[ECOLOG-L] NEON: SF6 gas processing lab request for proposal

NEON is searching for an analytical lab to process SF6 gas samples which are collected as part of a project defining reaeration coefficients in small streams. We are sending this email in the hope you will pass this opportunity on to colleagues and potential interested parties (university labs, fe

[ECOLOG-L] MS student position at the University of Oregon's Institute of Marine Biology

The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) has funding for a student interested in applying for a master’s degree at the University of Oregon to work on a two-year study of the biology of the larvae of the native West coast oyster (Ostrea lurida). The research will take place at the University

[ECOLOG-L] SUMMER 2011 COURSES AT THE OREGON INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY

SUMMER 2011 COURSES AT THE OREGON INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY ARE STILL OPEN FOR REGISTRATION. Courses are designed for upper division undergraduates. Please pass this information along to any undergraduates who might be interested or the undergraduate biology advisor in your department. FOR FURTH

[ECOLOG-L] Ecolog-- public lands, research, and education

In my role as a field station director and as President of the Organization of Biological Field Stations, I am curious to know about the experiences that others are having conducting research and educational activities on public lands-- US Forest Service and BLM. Given the importance of public

[ECOLOG-L] Research assistant position, dog personality research, San Antonio Texas

The Gosling Animal Personality lab at the University of Texas at Austin has an immediate opening for a research assistant. This is a full-time position that includes UT employee benefits and requires an initial 2-year commitment with the possibility of a further 2 years pending both parties’

[ECOLOG-L] Call for Applications: Modeling Intracellular Movements, a NIMBioS Investigative Workshop

The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) is now accepting applications for its Investigative Workshop, *"**Mathematical Modeling of Intracellular Movements**"** *to be held October 24-26, 2011, at NIMBioS. *Objectives: * Recent advances in live cell microscopy hav

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Looking for fishless Harlequin Duck breeding streams in BC & AB

Do you mean literally without fish, or simply streams where exploitable fish like salmon and trout were absent before stocking? Are there streams in western Canada that are literally fishless? I thought sculpins and sticklebacks between them occurred pretty much throughout. Please correct me

[ECOLOG-L] bird banding contractors needed in Maine

BIRD BANDERs (2 positions) are needed from 11 August to 20 October, 2011 to study passerine migration in coastal “Downeast” Maine. Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge is documenting the timing, abundance, and species of fall migrants as part of a larger research project with the Un

[ECOLOG-L] Database/Web developer for Plant Biodiversity/Ecology Application

Database/Web Developer for Biodiversity/Ecological application The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS; http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu) at UC Santa Barbara, working in partnership with the iPlant Collaborative (http://www.iplantcollaborative.org) seeks a motivated, knowledg

[ECOLOG-L] Practical Permaculture Course in Uvita, Costa Rica. August 5th-14th 2011

Practical Permaculture Course in Uvita, Costa Rica. August 5th-14th 2011. Learn adobe and ferrocement building methods while residing at a tropical organic farm in the coastal mountainous rainforest of Southwest Costa Rica. As a group we will construct a large earthen oven and a ferrocement water t

[ECOLOG-L] Position outreach: Quantitative Plant Ecologist

U.S. Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab, Wenatchee, WA GS-408-09 Quantitative Plant Ecologist Outreach is being conducted through May 6, 2011. The Pacific Northwest Research Station anticipates advertising and filling a full-time, temporary, Quantitative Pla

[ECOLOG-L] Wildflower Guides to Southeatern US?

In my two decades of observing the natural world, I have found that the most useful identification guidebooks are those in the Peterson series, or which follow a format like the Peterson series: text descriptions on the left page, line drawings or paintings on the right, with little arrows point

[ECOLOG-L] TUESTYC project workshop for 2-year college faculty

The Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program (formerly known as CCLI) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides grant support for projects designed to strengthen undergraduate STEM teaching and learning. The TUESTYC Project

[ECOLOG-L] Titles

Comrades, Please give some guidence, views or reference to on the wording of the title of a scientific paper. My dilemma is: Titles create a first impression. Would a plain factual concise title tell you the writer is unimaginative? Or would a poetic title suggest one is selling a skunk(!)? What

[ECOLOG-L] Looking for fishless Harlequin Duck breeding streams in BC & AB

Hello all, I am conducting the first field season of my Ph.D. this May and will be surveying Harlequin Duck densities on breeding streams with and without fish in British Columbia and Alberta (see below for a brief project description). I am looking for any tips for potential field sites. I am