The Toolik Field Station at the Institute of Arctic Biology is seeking applications from enthusiastic individuals who are interested in summer ecological fieldwork in northern Alaska. Responsibilities will include collecting data on plant phenological and greening events, arrival and departure status of bird species, as well as data entry and organization under general supervision.
Assistance with other tasks related to the overall goals of the long-term environmental monitoring program and routine lab equipment maintenance will be expected. The position will report to the manager of Toolik Field Station's Environmental Data Center. Our field site is located at the Toolik Field Station, Alaska, in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range (10 hr drive north of Fairbanks) and is the focus of research by scientists who work on a variety of terrestrial and aquatic ecology projects. The overall objective of the Environmental Data Center is to maintain and expand the collection of baseline environmental data complementary to, and in extension of, those already collected by other long-term studies, such as the Arctic LTER, and make them available to the research community. One area of focus is on the timing of biological events in relation to climatic conditions. We established a long-term plant-phenology monitoring program, in which the dates of first occurrences such as leaf emergence, flower development and seed dispersal are recorded. We also record data on bird migration and breeding behavior and a variety of other local environmental events, such as freeze and thaw dates and mammal presence. The link to apply, and for more information: www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=89382 -- Brie Van Dam Environmental Data Center Manager Toolik Field Station University of Alaska, Fairbanks PO Box 757000 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000 ph: 907-455-2541 (Toolik), 907-474-7550 (Fairbanks) http://toolik.alaska.edu/edc
