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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Suzanne Tank
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:47 AM
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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] MSc opportunity: Arctic Aquatic Ecology and
Biogeochemistry

The Tank lab at York University has had a recent opportunity for an MSc
student to study carbon cycling in the Mackenzie Delta region of the
northwestern Canadian Arctic.   The research will link to past and ongoing
work in the lab that has examined the importance of dissolved organic carbon
(DOC) in Delta lakes and river channels, the interplay between DOC,
bacteria, and greenhouse gas production, and the importance of the
constituent flux from large northern rivers for processes occurring in the
Arctic Ocean nearshore.  This work will have both laboratory and field
components.  Students will be expected to develop and conduct a research
project, with supervision, master a range of laboratory and field
techniques, and spend several months conducting field research based out of
the Aurora Research Institute in Inuvik, NT, Canada
(http://www.nwtresearch.com/).   Canadian applicants are particularly
encouraged.

 

The Tank lab is housed within York's Geography Department, details of which
can be found here (http://www.yorku.ca/laps/geog/index.html).  York
University is located in north Toronto; as Canada's third largest
university, it offers significant analytical and research facilities and
houses a vibrant and multi-disciplinary university community.

 

Candidates should have a background in physical geography, ecology,
environmental science or biogeochemistry.  For more information or to apply,
please send a CV, letter of application, and the contact names for 3
references to Dr. Suzanne Tank ([log in to unmask]).  Interested applicants
should also familiarize themselves with the formal procedures and
requirements for an application to the Geography Graduate Program at York
University (http://www.yorku.ca/gradgeog/AdmissionsandApplication.htm).
Review of applications will begin February 3, 2012; the deadline for
application to this program is February 15.

 

 

Suzanne Tank

Assistant Professor

Department of Geography

York University

4700 Keele St.

Toronto, ON

M3J 1P3

CANADA

 

P: 416.736.2100 x22763

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