[ECOLOG-L] Assistant Professor in Ecological Genomics, Stockholm

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS SciLifeLab Stockholm & Stockholm University, Sweden, jointly seeks to recruit an outstanding young group leader in Ecological Genomics. Last day of application is September 10, 2013. The formal announcement can be found here: http://www.su.se/en

[ECOLOG-L] GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY –Aquatic Biogeochemis try and Ecosystem Services

Hello, The Water Systems Analysis group at the University of New Hampshire is looking for a Masters or PhD student to join our research group on a project linking aquatic biogeochemistry and ecosystem services. I am writing because I thought you might know of promising undergraduates or masters s

[ECOLOG-L] Suggestions for collecting benthic macroinvertebrates

I'm looking for best methods for collecting BURROWING macros from a river bed.   I have a Hester-Dendy sampler, but my interest lies deeper, pun very much intended. In exploring the pore water of the river (the zone where groundwater seeps up into the river's surface water) to get a sense of the

[ECOLOG-L] Bass-Walleye Project Postdoc at UW-Madison

The Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is recruiting for a postdoc: A two-year postdoctoral position is available to assess changes in walleye fisheries in lakes of northern Wisconsin. The postdoc will develop simulation models for understanding how walleye populations

[ECOLOG-L] Table of Contents: Nature and Culture (Vol. 8, Issue 2)

Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of Nature and Culture has recently been published by Berghahn Journals. This issue covers a variety of topics. The first article defends the German energy transition and argues that they have chosen an economically efficient and

[ECOLOG-L] Tweets from the American Elasmobranch Society conference

Hello, everyone! I recently attended the American Elasmobranch Society conference, the largest meeting of shark, skate and ray scientists in the world. We live-tweeted the conference, sharing exciting new research from presentations live via twitter. Each session's tweets are now Storify-ed, forma

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral position in animal ecology at the University of Florida

We (Drs. Rob Fletcher and Bob McCleery) are looking for an energetic postdoc to work on three animal ecology and conservation projects in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida (see http://plaza.ufl.edu/robert.fletcher/; http://www.wec.ufl.edu/faculty/m

[ECOLOG-L] Expert Science Reviews for Climate and Energy Educational Resources Requested

I am sending this on behalf of colleagues. Please direct questions to the folks listed in the description below. *** Climate or Energy Scientist? Please provide your expertise by *reviewing short educational resources like videos, visualizations, lesson plans*(review time about 15-40 min) f

[ECOLOG-L] Abundance of raccoons in pre-colonial North America?

I am attempting to reconstruct what is known about the abundance of raccoons before widespread European land changes in North America. I am looking for things like naturalists’ observations, archeological sites, furbearer records, etc. I wouldn’t normally ask the community for help with a literat

[ECOLOG-L] Tier II Canada Research Chair in Big Data - Ryerson University - due July 31st!

Ryerson University invites applications for two Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs in Big Data Analytics: one focused on the technical aspects of Big Data, and one focused on applications and implications of Big Data in industry, government, health care, education and/or social services. The Dea