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Graduate Assistantships: Zooplankton ecology, bioacoustics

December 2nd, 2009

Research assistantships and tuition waivers are available for masters or doctoral students interested in zooplankton ecology and/or bioacoustics in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. Students will join a research lab working on several funded projects including: measuring the zooplankton prey field in relation to the behavior of marine mammal (baleen whales) predators and an investigation into the acoustic scattering characteristics of zooplankton in the Southern Ocean (Antarctic peninsula region). Research projects will involve time at sea as well as laboratory experiments.

Students should have a background in marine science, engineering, physics,or biology. Computer programming experience (particularly in MATLAB) is extremely useful.

Students may apply for Fall 2010, although Spring 2010 entry is also desirable. Positions as a research assistant before enrolling in graduate school are also possible for Spring 2010.

For more information regarding the graduate admissions process, see: http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/prospective/graduate.html.

For more information about the project, contact: Dr. Joseph Warren, joe.warren@stonybrook.edu http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/~warren/

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Five graduate student assistantships in ecological stoichiometry of detrital food webs

September 4th, 2009

Five graduate student assistantships (3 Ph.D. and 2 M.S.) are available as part of a newly funded project examining the responses of detritus-based stream food webs to concentrations and ratios of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus. Two Ph.D. positions will be based at the University of Georgia and will focus on detrital carbon dynamics and responses of predatory salamanders, respectively. A third Ph.D. position will be based at the University of Alabama and will examine macroinvertebrate food web responses. Both M.S. positions will be based at Coastal Carolina University and will focus on microbial responses to N:P gradients using field and laboratory experiments. All fieldwork will be based at the Coweeta Long term Ecological Research site in Otto, North Carolina. We are looking for students with a holistic view of ecological ramifications of nutrient enrichment, strong interest in integrating a stoichiometric perspective across taxonomic groups, significant research experience and demonstrated communication skills. The positions will start in Summer or Fall 2010, with microbial positions starting as early as January 2010. The successful candidates will receive full tuition waivers and competitive stipends. For more information, contact Amy Rosemond (rosemond@uga.edu) or John Maerz (jmaerz@warnell.uga.edu) for the UGA positions, Jon Benstead (jbenstead@bama.ua.edu) for the UA position, or Vlad Gulis (vgulis@coastal.edu) for the two CCU positions.

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Tags: Carbon Dynamics, Coastal Carolina University, Ecological Ramifications, Food Web, Food Webs, Graduate Student Assistantships, Holistic View, Laboratory Experiments, Long Term Ecological Research, Microbial Responses, Nitrogen And Phosphorus, Nutrient Enrichment, Otto North Carolina, Rosemond, Salamanders, Stoichiometry, Taxonomic Groups, Term Ecological Research, Tuition Waivers, Web Responses

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Graduate Research Assistantship in Marine Biogeochemistry

August 14th, 2009

Opportunities for research assistantship in marine biogeochemistry are available immediately for qualified graduate students at Ph.D. or Master levels in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi (http://www.usm.edu/marine/). Research projects include fluxes and biogeochemical cycling of organic matter and nutrients in river, estuarine and marine environments; interactions of trace elements such as Fe(II, III), Th(IV), Pa(IV,V), Pb(II), Po(II, IV), etc. with natural organic matter and colloids/nanoparticles in aquatic systems.

Current annual stipends range from $20,400 for Master Students to $21,600 for Ph.D. students, with full tuition waivers, health insurance coverage, and other university fees paid. The department offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. programs and has active ongoing basic and applied research programs in marine sciences and oceanography including biological, chemical, geological and physical oceanography, remote sensing, ocean acoustics and hydrographic science, with strong field- and lab-based interdisciplinary research components. Departmental resources include extensive laboratory and state-of-the-art analytical and computational facilities (http://www.usm.edu/marine/). The location of the department at the NASA John C. Stennis Space Center provides ready access to coastal systems and training/collaborative opportunities with the many federal agencies (NASA, NOAA, NRL, NAVO, USGS, EPA). Please e-mail laodong.guo@usm.edu or visit http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w607661 for more information. For application procedure, please contact Ms. Linda Downs at marine.science@usm.edu.

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