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"Elucidating the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems through synthesis and comparative analysis"

Twelve PhD fellowships are currently available for a period of 36 months, starting July 2006. We offer 12 PhD subjects applying metanalysis techniques to the following topics in marine science: Ecosystem metabolism, Microbial food-webs, Planktonic processes, Trophic links and Human Impacts. Research projects (see list below) will be carried out at six European institutes institutes (AZTI, Spain; CNRS, France; CSIC, Spain; DIFRES, Denmark; PML, UK and UoB, Norway) under the supervision of internationally renowned scientists.

Send CV and declaration of subject preference to from whom further information may be obtained. Application deadline 30 June 2006. Marie Curie rules for appointment and salary apply.

PhD subjects, application institute and supervisors:

- The key role of the mesopelagic zone of the Southern Ocean in nutrient recycling: using meta-analysis and modelling to better constrain the fluxes of C, N, P and Si. Main application institution: CNRS, Brest, France. Day-to-day supervisors: Dr. P. Pondaven and P. Treguer.

- Large scale patterns in ocean metabolism and associated C fluxes. Main application institution: CSIC, Mallorca, Spain. Day-to-day supervisor: Dr. C. Duarte.

- A Meta-analysis of marine microbial communities and food webs. Main application institution: CSIC, Barcelona, Spain. Day-to-day supervisor Dr. J.M. Gasol.

- Comparison of steady state models with datasets for the marine microbial. Main application institution: University of Bergen, Norway, Day-to-day supervisors: Dr. F. Thingstad

- Large-scale geographic variations in diversity of marine zooplankton: theories, environmental controls, and functioning of pelagic ecosystems. Main application institution: CNRS, Villefranche, France. Day to day supervisors: Dr. L. Legendre and Dr. G. Beaugrand.

- Remote sensing, plankton size distribution and ecosystem metabolism. Main application institution: PML, Plymouth, UK, Day-to-day supervisor Dr. T. Smyth and I Allen.

- Spatial and temporal patterns of plankton in European coastal waters. Main application institution: PML,Plymouth, UK, Day-to-day supervisors Drs. D. Bonnet and P Somerfield.

- Modelling top-down mechanisms in marine plankton communities. Main application institution: University of Bergen, Norway, Day-to-day supervisors: Dr. D. L. Aksnes and Dr. O. Fiksen:

- Meta-analyses and trophic mass-balance modelling of climate, eutrophication and fisheries effects on the Central Baltic ecosystem. Main application institution: DIFRES, Charlottenlund, Denmark. Day-to-day supervisor: Dr. C. Mollmann

- A Meta-analysis of environmental effects on top predator stock dynamics. Main application institution: AZTI, Pasaia, Spain. Day to-day-supervisor: Dr. H. Arrizabalaga.

- Meta-analysis of carrying capacity and abundance-area relationships in marine fish species. Main application institution: DIFRES, Charlottenlund, Denmark. Day-to-day supervisor: Dr. B. R. MacKenzie

- Assessing the effects of fishing on fish stocks: combining meta-analysis and the comparative method. Main application institution: AZTI,Sukarrieta, Spain. Day-to-day supervisor: Dr. I. Mosqueira.