Abstracts

Abstract submissions are due by Monday 31 July 2006.

Abstracts should be submitted via the Event Registration and Author Gateway on the Welcome Page.

  • To access the Welcome Page you must first log in to this website. Go to the LHS Login link. If you have forgotten your username and password, type in your email address and click on Recover password. If you have never had a username and password, either click on create a user account on the Login page or click on Register from any other page.
  • On the Welcome Page, click on Author Gateway, then Upload new paper (imagine it is "abstract")
  • To upload your abstract click on Browse and select your formatted WORD file from your computer's directory (see below for formatting details). It is essential that the file name includes the presenter's name as this is the only way of linking abstracts to registrations.
  • Complete ALL fields; the short title and brief description are only identifiers to enable the organisers to allocate themes, they will not be published in the Congress Abstracts Book.
  • Click on Submit and you will see your abstract file in the My Papers box. 

Notifications of acceptance of abstracts will be sent after Monday 14 August 2006.

Researchers are welcome to suggest themed sessions if they are keen to present alongside colleagues from associated research projects. Contact metaphysical@asl.org.au to organise a session.

Layout rules

File name: family name_first name_presentation type
Font: Arial 10 pt
Spacing: single
Title: bold
Authors: family name, first name, 1 per line, presenter underlined, email on same line as name, superscript address number
Addresses: italics, 1 per line, superscript address number
Keywords: 4 in square brackets [  ]
Length: up to 150 words

Example of a formatted abstract

How long does it take to deplete the egg bank in wetland sediments?

Petrie, Rochelle1 Rochelle.Petrie@csiro.au
Nielsen, Daryl1 Daryl.Nielsen@csiro.au
Vogel, Matthew1 Matthew.Vogel@csiro.au
Brock, Margaret2 mbrock@dlwc.nsw.gov.au
1Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre PO Box 991 Wodonga Victoria 3689 Australia
2Department of Natural Resources PO Box U245 Armidale NSW 2351 Australia

Keywords [wetlands, microfauna, dormancy, egg bank]

Microfauna from wetland systems within Australia are adapted to long dry periods and can survive by persisting as eggs in the sediment. These egg banks contain the diversity of microfauna to enable a community to develop rapidly upon re-wetting. Little is known about the longevity and persistence of these dormant eggs. This paper examines how the egg bank is depleted over time. As part of a large mesocosm experiment, microfauna emerging from Macquarie Marshes sediment were collected for 8 months, and the number and richness of animals was determined. Results show that there is a rapid increase in the abundance and richness of microfauna emerging within the first 28 days before declining over time. Estimates of the size of the egg bank suggest that there are more than 1.7x106 eggs m2 and that not all eggs respond immediately to re-wetting.