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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:04:13 +0000

Postdoctoral position: Parameterizing The Plankton Food-Web Support System For
Juvenile Salmon And Herring In The Strait Of Georgia

Juliano Palacios Abrantes
PhD. Student
Changing Oceans Research Unit
The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
University of British Columbia

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Postdoctoral position: Parameterizing The Plankton Food-Web Support System For
Juvenile Salmon And Herring In The Strait Of Georgia

Position description:
Zooplankton are the principal dietary items for juvenile salmon and herring,
and changes in plankton communities are key factors limiting these fishes’
growth and survival. How plankton respond to changes in the ocean’s physical
and chemical conditions is largely mediated by the complex interactions between
phytoplankton, microzooplankton, and zooplankton. The objectives of this
project are to:
1.    Determine plankton food-web pathways to juvenile salmon and herring in
the Strait of Georgia (SoG);
2.    Determine the spatial and temporal variability of plankton food-web
structure in the SoG, and the response of this structure to environmental
conditions;
3.    Quantify the nutritional value of plankton species as prey, and the
importance of plankton food-web pathways in the transfer of essential nutrients
and energy to juvenile salmon and herring;
4.    Develop biochemical plankton indicators that can be routinely measured
and made available to improve salmon and herring stock recruitment forecasting.

To meet these objectives the candidate will apply biochemical approaches (bulk
and compound specific isotope analysis; fatty acids) to a case study in the
SoG. The SoG supports the largest salmon and herring populations in British
Columbia. Currently there are multiple initiatives conducting research into
declines of salmon in the SoG and recruitment drivers of juvenile herring.
These include the Salish Sea Marine Survival program
(http://marinesurvivalproject.com/), the Hakai Institute
(https://www.hakai.org/) Juvenile Salmon and Ocean Observatory programs, and
collaborating programs at the University of British Columbia and Department of
Fisheries and Oceans. The candidate will be expected to participate in and
collaborate with these ongoing field programs to collect plankton and fish
samples for this study, and will additionally have access to archived samples
from 2015-2016. In addition, the candidate is expected to work with concurrent
ecosystem modelling efforts, specifically through providing a regionally
specific food-web framework to guide coupling of the physical, chemical and
biological model components.

Details:
Location: The candidate will be based at the Institute for the Oceans and
Fisheries (http://oceans.ubc.ca/), University of British Columbia.
Start date: Immediate
Position Length: Two years
Salary: CA$50,000 / year + benefits

Qualifications:
•  A PhD in biological oceanography, fisheries biology, food web ecology, or
equivalent;
•  Knowledge of plankton food web ecology;
•  Experience in stable isotope and fatty acid ecology;
•  A quantitative background with experience in multivariate statistics and
isotope mixing models preferred;
•  Demonstrated R and/or Matlab computing skills will be advantageous;
•  Field and laboratory experience;

•  Ability to independently manage a large multi-faceted project.

Application
Applicants should submit:
•  a CV, including the e-mail and phone numbers for three references;
•  a short letter (1 page) explaining the applicant’s motivation for working on
the project and how previous experience qualifies them for this position;
•  a copy of the PhD thesis;
•  reprints of published papers, if available;

•  confirmation of ability to work in Canada.

Submit application to:
Dr Brian Hunt (b.hunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:b.hunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>)
Webpage: http://planktonecosystems.oceans.ubc.ca/

Regards,
--
Katherine Came
Communications Manager
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory
Rm. 239, 2202 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
(604) 827-4325
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