Doctoral Student position at Doctoral Network in Functional Marine Biodiversity (FunMarBio)
We offer a doctoral position for the period 1.1.2019-30.6.2021 (max. 30 months), within the Doctoral Network in Functional Marine Biodiversity (FunMarBio)
The
main objective with this position is to offer research education in
marine biology and ecology. Understanding what generates spatial and
temporal variation in natural and sexual selection is one of the major
challenges in current evolutionary ecology. This doctoral project
focuses on how the availability of food and feeding habitats for females
affect spatial variation in mating success and sexual selection in
males in a resource defence breeding system. The model system is the
sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, a small marine fish species
and a well-established model system in evolutionary behavioural ecology.
How female fecundity variation is reflected on mating systems and
sexual selection has received little attention despite that there is a
direct link between female reproductive rate and sexual selection
through the effects on the operational sex ratio.
The
project combines trophic ecology with behavioural ecology. It seeks to
explain eco-evolutionary feedback processes that arise between
individual behaviour and the community and seascape through their
influence on female fecundity and hence population sustainability.
Information gained through this project will be relevant in predicting
the effects of climate change and device management strategies to
mitigate the effects of this. The project is part of the recently
initiated strategic multi‐disciplinary Profiling area The Sea (https://www.abo.fi/en/the-sea/)
at Åbo Akademi University. The position is part of the Doctoral Network
in Functional Marine Biodiversity and the successful candidate will be
working a diverse and international environment that provides a
stimulating intellectual environment for research, networking and career
development.
We
are seeking a highly motivated, self-driven student who is able to work
independently but also in a team. Experience from fieldwork in aquatic
environments will be considered as a benefit. The current funding is for
30 months, starting no later than March 2019.
For further information about the position and application process, please contact Professor Kai Lindström, kai.lindstrom@abo.fi and Tel. +358 2 215 4355.
See the full announcement at https://abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_A&jid=146
Deadline for submission of application is on 15th December 2018 at 3 p.m. (Finnish time). Complete documentation is required.