I.	Title
A.	A Comparison of Rates of Evaporative Water Loss and Tolerance to Dehydration in the Red-eft and Newt of Notophthalmus viridescens.
II.	Abstract
A.	The water economics of amphibian species that possess both terrestrial and aquatic life cycle stages are not well known.
III.	Introduction
A.	Para 1 topic sentence:  Most investigations about water economy of animals have looked at differences between species, not differences between developmental stages of the same species.
1.	Citations:
a)	Smith et al. 1998
b)	Thorson and Svihla 1943
c)	Littleford et al. 1947
d)	Thorson 1955
e)	Schmid 1965
f)	Farrell and MacMahon 1969
g)	Ralin and Rogers 1972
h)	Gillis 1979
B.	Para 2 topic sentence:  Explain the life cycle of Notophthalmus viridescens. 
1.	Citations:
a)	Conant 1975
C.	Para 3 topic sentence: Two hypotheses
1.	Efts should have lower rates of evaporative water loss.
2.	Efts should be more tolerant to dehydration than aquatic newts.
3.	Citations: none
IV.	Methods
A.	Logistical issues (collection, experimental design)
B.	Operational definitions of variables
1.	Citations: 
a)	Ray 1958
b)	Sokal and Rohlf 1973
V.	Results
A.	Results – one paragraph!
1.	Tables & Figures cited
a)	Table 1
b)	Fig. 1
VI.	Discussion
A.	Para 1 topic sentence:  Results obtained under laboratory conditions still establish physiological limits in terms of EWL for efts and newts.
1.	Citations:
a)	Chew 1961
B.	Para 2 topic sentence:  CAP of red-efts is similar to other terrestrial urodeles while tolerance to dehydration in newts parallels findings for some of the more aquatic species of salamanders.
1.	Citations:
a)	Ray 1958
b)	Littleford et al. 1947
c)	Houch and Bellis 1972
C.	Para 3 topic sentence:  Second hypothesis not confirmed.
1.	Citations:
a)	Schmid 1965
D.	Para 4 topic sentence: The most probable explanation: mass alone is not as good a predictor of surface area as it is in newts.
1.	Citations: none
E.	Para 5 topic sentence:  Future studies: surface areas could be measured so that newts and efts with similar values could be compared.
1.	Citations: none
VII.	Tables
A.	Table 1. Dehydration responses of newts and efts.
VIII.	Figures
A.	Figure 1.  Evaporative water loss in newts and efts.