YOUR TITLE GOES HERE, YOUR TITLE GOES HERE, YOUR TITLE GOES HERE,
YOUR TITLE GOES HERE, YOUR TITLE GOES HERE, YOUR TITLE GOES HERE,
YOUR TITLE GOES HERE
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A THESIS
PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF
THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES OF
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
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IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
MASTER OF SCIENCE
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BY
YOUR NAME GOES HERE
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DR. YOUR ADVISOR’S NAME GOES HERE, ADVISOR
2008
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This file contains all the prefatory sections you need, in the correct order with the
correct formatting (margins, line spacing, page numbering, etc.) If you carefully replace
the existing information with your information, you should have no trouble creating
properly formatted prefatory materials. By keeping all these pages in a single Word file
(separate from the body of your thesis) you can avoid all the page numbering problems
that are common when switching between Roman numerals at the bottom of the page (as
in these pages) and Arabic numbers in the upper right (as in the body of the thesis). Note
that the sections are separated by “page breaks” I inserted via Word, so if you delete too
many blank lines at the bottom of a page, you might accidentally delete the page breaks.
You can see where the page breaks are by showing paragraph marks (it’s a button on the
toolbar that looks like the paragraph symbol, if you don’t know what I’m talking about
just look it up in the Help). I also used “section breaks” to make the title page a different
“section”. In this way, I can have different page numbers on the title page vs. the rest of
the prefatory pages.
NOTE for non-thesis students: you should change the title page to say
“ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL PROJECT” instead of “THESIS”; otherwise, the pages
are the same (you will also have to make this change on the signature page which is a
separate file).
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ABSTRACT
Insert your abstract here. Note that the abstract should not exceed 2 pages.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................1
Subheader 1 ........................................................................................................3
Sub-subheader 1 .....................................................................................4
Sub-subheader 2 ....................................................................................4
Subheader 2 .......................................................................................................9
MATERIALS AND METHODS .................................................................................15
RESULTS ...................................................................................................................20
DISCUSSION .............................................................................................................35
LITERATURE CITED ................................................................................................45
APPENDIX A – SPECIES CAPTURED ....................................................................50
APPENDIX B – WATER QUALITY DATA .............................................................52
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LIST OF TABLES
Table
Page
1.
The stream, total number of fish collected, number of species collected,
number of families collected, number of days sampled, and total hours
of effort for each stream sampled ....................................................................33
2.
Fish species collected by stream and habitat (Newbury weir riffle and
pool) in Jo Davies County, Illinois ..................................................................34
3.
Water Quality averages and standard deviation for temperature (°C),
dissolved oxygen (ppm), conductivity (micro Siemens per cm), and pH
for each stream .................................................................................................35
4.
Stream Habitat Assessment Protocol (SHAP) averages and standard
deviation for each stream sampled ...................................................................36
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
Page
1.
The stream, total number of fish collected, number of species collected,
number of families collected, number of days sampled, and total hours
of effort for each stream sampled ....................................................................20
2.
Fish species collected by stream and habitat (Newbury weir riffle and
pool) in Jo Davies County, Illinois ..................................................................21
3.
Water Quality averages and standard deviation for temperature (°C),
dissolved oxygen (ppm), conductivity (micro Siemens per cm), and pH
for each stream .................................................................................................24
4.
Stream Habitat Assessment Protocol (SHAP) averages and standard
deviation for each stream sampled ...................................................................25
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