please find below an offer for a post-doc position i Dear Ecologgers, please find below an offer for a post-doc position in France.
Evaluation of local extinction and colonisation rates for French river fish species – Identification of controlling factors In the context of future evolutions of environmental conditions and human activities, freshwater fish species conservation and management imply, among other things, a better understanding of extinction and colonisation processes and of abiotic or biotic factors controlling these processes. The aim of this post-doc is (1) to quantify extinction and colonisation rates for French river fish species at the local scale (=sampling site scale) and (2) to study how these rates may vary according ecological and biological traits of species, possible species interactions (competition predation) and environmental features of study sites, recent climatic change and human pressures.. Analyses will rely mainly on an important data set gathered by the ONEMA (the French National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments) which monitors river fish assemblages in French rivers. This data set includes more than 450 sites, spread all over the French territory, and annually surveyed for a period from 10 to 20 years. Amongst them, about 200 sites are concerned by quasi-exhaustive sampling methods (removal depletion sampling). A good knowledge on community ecology and community dynamic and, if possible on river ecology, is required. Particular skills and interest are needed for statistical approaches. This research project is a part of the national project FISHLOSS (Background, recent and anticipated patterns of freshwater fish extinctions: devising quantitative approaches despite scarcity of ecological information) funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR). Cemagref Open post-doc position Laboratory: UR HBAN, eq. hydroécologie fluviale Contacts : J. Belliard ([email protected]) UR Hydrosystèmes et Bioprocédés Cemagref. Parc de Tourvoie, BP 44, 92163, Antony Cedex Bernard Hugueny ([email protected]) UMR BOREA Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Duration : 18 months Gross salary : ~2150 € per month.
