Project
The PhD position is a part of the project “Where land meets sea: Effects of terrestrial inputs on contaminant dynamics in Arctic coastal ecosystems (TerrACE)”, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. The position is with NIVA in Tromsø with exciting field work Svalbard.
The TerrACE project focuses on generating quantitative information about terrestrial inputs to Arctic coastal waters (Svalbard), and how these inputs can directly and indirectly affect concentrations of contaminants such as mercury and PCBs in affected coastal ecosystems. Using a combination of field-based and modelling approaches, the TerrACE project will provide information about transport of land- and glacier-derived material (freshwater, nutrients, organic matter, contaminants) to Svalbard’s coastal waters, and the effects of these inputs on coastal biogeochemistry, ecology, food web structure, and contaminant dynamics (transport, fate, bioaccumulation).
The PhD position is based in Tromsø (Norway) and will ideally begin no later than September 2017. The candidate will be employed by NIVA and enrolled at the University of Tromsø, with a supervisory team including Amanda Poste (NIVA), Anita Evenset (Akvaplan-niva and University of Tromsø) and Katrine Borgå (University of Oslo).
Application deadline: May 19th 2017
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