numbers, i.e. 2. main

epigraph, 2.1. secondary epigraph, 2.1.1. third order epigraph. The last titles of these epigraphs

will be in small bold letters, left alignment and with no indentation.

As for charts (including tables) and figures (including maps and graphics), Times New Roman

10 points bold Font will be used, and will be numbered in Arabic numbers preceding the title in

the superior end, with complete justification from left margin.

A white line will be left between the preceding text and the chart or figure title and another one

between these elements and the following text. Source of the chart or figure must be indicatedin Times New Roman 10 points left aligned. If source is not included, authors own elaboration

is understood.

Figures should be of sufficient quality to allow publication.

References

They will be inserted in the text with the surname of the autor and the publication year

(Brierley and Fryirs, 2005), and if they are more than two authors, as: (Tockner et al.,2002).

All references will be listed at the end of the text, expressed as in the following examples:

Brierley, G.J.; Fryirs, K.A. (2005) Geomorphology and river management. Applications of the

River Styles Framework. Blackwell, 398 p., Oxford.

Tockner, K.; Ward, J.V.; Edwards, P.J.; Kollmann, J. (2002) Riverine landscapes: an introduction.

Freshwater Biology, 47: 497-500.

Church, M. (2008) Multiple scales in rivers. In: Habersack, H.; Pigay, H.; Rinaldi, M. (Eds.):

Gravel bed rivers VI: from process understanding to river restoration,3-28, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Schabuss, M.; Schiemer, F.; Habersack, H.; Liedermann, M. (2006) A comprehensive concept foran eco-hydrological assessment of large scale restoration programmes of floodplain rivers. In:

Interfacing the past and the future of ecology and water management in a large European River.

Proceedings 36th International Conference of International Association for Danube Research,41-

46, Vienna.

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SUBMISSIONS AND PUBLICATION

Closing date for reception of abstracts (maximum 400 words, indicating preference for a poster

or communication) is 31st of January 2015. Names and affiliation of the authors must be

included and will be sent to comunicaciones@restaurarios.es. Acceptance of abstracts will be

communicated on the 13thof February.

Authors of accepted oral presentations (10 pages) and posters with paper (5 pages) will

present the finalised papers before the 13th of April 2015, so it can be fully evaluated by the

Scientific Committee. They will be sent to the same e-mail address

(comunicaciones@restaurarios.es). Acceptance of the papers will be communicated on the 8th

of May.

At least one of the authors registration to the Congress must be done and paid before the 22nd

of May and his/her presence in the Congress is compulsory to present the communication.

Communications which do not have a representing author registered after that day will not be

included in the Congress programme.

All the articles selected by the Scientific Committee will be published in the Congress

Proceedings, which will be registered with their own ISBN and made as widely available as

possible.