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PhD opportunity combining ponds, small wetlands and carbon ecosystem function

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THE ROLE OF SMALL AQUATIC SYSTEMS IN CARBON SEQUESTRATION – Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne

Summary

Small lakes and ponds are often omitted from global carbon budgets yet recent evidence has shown they represent a disproportionately active component of the freshwater carbon cycle that combined with their overall extent means they are likely to play a significant global role in the sequestration of organic carbon.

The project will continue our group’s work on characterising carbon mass ...

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Winners of the 1st Collaborative European Freshwater Science Project for Young Researchers, (“FreshProject”)

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The call for the 1st Collaborative European Freshwater Science Project for Young Researchers, (“FreshProject”) was quite successful and five proposals were submitted to evaluation. All the proposals but one had 2 Principal Investigators from different countries and this gives a good indication about the capacity of international cooperation of European young researchers. A Jury composed by five members among the National Representatives in the Board of the EFFS completed the hard work to ...

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EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences – Call 2015-2016

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1. The European Federation for Freshwater Sciences (EFFS) launches a new call of the EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences, which will recognize outstanding scientific and intellectual work in the field of Freshwater Sciences performed by Early Career Researchers in Europe.

2. Applicants for this Award will include all authors of doctoral theses submitted in Europe in the field of Freshwater Sciences. Applicants should be members of an Association related to Freshwater Sciences and affiliated to the ...

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1st Collaborative European Freshwater Science Project for Young Researchers, (“FreshProject”) – call for Proposals

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We invite proposals for a project to be supported by the European Federation of Freshwater Sciences (EFFS). The call has been developed as a joint effort of the EFFS board, the European Fresh and Young Researchers (EFYR) and representatives of the Fresh Blood for Fresh Water (FBFW) meetings, based on a previous call from the Jóvenes‐AIL (J‐AIL) of the Iberian Limnological Society. It has the primary goals of encouraging young freshwater researchers across Europe to create synergistic interactions that lead ...

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PhD opportunity – Tropical lake systems

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We would like to draw your attention to a PhD opportunity at Loughborough University, in conjunction with the British Geological Survey.

Tropical lake ecosystems in the Anthropocene: quantifying recent human impacts on biogeochemical cycling and biodiversity

Tropical freshwater lakes are critical natural systems of global importance, yet are scientifically under researched. Their catchments provide vital ecosystem services to some of Earth’s fastest growing and most vulnerable human populations, but the provision of fundamental ecological and life-supporting services is under threat due to ...

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PhD or MSc grant available – Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (Québec, Canada)

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thEAC9OBJTEcosystemic consequences of zooplankton diel vertical migrations on the transport of nutrients and pollutants in lakes

Aim of the project: The objective of this research project is to understand the consequences of zooplankton diel vertical migrations (DVM) on the productivity and the quality of water in boreal oligotrophic lakes. More precisely, this project aims at better understanding the functional coupling between the hypo- and epilimnetic habitats due to DVM in terms of ...

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EFYR at the Freshwater Biological Association Newsletter

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Dear all,

our friends of the Freshwater Biological Association of the UK have included a brief description of EFYR in page 18 of their 66th newsletter.

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You can subscribe to the newsletter here: http://www.fba.org.uk/latest-issue-fba-news-out-now-5

We thank the Freshwater Biological Association for this opportunity!

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International course on Systems Ecology & Ecosystem Theory

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DATES AND PLACE: 16-19 November 2015 at the IRTA centre of Sant Carles de la Ràpita Ctra. Poble Nou km 5.5 E- 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain Coord. GPS +40° 37′ 39.95″, +0° 39′ 34.75″ www.irta.es

INSTRUCTOR: Professor Sven E. Jørgensen is an ecologist and chemist, and Professor Emeritus on environmental chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. He is one of the founders of modern ecological modelling and has authored more than 300 scientific articles and wroe ...

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WATER CHALLENGES

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Public lecture Wednesday, July 8, 2015 | 7:00 pm

We live on a blue planet. Yet freshwater makes up only 3% of all water on earth, 2% of which is locked up in snow and ice, leaving just 1% for all of us to use. The availability of clean freshwater is vital for life, humans and nature alike. However, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that by 2025 two out of three people will live in water stressed areas. Water ...

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Winners of the EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences (2013-2014)

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The EFFS Board of Representatives is proud to announce the successful applicants for the first EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences (2013-2014). An international jury, composed of five members of the International Representatives of EFFS, have evaluated the pre-selected dissertations, which had been transmitted by the National Societies. Three candidates have been selected for the prizes.

Main prize and winner of the EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences:

Dr. Xu ...

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