Download The Annotated Bibliography

MARE 394 Annotated Bibliography-Summer 2009
You will be asked to turn in an annotated bibliography of approximately 30 references.
This is nothing more than the citation and a few words (ranging from several sentences to
a paragraph) summarizing the article. An annotated bibliography assignment is meant to
start you on the research process early and to practice the citation format; however, here
it will be the entire assignment. An example is below. Follow the specific citation
formats (they follow the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series. This will be due
on the last day of class (July 24, by 5:00pm)
Reich PB, Peterson DW, Wedin DA, Wrage K (2001) Fire and vegetation effects on
productivity and nitrogen cycling across a forest-grassland continuum. Ecology 82:
1703-1719
The authors studied 20 oak savanna stands, varying in dominance of woody and
herbaceous plants, and growing on sandy soils in MN. Fire frequencies varied across
stands (annual to never). They concluded that when fire frequencies were low, trees
predominated and high rates of N cycling resulted (high ANPP, high total N of leaves and
litterfall, high LAI, high fine root N concentrations, high N mineralization). When fires
were frequent, grasses predominated and N cycling rates were low. As fire frequency
shifts with changes in vegetation due to global warming, there are also likely to be
changes in the rate of N cycling.
References (Literature cited) will follow the specific format of the journal you are
submitting to. Your bibliographies should be written in the following format (following
Marine Ecology Progress Series):
Journal Article
Turner JP, Rooker JR (2005) Effect of dietary fatty acids on the body tissues of larval and
juvenile cobia and their prey. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
322:13-27
Book
Gurr MI, Harwood JL, Frayn KN (2002) Lipid biochemistry: 5th Edition. Blackwell
Science, Malden, MA, p 1-320
Article in Book
Winemiller KO, Polis GA (1996) Food webs: what do they tell us about the world? In:
Polis GA, Winemiller KO (ed) Food webs: integration of patterns and dynamics.
Chapman & Hall, New York, p 1-24
Internet sites are typically not allowed as references in scientific publications