Graduate studentships in mudflat ecology

University of New Brunswick, Mount Allison University and Carleton University. We are seeking graduate students for a collaborative research program (funded by an NSERC Strategic Grant) on the ecology of mudflats in the Bay of Fundy. These mudflats are densely inhabited by burrow-dwelling amphipods (Corophium volutator), which are the major prey of migrating shorebirds and fish.  Mud snails (Ilyanassa obsoleta) migrate seasonally onto the mudflats, disturb the mudflat surface and negatively influence amphipod populations.  The program consists of a number of graduate projects, which will involve field work, laboratory studies and mathematical modelling. These projects will start in Winter 2009 and Spring 2009.  Applications will be considered until suitable candidates are found. Click here for more information.