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Dear young and fresh scientists,

Postdoc position (100%) at the Institute for Environmental Sciences at the Campus Landau/Pfalz, Germany. The appointment is for 4 years and subject to the German law on fixed-term contracts in science (WissZeitVG). Salary will be according to 100% of the German public service salary scale TV-L 13.

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The Working Group Quantitative Landscape Ecology investigates the effects of anthropogenic stressors (for example, toxicants, climate change) on river ecosystems, particularly invertebrates, microorganisms and ecosystem processes. We expect from you a high motivation and active contribution to research, acquisition of ...

Are you a young and motivated scientist working on ecological questions in freshwaters?Would you like to meet other young and motivated freshwater scientists from all over Europe and extend your network? Are you eager to learn more about carbon fluxes and greenhouse gas emissions from streams? Do you like to be outside in the nature and conduct fieldwork and do not flinch from performing night sampling? Do you have time between September 2016 until June 2017 for a ...

On behalf of the J-AIL members of the 2016’ AIL local committee (Tortosa) we invite you to participate in the following two workshops which will be held in sunday 3 July. Each workshop, presenter and schedule are listed below. Description of each workshop is attached in this email:

1. Introduction to meta-analysis in ecology – Dr. Veronica Ferreira (University of Coimbra – Portugal)
Date: Sunday, 3 July 2016. Time: 10-16.30h.
Location: Congress venue at Campus URV (room the be confirmed)
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As you might know, the EuroRun project won the 1st EFYR call for research projects led by young researchers. The project is aimed at estimating CO2 fluxes from European running waters and represents the first coordinated European-wide study to examine fluvial CO2 fluxes. You can now find more information on the project here:

http://freshproject-eurorun.jimdo.com/

Also, you can read the full project proposal here.

Start thinking about what you could add to this project…soon we will launch an announcement and a short questionnaire to ...

The SIL Nominating Committee is seeking (self-)nominations for a student/early career member of the SIL Executive board, to serve for a period of 2 years (with an option to be re-elected for a second term), and to be elected before the next congress in Turin (2016). Candidates must be SIL members (or have applied to join SIL), holding a PhD studentship, or a post-doctoral or similar position, and have been born in 1981 or later.

Candidates should submit a photograph and a paragraph about ...