Preparation of extended abstracts
A Conference proceedings book will be published after the International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in Florence, Italy (July 3-7, 2011), and available on request.
Note: Every registered participant can submit maximum three extended abstracts. The deadline for submitting extended abstract is November 30th , 2010. This deadline will not be extended.

All authors will be notified of acceptance/rejection of their abstract by 15 February 2011.

Note that acceptance of your abstract and invitation to present at the meeting does not include a free registration nor any other financial compensation.
ALL contacting Authors for oral and poster presentation must complete the registration by 15th March 2011.

ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS FROM CONTACTING AUTHORS NOT HAVING COMPLETED THE REGISTRATION BY MARCH 15th 2011 WILL BE CANCELLED BY THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME AND WILL BE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 11TH ICOBTE PROCEEDINGS.

Please carefully follow the instructions below when preparing your extended abstract.

Extended Abstract
Extended abstract must not exceed 2 pages including references, tables and illustrations.
Extended abstract should be typed in single space and margins 3cm. The first part (from title to abstract) should be typewritten in one column, and other parts in two columns. The used font must be the Times New Roman Size: 14pt and bold for title and centralized for the title, and 9pt for the text, footnotes and legends.
The manuscript should be divided into the following sections: Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions and References.
Extended abstract should be written in Standard English. Participants from non-English speaking countries are asked to have their manuscripts corrected by native English speakers.

• Title: should provide a concise statement of the contents.
• Authors, affiliation, e-mail address of the contact Author
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusions
• References

Authors
Please just give initials and name(s) of the author(s), without titles such as Prof., Dr., Mrs.
The name of the author who is to attend the congress, should be underlined. Also include the name(s) and address(es) of the institution(s) where the work was carried out, followed by the contact details of the author to whom correspondence should be sent (address, telephone, fax, and e-mail).

Abstract
The Abstract should contain the aim of the research, the main findings of the research project and a brief conclusion.

Keywords
Maximum six keywords in alphabetical order, and separated by commas, should be put before the Abstract.

Illustrations, photographs and tables

• Figures, photographs and tables should be with the text.
• Figures, photographs and tables that fit in one (of the two) columns may appear inline with the text.
• Captions to tables should be given at the beginning of each table.
• Captions to figures should be given at the below each figure.
• Line drawings should be in a suitable form for reproductions without modification.
• Extremely small font should be avoided.
• Legends and text should be inserted in figures.
• Photographs should preferably be black-and-white, high contrast glossy prints.
• Titles of figures and tables should be italics. Example:
• Figure 1. Score plot of principal components
• Table 2 Microbial biomass

Abbreviations and Units

• Only SI units and abbreviations should be used. Abbreviations should be explained when they first appear in the text. If a non-standard abbreviation is to be used extensively, it should be defined in full at the beginning of the text.
• For mineral contents the elements (P, N, K, etc.) should be used.
• Isotopes should be mentioned as ¹⁴C, ³²P, etc.
• Ions should be mentioned as H⁺ , Mg²⁺ , etc.
• Latin biological names should be italicized.

References citation
Citations in the text should be made in alphabetical order by mentioning author and year; in the case of two authors, both should be mentioned, for example: (García and López, 2006) or García and López (2006). If several papers by the same author in the same year are cited, they should be lettered in sequence (2000 a, b), etc. Papers by more than two authors should be cited as: (López et al, 2006). Do not use in list or text: unpublished results or in preparation. In the list, references must be placed in alphabetical order without serial numbering. Please follow the style shown below:

Journals
D.C., Adriano, W.W., Wenzel, Vangronsveld, J., N.S., Bolan. 2004. Role of assisted natural remediation in environmental cleanup. Geoderma 122, 121–142.

Books (identical author and editor)
Kabata-Pendias A., 2001. Trace Elements in Soils and Plants. CRC Press, London, United Kingdom.

Article in book
Robinson, B., Bolan N., Mahimairaja S. and Clothier B., 2005. Solubility, Mobility and Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements: Abiotic Processes in the Rhizosphere. In: Taylor & Francis (Ed.). Trace Elements in the Environment: Biogeochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioremediation. CRC Press, London, United Kingdom. pp. 97-110.

Example
An example of abstract to which to conform that in preparation can be unloaded from the link: Baker-Pierzynski-White Abstract Example
Abstracts not prepared in accordance with the provided guidelines will not be considered for the review process.

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Procedure:
1) Register your personal details and the e-mail address
2) choose the type of presentation (oral/poster)
3) choose the symposium for which you are submitting the abstract
4) upload the abstract
5) reception of an abstract aknowledgement message.

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