Title Well-written titles give a very concise description of the study that was conducted. Included in a title are the species and/or habitats studied, the kinds of experiments or observations performed.

Sample titles: "Seasonality and vertical zonation of zooplankton in a semi-enclosed sea lough" "Influence of water-column depth and mixing on phytoplankton biomass, community composition, and nutrients "MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO EUTROPHICATION IN AN OLIGOTROPHIC WETLAND: AN IN SITU MESOCOSM EXPERIMENT . Authors and Addresses Tells you who were the people responsible for the paper The first author is normally the one who: formulated the study carried out the majority of the work interpreted the results • • • Other authors should have had a significant role in these three aspects of the study If the first author is a student, then their advisor may be the last author or "senior" author Addresses tell the affiliation of the authors when the work was carried out and how to get in touch with them now Sometimes one or more of the authors move between the time the work was conducted and paper came out • Other people who helped out are included in the Acknowledgements at the end of the paper Introduction The Introduction serves several roles: Literature review: builds the case for why the current study is important, puts it in the context of the larger field of knowledge (I'd like you to have at least 5 journal articles here). Statement of Hypothesis/Research Question: states exactly what questions the author seeks to address in the study and/or what exact hypothesis the author seeks to prove/disprove