[Jpjobs] Fwd: Fwd: Postdoc: Modelling of the land-sea nutrient transfer to the Mediterranean sea, Aix-en-Provence, France

[James Yoder]

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tough job ... al that sun and wine

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     Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 16:54:52 +0100
     From: Wolfgang Cramer <wolfgang.cramer at imbe.fr>
Subject: Postdoc: Modelling of the land-sea nutrient transfer to the
Mediterranean sea, Aix-en-Provence, France
       To: asolow at whoi.edu

Postdoctoral position         announcement - Please circulate in your
networks and accept our         apologies for double-posting

MODELLING OF THE LAND-SEA           NUTRIENT TRANSFER TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
SEAUNDER DIFFERENT LAND           MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS

We seek a post-doctoral       scientist for the project “Towards an
integrated prediction of       Land & Sea Responses to global change in the
Mediterranean       Basin” (LaSeR-Med), which focusses on integrated
socio-ecological       modelling. The duration of the contract is initially
one year,       with a possible extension for a second year, depending on
the       initial results. The post-doc will be based within the
Mediterranean Institute of marine and terrestrial Biodiversity and
Ecology (IMBE) in Aix-en-Provence, France. The project is part of       the
Labex OT-Med (http://www.otmed.fr/).

Applicants should hold a       doctoral degree in physics, chemistry,
microbiology, geosciences,       environmental sciences or a related field
of science. They should       be familiar with modelling biogeochemical
interactions between       ecosystems and capable to further develop
existing numerical       ecosystem models. Programming skills (C) and
modelling experience       are therefore mandatory. Knowledge of R and of
Unix/Linux       environment will be an advantage. The candidate should
have good       written and oral communication skills. For work, good
skills in       the English language will be essential.

Our project

Terrestrial and marine       ecosystems are connected through groundwater,
river discharge and       nutrient outflows (especially N and P). River
catchments in the       Mediterranean are N-intensive regions, mostly due
to intensive       agriculture in the North and to crop N2 fixation or
   food & feed import in the South. The fraction of nutrient       reaching
the sea constitutes significant anthropogenic forcing of       many marine
biological processes. For simulating the dynamics of       the first levels
of the marine food web (from nutrients to       jellyfishes), the ocean
biogeochemical model, Eco3M-MED, used and       developed by the
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO)       within OT-Med,
currently uses N and P measurements at river       mouths, e.g. for the
Rhône.

         In order to estimate the impacts of global change on the
functioning of marine ecosystems, the project aims at modeling the
dependency of N and P outflows to the Mediterreanean sea toward       land
management. Land management is modelled as part of the       agro-ecosystem
model LPJmL (Bondeau et al., 2007), that has been       especially adapted
to the Mediterranean cropping systems (Fader et       al., 2015). Among
others, LPJmL simulates the daily carbon and       water cycles, and the
river discharges to the sea. Following       existing approaches in the
scientific literature, the post-doc       will implement the nutrient N and
P transfer in LPJmL, covering       the net nutrient inputs to the river
catchments by accounting for       the processes occurring at the
agro-ecosystem level (N2       biological fixation, fertilization,
atmospheric deposition) and       the net food and feed imports. Since only
a minor fraction of the       net nutrient inputs from Mediterranean basins
reaches the sea, the       retention along the nutrient cascade will have
to be added to the       LPJmL river routing scheme, similarly to the
method used by the       Riverstrahler model. Once the nutrient transfers
have been       introduced into LPJmL, simulations will be validated using
current       climate and land use forcing for comparisons with the
existing       observations from river outlets. Finally, future conditions
will       be assessed by using the model with scenarios of changing
regional       climate and land use / land management.

Your application

Applications should contain a       suitable motivation letter describing
your anticipated role in the       project, a CV, a list of scientific
publications and the names of       at least two scientists that can be
contacted for references. THEY                         MUST BE SENT TO MS.
GABRIELA BOéRI ([1]GABRIELA.BOERI at IMBE.FR).       PLEASE PREPARE YOUR
APPLICATION AS A SINGLE FILE IN PDF-FORMAT.

Questions about the project       or the position can be directed to Dr.
Alberte Bondeau ([2]alberte.bondeau at imbe.fr).                       The
position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate has       been
found – work should start soon after that date. The salary       and
contract conditions will be determined according to standards       set by
Aix-Marseille University – questions in this regard can be       directed
to Sophie Pekar (pekar at otmed.fr).

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Cramer
/Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et
   continentale (IMBE)/
         Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université,
Technopôle Arbois-Méditerranée
         Bât. Villemin – BP 80, F-13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 04, France
         Tel. +33-4-42-90-84-86, www.imbe.fr/wolfgang-cramer[3],
ResearcherID:                              B-8221-2008[4], Follow
                     @wolfgangcramer[5]

http://www.futureearth.org/ecoservices/


Links:
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[1] mailto:gabriela.boeri at imbe.fr
[2] mailto:alberte.bondeau at imbe.fr
[3] http://www.imbe.fr/wolfgang-cramer
[4] http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8221-2008
[5] https://twitter.com/wolfgangcramer

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