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CIFRE SCHOLARSHIP: Impact of hydrological alteration on mountain aquatic ecosystems in the French Alps.

TEREO – St. Helena Lake (A. Dos Santos), IRSTEA – Lyon (St. Cauvy-Fraunié, N. Lamouroux)

from autumn 2018

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Mountain watersheds display particularly complex hydrographic networks, characterized by a high environmental heterogeneity as they include streams from different water sources (groundwater, rain, snowmelt, glacier melt), which present specific hydrological regimes and environmental conditions (Hannah et al., 2007, Cauvy-Fraunié et al., 2015). These alpine hydrosystems shelter a singular ...

We are glad to announce that we start a new series of blog posts where we will post PhD studies of early career scientists. They will explain the findings from their research and possible applications. If you want to prepare a summary post about your studies, we would be happy to share.

The first one of this series comes from Ignasi Arranz.

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We are seeking information from instructors at institutions of higher-education who are currently leading, or are interested in leading, efforts to collect ecological data through class-based activities. This survey takes approximately 15 – 20 minutes to complete, and will contribute to a global review on the extent and types of ecological data collected by students, and provide insight into the opportunities and challenges associated with these class-based efforts to support desired educational and scientific outcomes. We ask that you complete this ...

Very recent studies indicate that microplastics (MP) is present in the Southern Ocean, however, many questions are open, such as: What type of MP are present, and in which region and compartments of the ocean? Is there evidence for MP originating outside of Antarctic waters? The research group man-society-environment of the University of Basel will explore in this project MP occurrence and distribution in water, sediment and possibly also in icecores and biota. The MP will be analysed in terms ...

Two PhD projects to research how temperature and seasonal and daily temperature variability affect biodiversity, temperature tolerance and dispersal.

Predicting effects of changes in climatic conditions on the distribution of species remains highly challenging. Climate change is predicted to increase both mean temperature and variability in temperature, and it is critical to have a strong mechanistic understanding of how organisms are likely to respond to future thermal environments. The Climate Variability Hypothesis (Janzen 1967) relates seasonal thermal variability to species’ distributions, ...

The DFG Research Training Group UWI currently offers 13 PhD positions for 3 years (under the reserve that funds are gran­ted). The advertised UWI PhD positions are organised in four common topic groups. We invite suitable candidates to apply for the UWI PhD positions listed below. Detailed information on each project and requirements can be found by following the respective link of each project.

Interfaces in urban lakes

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