PhD student in Biology, specialization in Ecology
"How do warming and increased run off influence bioaccumulation of radionuclides in fish?"
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is looking for a motivated person with strong skills in community ecology and a genuine interest in learning to do research to take on a fully funded PhD-project aiming to resolve how climate warming and increased run off may change how contaminants, and specifically radionuclides, spread in coastal food webs and accumulate in fish.
This position offers opportunities to learn to do research and to gain skills in field collections of fish and other taxa around the Baltic Sea, analyses of terrestrial-aquatic and benthic-pelagic linkages, experimental set-ups and mathematical modelling of food web dynamics and concurrent accumulation of radionuclides under climate change. Your analyses will help assess how the risk of biomagnification of radionuclides in fish, arising from nuclear accidents and nuclear power plant operations, are affected by global climate change. You will join our team working on the dynamics of fish communities and aquatic food webs, and their responses to climate change, exploitation and other human pressures.
Welcome to visit us at www.slu.se/fishinfoodwebs!
Deadline September 24, 2024.
Apply, and find more info on https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=11097&rmlang=UK
Ref SLU.ua.2024.2.5.1-2578