Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in riparian-stream networks
We are seeking a PhD student to work in environmental assessment with a strong background in stream ecology and/or limnology. The PhD thesis is part of a European BiodivERsA project “CROSSLINK: Understanding cross-habitat linkages between blue and green infrastructure to optimize management of biodiversity, ecosystem services and multiple human uses” (http://www.slu.se/Biodiversa_Crosslink). This research team is interested in understanding how land use effects the biodiversity and functioning of streams and riparian habitats, with special focus on the role of riparian buffer strips in maintaining cross-habitat linkages from aquatic to terrestrial systems, and outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at both local and larger (stream network) scales. Field and laboratory experiments will be used to study trophic-transfer pathways between streams and adjacent riparian habitats, the mechanisms underlying subsidy effects on terrestrial biodiversity and functioning and how riparian buffer strips mitigate land use effects on cross-ecosystem connectivity. Modelling will be used assess land-use impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and services of stream-riparian networks and the value of riparian buffers in mitigating anthropogenic impacts.
The student who gets the position will be enrolled in the PhD program at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (http://www.slu.se/en/departments/aquatic-sciences-assessment) in Uppsala, which is a competence centre for applied environmental sciences with focus on environmental assessment in surface water and terrestrial ecosystems, and has a national responsibility for assessing the condition of Swedish surface waters with respect to water chemistry and biodiversity. Research focuses on aquatic ecology and biodiversity, biogeochemical and hydrological processes in catchments, aquatic ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry. The department has about 100 employees, of which half are senior scientists, postdoctoral fellows and PhD students and the other half are laboratory, technical and administrative staff.
Read more here about the position and how to apply: http://www.slu.se/en/education/programmes-courses/postgraduate-studies/new-phd-student/Read-more/?Uid=1205.
Deadline for application is 28 September 2017.
Further information:
· Prof. Richard Johnson, richard.johnson@slu.se, +46 (0) 18 67 27
· Assoc. Prof. Brendan McKie, brendan.mckie@slu.se +46 (0) 18 67 31 55
-----------------------------------------------------
Stina Drakare
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Institutionen för vatten och miljö / Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
PO Box 7050
SE-750 07 Uppsala
Visiting address: Lennart Hjelms väg 9, Uppsala
Phone: +46 18-67 31 02
stina.drakare@slu.se,
