Position: Aquatic ecology research technician =20 Organization: Texas Tech University Cooperative Research Unit =20 Dates: Available ASAP. Field work begins January 2, 2005 and ends March 31, 2005 =20 Salary: 40 hrs per week at $6.50/hr. Housing provided. =20 Study Site: Rio Grande near Brownsville and South Padre Island, TX. =20 =20 Project Description: We will be collecting common snook and limnological data from the Rio Grande as part of a juvenile habitat study. We will also be removing gonads from certain fish to be processed later to determine the pattern of sexual differentiation and maturity of snook in the Rio Grande. We will be using bottom trawls, boat electrofishing and castnets to collect fish and there may also be opportunities to sample the Lower Laguna Madre and the Gulf of Mexico. =20 =20 Due to short notice, please contact Caleb Huber ASAP. (806)-544-9514 cell (806)-742-0841 work =20 =20 Shannon Torrence Graduate Student Texas Tech University Department of Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management Mail Stop 2125 Lubbock, TX 79409 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (806) 742-2934 office (806) 742-2280 fax =20
