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Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:52 PM
Subject: [Seagrass_forum] position announcement
Please note the position announcement I am posting
below. Feel free to contact me with any questions about the
announcement.
Jud
Marine Ecologist Post Doctoral
Contract
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The Applied Ecology and Restoration Research Team at the National Centers
for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research
(CCFHR) in Beaufort, North Carolina is soliciting applications for the subject
contract position to conduct research on disturbance ecology of seagrasses and
associated ecosystems. The position is located at CCFHR
in Beaufort,
NC and will begin as soon as
possible. The incumbent will be working in a
multidisciplinary research team environment in both temperate and tropical
ecosystems conducting field and laboratory ecological research on disturbance
and recovery dynamics of seagrasses and associated communities (e.g. coral
reefs, fish). Supervision will be by a senior scientist at
CCFHR. Research includes; field surveys and manipulative experiments, laboratory
greenhouse experiments, literature surveys and the development of disturbance
and recovery models for application to NOAA?s conservation and restoration
mission objectives.
Qualifications include a Ph.D. in
Marine Science or a closely related field, general knowledge of marine ecology,
seagrass ecology and ecological modeling. Experience with
GIS, GPS and advanced programming language suitable for spatial modeling is
appropriate. Other demonstrated skills needed are report and manuscript writing
and oral presentation of scientific results. The position requires extensive
field work at locations that may include any coastline of the
United States.
The applicant must be willing to travel for approximately 100 days per
year. Field work is conducted in small boats and aboard
research ships and the applicant must be qualified to meet NOAA requirements for
SCUBA dive to 130 ft. and have demonstrated ability to operate Class A, I and II
NOAA vessels.
Base pay is set at $41,770 per annum and may run to two years. Submit
letter of intent, including available start date, Resume, and three letters of
recommendation to:
Dr. Jud Kenworthy
NOS/NOAA
Center for Coastal Fisheries and
Habitat Research
101 Pivers Island
Road
Beaufort,
NC
28516
ph (252) 728-8750
fax
(252) 728-8784
(jud.kenworthy@DROPMEnoaa.gov) (252 729
8750)
Closing date: 1630h, May 2, 2005.
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W. Judson Kenworthy, Phd
Research Team Leader
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research
101 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort, NC 28516
ph (252) 728-8750
fax (252) 728-8784
mobile (252) 241-3474
email jud.kenworthy@DROPMEnoaa.gov
Center web site http://shrimp.ccfhrb.noaa.gov
Progress and special reports http://shrimp.ccfhrb.noaa.gov/~mfonseca/reports.html
Seagrasss indicators project http://www.marine.unc.edu/Paerllab/research/seagrass/index.html
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