Blue Whale Bioacoustics

I need 20 pages of Introduction about the Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) morphology, taxonomy, behaviour, migration, threats and research with always mention to the North East Atlantic population (of Iceland if possible) and its acoustics although starting always with the overview of the 5 main subspecies (common characteristics). A part of the introduction should also be about passive acoustic monitoring of whales and hydrophones. Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion and Abstract will be done by me. Only the Introduction is needed.

Instructions for the writing:
An original should be legibly typed on A4. The manuscript must be typed in Arial, 12
points, double-spaced. Margins of 25 mm should be left at the right-hand side, top
and bottom of each page. The left-hand margin will need 30 mm to allow the
manuscript to be read once bound. Number each page at the middle of the bottom
(Title page is not numbered). Figures and tables, with their legends, should be
included at the appropriate point in the manuscript.

Nomenclature, Abbreviations and Units
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should be taken with genetic nomenclature. The international system of units (SI)
should be used; ml is acceptable in place of cm3
for liquid measures. The preferred
form for units is g mL1 and not g/mL. Multiplication of numbers should be indicated
by a multiplication sign with spaces on either side (e.g. 6.2 x 108
) A space should be
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(e.g. mg L-1).

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Arial, 12 points. Figures and Tables must be equipped with a title and a legend. The
title should summarize the content of the figure or the table. Legends should give all
keys to symbols and should also explain error bars. If an experiment was done three
times, this should be stated, as should information on whether all data were averaged
to give the graph shown.
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what you mean by the term. In particular, never talk of the control; it suggests that
you can only think of one.
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References should be listed alphabetically according to the initial letter of the
surname of the first author. Where the same authors have published more than one
paper, list them in the order in which their papers appeared. If necessary use a and b
e.g. 1990a.
References should include, in the following order: authors’ names; year; article or
chapter title; editors (books only); journal or book title; name and address of
publisher (books only); volume number and inclusive page numbers.
The name of each journal should be abbreviated according to the World List of
Scientific Periodicals (see an EMBO J. paper for reference) and italicized.
References should therefore be listed as follows:

Tugendreich, S., Bassett, D.E., Jr, McKusick, V.A., Boguski, M.S. and Hieter, P.
(1994) Genes conserved in yeast and humans. Hum. Mol. Genet., 3, 1509-
1517.

Gehring, W. (1994) A history of the homeobox. In Duboule, D. (ed.), Guidebook to
the Homeobox Genes. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-10
Lewin, B. (1994) Genes V. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

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