Volume 1 December2 010 Volume RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ISSN Institute of Environmental Science (IES) Rajshahi-6205 BANGLADESH
Rajshahi University Journal of Environmental Science EDITORIAL BOARD Chief Editor Professor Dr. Md. Sarwar Jahan Institute of Environmental Science (IES) Rajshahi University Members Professor Dr. Raquib Ahmed Director, IES, Professor Dr. Zahidul Hassan Department of Geography and Environment Studies Professor Dr. Fazlye Faruque Mississippi State University USA Dr. Md. Abul kalam Azad Associate Professor IES, Dr. Golam Mostafa Associate Professor IES, Dr. Md. Redwanur Rahman Assistant Professor IES,
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTRIBUTORS Manuscripts: The manuscript must be sent in MS Word Document file format. The manuscript should contain title of the paper, name and address of the author(s) and authors affiliation. Abstract should be within 200 words along with maximum of 5 key words indicating only the objectives and precise results or conclusion of the study. The text of the full paper should preferably be within 5000 words. A full paper should have the following sub-titles: o Introduction: Introduction should be concise and precise relevant to objectives of study. o Materials and Methods: Standard and published methods should not be described rather only be cited as references. Any modification or new set up should be stated. o Results and Discussion: Results should be presented with appropriate figures, tables and graphs. If result is given in the body of the text, table is not necessary and vice-versa. If table is given no graph is needed and vice-versa followed by critical discussion. o Tables, Graphs and Figures: The paper should contain maximum of 12 tables, graphs and figures all together. Figures, graphs and photographs should be given as attached file along with appropriate marking numbers in standard BMP format (uncompressed). o Acknowledgements, if any: o References: The following format may be followed. Journal: Rahman, M.R. and Jahan, M.S. 2006. Trematode Parasites of Freshwater Gastropods. J. Zool., 34(1): 13-34. Jahan, M.S, Islam, M.R and Rahman, M.R. 2007. Ecology of Pila globosa (SWAINSON 1822) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in. J. Zool. 35(2): 341-355. Book: Blanford, W.T. and Godwin-Austen. H.H. 1908. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Mollusca: Testacellidae and Zonitidae: Taylor and Francis, London. 311p. Book chapter: Cutrona, C.E. and Russell, D. 1990. Type of social support and specific stress: Towards a theory of optimum matching. Sarason, I.G. and Sarason, B.R. (Eds). Social Support: An Interactional view 341-366 Book edited: Kumar, A. and Bidha, D. (Eds) 1989. Toxicology. (Kathmundu: Tribhuban University Press) Dissertation/Thesis: Rahman, M.R. 2000. Freshwater Gastropods in Relation to Helminth Parasites of. Ph.D. Dissertation.,, 164p.
Report: WDATCP (Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection) 1991. Report to the state legislature: Agricultural clean sweep demonstration projects, Madison, WI: Agricultural Resource Management Division. Regulation: USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) 1995. Water quality standards- Revision of metals criteria, Fed. Reg. 60, 22229-222237. Proceedings: Krewitt, W., Trukenmueller, A., Mayerhofer, P. and Freidrich, R. 1995. An integrated tool for environmental impact analysis. In: Kremers, H.; Pillmann, W., eds. Space and time in environmental information systems, 90-97. Online published articles with DOI (with /without page no): Mutton, D., Haque, CE. 2004. Human Vulnerability, Dislocation and Resettlement: Adaptation Processes of River-bank Erosion-induced Displacees in. Disasters, Volume 28, Number 1, March, pp. 41-62(22). http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/disa/2004/00000028/00000001/art000, 03;jsessionid=2hcpbncdhmb3r.alice?format=print. Incase of short communications there is no need for subtitle, but reference may be listed as usual. Submission Deadline: 31 st January 2011 One hard copy of the journal will be sent to the corresponding author by surface post. Declaration: The cover letter of a manuscript must include a declaration indicating that (i) the work reported has been carried out by them and they jointly prepared the manuscript; (ii) they take public responsibilities for the contents of the paper; (iii) the paper has not been published or submitted to any referred scientific journal for publication. Address of the journal: The Editor Rajshahi University Journal of Environmental Science Institute of Environmental Science Rajshahi-6205 Email: ies_journal@yahoo.com