[Jpjobs] Fwd: Fwd: Postdoc: Modelling of the land-sea nutrient transfer to the Mediterranean sea, Aix-en-Provence, France
James Yoder
jyoder at whoi.edu
Fri Nov 6 11:36:44 EST 2015
But you have to eat snails.
On 11/6/2015 11:35 AM, James Yoder wrote:
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> Subject: Fwd: Postdoc: Modelling of the land-sea nutrient transfer to
> the Mediterranean sea, Aix-en-Provence, France
> Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:53:07 -0500
> From: asolow at whoi.edu
> To: jyoder at whoi.edu
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> tough job ... al that sun and wine
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> ----- Forwarded message from Wolfgang Cramer<wolfgang.cramer at imbe.fr> -----
> 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
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> Postdoctoral position announcement - Please circulate in your
> networks and accept our apologies for double-posting
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> MODELLING OF THE LAND-SEA NUTRIENT TRANSFER TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
> SEAUNDER DIFFERENT LAND MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS
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> 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.
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> Our project
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Your application
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> 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/
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>
> 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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James A. Yoder
Vice President for Academic Programs
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
(508) 289-2200
jyoder at whoi.edu
http://www.whoi.edu/education/
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