How to format your references using the Hydrobiologia citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Hydrobiologia. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Tata, J., 2004. The domino effect. Nature 431: 513.

A journal article with 2 authors

Roberts, R. G., & O. B. Lian, 2015. Dating techniques: Illuminating the past. Nature 520: 438–439.

A journal article with 3 authors

Robertson, J. L., L. Kolmakova-Partensky, & C. Miller, 2010. Design, function and structure of a monomeric ClC transporter. Nature 468: 844–847.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Xiang, T., L.-R. Wang, L. Ma, Z.-Y. Han, R. Wang, C. Cheng, Y. Xia, H. Qin, & C.-S. Zhao, 2014. From commodity polymers to functional polymers. Scientific reports 4: 4604.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Ellis, H., & A. Lawson, 2013. Anatomy for Anaesthetists. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK.

An edited book

Zoulias, E. I., 2008. Hydrogen-based Autonomous Power Systems: Techno-economic Analysis of the Integration of Hydrogen in Autonomous Power Systems. Springer, London.

A chapter in an edited book

Molinari, E., & A. Compare, 2006. Psicologia clinica dell’obesità in età pediatrica. In Giovannini, M., C. Maffeis, E. Molinari, & S. Scaglioni (eds) Salute & equilibrio nutrizionale. Springer, Milano. pp. 59–90.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Hydrobiologia.

Blog post

Carpineti, A., 2017. Giant Viruses Could Be Genetic Frankensteins That Mimic Life. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/giant-viruses-could-be-genetic-frankensteins-that-mimic-life/.

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office, 1996. Analysis of “Florida’s Fair Share.” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Kory, R., 2017. Development of an educational seminar for college female athletes, coaches, athletic directors and parents on the female athlete triad. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Zucchino, D., & B. C. Solomon, 2017. Newly Freed From ISIS but Stuck Without Water, Neighbors Find a Way. , New York Times, 16 February, page A4.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Tata, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Tata, 2004; Roberts & Lian, 2015).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Roberts & Lian, 2015)
Three or more authors: (Xiang et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Hydrobiologia
Abbreviation	Hydrobiologia
ISSN (print)	0018-8158
ISSN (online)	1573-5117
Scope	Aquatic Science General Environmental Science Pollution