The Fisheries Management and Ecology Lab at South Dakota State University has an opening for a Ph.D. student to start January 2014 and an opening for a M.S. student to start January 2015.
Active areas of research in the lab include native and introduced fishes, and applied and experimental fisheries management and ecology. The Ph.D. graduate research assistantship will be funded through the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks to estimate recruitment, growth, and mortality of sportfish species (channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), northern pike (Esox lucius), and walleye (Sander vitreus)) and prey fish species (flathead chub (Platygobio gracilis), western silvery minnow (Hybognathus argyritis), and sand shiner (Notropis stramineus)). The M.S. graduate research assistantship responsibilities will include reach-wide invertebrate samples collected alongside fish to expand on previous surveys describing invertebrate occurrence, diversity, guild structure and pollution tolerance for western South Dakota river basins. South Dakota State University has an excellent graduate program in Fisheries with 6 dedicated faculty and 80+ graduate students affiliated with the Department of Natural Resource Management (http://www.sdstate.edu/nrm/index.cfm). The 2013 Ph.D. G.R.A. stipend is $21,609. Students interested in the Ph.D. assistantship should contact Dr. Katie Bertrand ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) or Dr. Brian Graeb ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) or Dr. Nels Troelstrup ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) by October 31st, 2013, with their CV, GRE scores, transcripts (undergraduate and master's degrees), and a brief statement of research interests. Students interested in the M.S. assistantship are encouraged to send a letter of interest, but will not be required to provide other materials until late 2014.
