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PAPER OUTLINE

I. Introduction – The points here should provide background information that introduce the

relevance of your topic within limnology. They should lead logically to the specific objectives

of your review.

A. first point (Hill 1987)

B. second point (Brown et al. 2001; Hilton et al. 1998)

C. paper objectives

D. At the end of the introduction, the reader should have a sense of the structure of the

overall review. In other words, you can briefly mention the major sections of the paper.

II. Section 1 (put subtitle here)

A. First point (Cheruvelil et al. 2000)

B. Second point (Carpenter et al. 1984; Pace et al. 1987)

C. etc. Note that the key to a successful review is to integrate the findings of several

papers. You should not simply summarize one paper at a time. Rather, you should

synthesize the findings to the extent possible, by determining where there is agreement

among papers versus where there are contrasting findings, etc.

III. Section 2 (put subtitle here)

A. First point (Davis 1978)

B. Second point (Hilton et al. 1998)

C. etc.

IV. Section 3 (put subtitle here)

A. First point (Brown et al. 2001)

B. Second point (Carpenter et al. 1984)

C. etc.

V. Conclusion/future research

A. Major conclusions include….

B. Future research needs include….

C. etc.