Graduate Student Positions Available In Quantitative Ecology
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
Positions at the M.Sc. and Ph.D Levels are now available to work on the
functional ecology of lake ecosystems with a multi-disciplinary team of
academic and government scientists (Peter Abrams, Don Jackson, Kevin
McCann, Nigel Lester, Ken Minns, Brian Shuter, Jake Vander Zanden).
Research will focus on the food web structure of lakes where the
dominant top predators are economically important game fish (lake trout,
walleye, smallmouth bass). Theoretical and empirical studies will be
directed at the development of food web models that represent how
predator thermal preference, lake morphology and prey availability shape
predator foraging patterns, growth efficiency, individual life histories
and population demography. The overall objective of the program is to
develop the knowledge base needed to assess how climate change will
alter the relative abundances of these top predators in the lakes of
central Canada, and how such shifts will affect both food web structure
and sustainable harvests. Strong quantitative skills are essential.
Experience/interest in any of the following areas would be an asset:
integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to solving applied
ecological problems, simulation modelling, multivariate and spatial
statistical methods, physical limnology, hydroacoustic methods, aquatic
telemetry methods.
Expressions of interest should be sent to all of the following:
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Applications for admission to the graduate program at the University of
Toronto should ideally be received by January 15, 2009, although later
applications will be considered. More information about the department
can be found at http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca <http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/> .
