Below is a list of 8 topics: at least 6 of the 8 topics are REQUIRED.

The literature review should be 3-5 pages of what is known about the life history of your chosen species (or genus, a family, an order, etc. if there is little information about your organism in primary literature).

An introduction giving the scientific name, common name, and outline of your paper is required, followed by at least 6 of the following topics:

1. natural history
2. distribution (geographic range) and habitat use
3. metabolism
4. reproduction
5. relation to humans
6. pest/agricultural relations
7. behavior
8. diseases

You may choose to include one relevant topic of your choice, instead of one from the above list. You must use subheadings to highlight each section. The paper will end with a conclusion, which should include insight into information not available on your organism. (Is there any information you couldn’t find on your organism? Questions that are unanswered? Future studies?) Lastly, you will include a literature cited section (CITATIONS ALREADY PROVIDED BY ME) following the rules above. Internal literature citations (within the body of your paper) must be in the form: (Guarisco 2008), (Qvarnemark and Sheldon 2004), or (Sauter et al. 2001), for one, two, or three or more authors, respectively. If you have more than one internal citation for a given sentence or phrase, cite them chronologically (i.e., oldest first). You can also cite at the beginning of a sentence, for example: “Sauter et al. (2001) studied Sargassum…..” See journal articles for examples of how authors incorporate references into their text. It is important to remember that all literature cited in the text must also be cited in the literature cited section, and that all citations included in the literature cited section must be cited in the text. You should never cite an article you haven’t read! Never quote passages from other papers.

Additional directions

• Identify the organism by both its common name and scientific name on first usage for each assignment.
• Double spaced
• Always use the metric system.
• Number your pages.
• Do not right-justify.
• Do not plagiarize or quote directly from other papers! Use your own words!