GRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN APPLIED SCIENCE Effects of Hydroelectric Operations in Canadian Aquatic Ecosystems
NSERC's HydroNet is a new national research network aimed at promoting sustainable hydropower and healthy aquatic ecosystems in Canada. The general objectives of the network are to acquire new knowledge, and to develop new tools, to better assess, minimize, and mitigate the effects of hydropower on fish and their habitats. This network involves 14 academic scientists and a strong partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (6 scientists) and 3 major hydroelectric companies (Nalcor, Manitoba Hydro, and BC Hydro). The network will receive close to $8 million from NSERC and from its partners over 5 years and will offer unique interdisciplinary training opportunities. Following is a list of graduate positions, at the M.Sc., M. Eng., and Ph.D. levels, that will be filled over the next 2 years (beginning as early as spring 2010). If you are bright and enjoy a challenge involving field and laboratory research in areas that combine fundamental and applied sciences, send your CV and a statement of interest to contact individuals. . Modelling strategies to estimate the productive capacity of fish habitats in rivers; D. Boisclair and P. Legendre ([email protected], U. de Montréal) . Hydroacoustic-GIS integrated mapping of fish habitat and distribution in lakes and reservoirs; G. Rose (Memorial U., [email protected]) and D. Boisclair (U. de Montréal) . Evolution and dynamics of river geomorphology; M. Lapointe (McGill U., [email protected]) and B. Eaton (U. of British-Columbia) . Oxygen stable isotopes and thermal ecology of salmonid fishes; M. Power (U. of Waterloo, [email protected]) and R. Randall (DFO-Burlington) . Effects of nutrients on the productive capacity of fish habitats in rivers; J. Rasmussen (U. of Lethbridge, [email protected]) and D. Boisclair (U. de Montréal) . Effect of population density and phenotype on habitat selection by fish in rivers; D. Boisclair and P. Legendre (U. de Montréal, [email protected],) and K. Smokorowski (DFO, Sault-Sainte-Marie) . Modelling fish habitat quality in the littoral zones of lakes and reservoirs; D. Boisclair and P. Legendre (U. de Montréal, [email protected]) . Mapping physical attributes of lakes and reservoirs with airborne imagery; N. Bergeron (INRS-ETE, [email protected]), M. Lapointe (McGill U.), and C. Katopodis (DFO, Winnipeg) . Statistical and mechanistic modelling of the thermal regime of rivers; A. Saint-Hilaire and N. Bergeron (INRS-ETE, [email protected]) . Relationship between community structures and production rates in rivers; J. Rasmussen (University of Lethbridge, [email protected]) and D. Boisclair (U. de Montréal) . Effect of flow regimes on the productive capacity of fish habitats in rivers; M. Lapointe (McGill U., [email protected]) and M. Power (U. of Waterloo) . Winter survival of riverine fishes; R. Cunjak (U. of New-Brunswick and Canadian Rivers Institute, [email protected]) and K. Clarke (DFO, NL) . Effect of regulated flow on river ice regimes; F. Hicks (U. Alberta, [email protected]) and M. Loewen (U. of Alberta) . Assessment of fish entrainment risk at hydropower intakes; S. Cooke (Carleton U., [email protected]), D. Zhu (U. of Alberta, [email protected]), P. Higgins, and A. Leake (BC Hydro) Shannon O'Connor, M.Sc. Gestionnaire de réseau - Network Manager NSERC’s HydroNet CRSNG Université de Montréal Département de sciences biologiques tél.: 514.343.6111 x1235 courriel: [email protected]
