[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity with MARE-Madeira

PhD Opportunity! We are seeking a motivated PhD candidate to apply with us for an FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) PhD scholarship on ecotoxicology, more specifically for the assessment of anthropogenic contaminants (such as POPs, HPA, and heavy metals) in free-ranging cetace

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity University of Sydney, Australia

Please see below an opportunity for a Master's or PhD (preferred) project at the Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia entitled 'Assessing the environmental impacts arising from burying marine wildlife carcasses containing euthanasia and sedative drugs'. This project comes

[MARMAM] PHD Opportunity with the University of Plymouth, UK

The School of Biological and Marine Sciences, at the University of Plymouth, invites applications for a PHD position entitled "Monitoring health and unlocking social behaviour in bottlenose dolphins with interdisciplinary next generation technology." Please go to the below link for further

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity at ATU, Ireland

Hi All, We would like to highlight the following 4-year PhD opportunity at the Atlantic Technological University, Galway, Ireland. ‘Improving knowledge on the conservation status of small cetaceans’ For further information see marinebeaconphdjan24.pdf (gmit.ie)

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity on dolphin movements at the University of St Andrews

Dear MARMAM The University of St Andrews, in collaboration with Morigenos - Slovenian Marine Mammal Society, is recruiting a PhD student interested in studying dolphin movements. This is a fully funded PhD at the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, UK. Movem

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity at OSU: climate change impacts on blue whales and their prey

Dear MARMAM community, The Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna (GEMM) Lab,within the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University (OSU), isrecruiting a PhD student interested in marine predator and prey response toclimate change. The successful candidate will join a NSF funded multidi

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity: Humpback whale song

We are seeking to recruit a PhD student for the following project: Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) song evolution, ontogeny, and vocal learning: quantifying individual-level differences. Male humpback whales sing a long and elaborate vocal display. Thousands of males can rapidly and syn

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity - Australian southern right whales

Dear colleagues, We wanted to let you know of an exciting PhD opportunity to study the conservation status and population dynamics of Australia's endangered southern right whales through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) of the University of Tasmania in Hobart. IMAS has a st

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity - Sustainable Seal Tourism

Dear colleagues, We are currently offering a competition-funded PhD project on sustainable seal tourism in collaboration between Scotland's Rural College and the University of Portsmouth. Summary included below, with a link to full advert and application instructions at the end. ***Sustainabil

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity - Climate change impacts on Caspian seals (Pusa caspica)

Hi All, I'm aiming to recruit a new PhD student to join our programme on Caspian seal (Pusa caspica) ecology and conservation, at the University of Leeds, UK. The focus of this project will be "Evaluating the potential consequences of climate heating for Caspian seals and ecosystem services in

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity: Seal Ethology

Project title: Inter- and intra- individual variation in communication and signalling in colonially breeding pinnipeds Application deadline: Friday, January 06, 2023, at 5 pm (GMT) Funding status: Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide). See eligibility notes below. Supervisory team

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity on marine mammal bycatch

Dear all, On behalf of my colleagues I’m pleased to share that we have another funded PhD studentship opportunity, ‘Marine mammal bycatch in southwest England: Taking a holistic approach to assess causes, impacts and evidence-based solutions’, based at the University of Exeter’s beautiful Penr

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity in eDNA monitoring of polar vertebrates, closing date 9th Jan 2023

Dear Marmammers, High-resolution monitoring of marine vertebrates in changing polar oceans with eDNA, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for 2023 Entry, PhD in Biosciences. Ref: 4589 Join a dynamic group of bioscientists, geneticists and cetacean biologists at Exeter in the southwest of the UK. We

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity on plastic ingestion by marine megafauna

Dear all, On behalf of my colleagues I’m pleased to share that we have a funded PhD studentship opportunity, ‘Plastic pollution and ocean giants: Investigating the extent and impacts of plastic ingestion by marine megafauna’, based at the University of Exeter’s beautiful Penryn campus in Cornw

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity on Southern Ocean predator

Dear all, My colleagues and I are excited to announce the following studentship opportunity for the PhD project entitled "Understanding the effects of rapid environmental change on the ecology of a key Southern Ocean predator, the Antarctic fur seal" at the University of Exeter, Cornwall campus

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity

PhD studentship opportunity - Marine Ecology Title: Increasing our understanding of climate change impacts on a keystone species in the Arctic: the hooded seal Project description: Over recent decades, the Arctic has experienced a warming three times faster than the global average, resulting in

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity in Australia

The Marine Ecology Research Centre (MERC), Southern Cross University in collaboration with the Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab (CEBEL) at Flinders University, South Australia, is seeking a student for one PhD position. Project summary: We are seeking a PhD student to work on an ex

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity at UNCW

*PhD Graduate Assistantship in Marine Predator Physiological Ecology at UNC Wilmington* *Agency* University of North Carolina, Wilmington – Department of Biology and Marine Biology *Location* Wilmington, North Carolina *Job Category* Graduate Assistantship *Salary* TBD – Competitive Gradu

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity available in humpback whale hearing and cognition

The Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratories (CEAL) group at the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, is seeking applicants for one PhD position. UQ is routinely listed in the top 50 or so universities in the world and has one of the largest marine science programs in Australia. CEAL has

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity, bottlenose dolphin acoustics, Cardigan Bay

Dear Marmamers, We are pleased to disseminate the details of the following opportunity (for EU/UK students only) to win a prestigious PhD scholarship to work on bottlenose dolphins in Wales through the University of Bristol (UoB). The NERC GW4+ project is detailed on findaphd.com: https://www.

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity - Characterization and modelling of recreational boating for beluga conservation

Hi, We are recruiting a PhD student to characterize and model recreational boater in the summer habitat of the endangered St. Lawrence Estuary beluga population. The project is part of a broader research program aimed at proposing effective solutions to mitigate the impacts of navigation on belug

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity (GMIT, Ireland)

Dear MARMAN Community, Applications are now invited for a 3 year funded PhD position at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) based in The Marine and Freshwater Research Centre (MFRC), Dublin Road campus, Ireland. This PhD research will be carried out under the SEAMONITOR project. The

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity

Please see below details of a funded PhD based at the University of Abertay, Scotland and in collaboration with the Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. Application closing date: 23rd July. Seals as sentinels of antimicrobial resistance Abertay University, through its R-LINCS schem

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity: Humpback whale song ontogeny

We are seeking to recruit a PhD student for the following project: Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) song ontogeny, evolution and vocal learning Male humpback whales sing a long and elaborate vocal display. Thousands of males can rapidly and synchronously change their population-specific

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity: song and sexual selection in humpback whales

We are seeking to recruit a PhD student for the following project: The relationship between song characteristics and reproductive success in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae): does song fulfill an intersexual function? Male humpback whales sing a long and complex vocal display. Thousands o

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity in Humpback Whale Feeding Ecology

Dear MARMAM readers, The Southern Ocean Persistent Pollutants Program (SOPOPP) at Griffith University's Environmental Futures Research Institute, is currently seeking a highly motivated PhD student to study the feeding ecology of southern hemisphere humpback whales. The project will make use of

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity at the University of St Andrews, Scotland

PhD Opportunity at the University of St Andrews, Scotland Applications are invited for a PhD on the topic: Impact of human disturbance on the fine-scale foraging and movement behaviour of marine predators Supervisors: Mark Johnson and Sascha Hooker For further details and to apply see: http://w

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity - Cetacean acoustics - Cape Town South Africa

A PhD position is available to join a project investigating the environmental factors limiting the ranges of cetaceans around the Western Cape, South Africa, with implications for climate change. The area lies at the border between two biogeographic zones with the range limits of 5 species of dolph

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity - Dr. Thibaut Bouveroux - Coastal and Marine Research Institute, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), South Africa

PhD opportunity – Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) population ecology. The Cetacean Research Group of the Coastal and Marine Research Institute (CMR, www.cmr.nmmu.ac.za ) at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth (Eastern C

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity in community ecology of inshore dolphins in Western Australia

Dear MARMAM readers, The Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab (CEBEL) at the School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University (South Australia), is currently seeking applications from highly qualified c

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity 'How do grey seal pups learn how to forage?'

Dear MARMAM-ers, We'd like to announce a fully funded PhD opportunity at Plymouth University, UK (in collaboration with SMRU, St Andrews) to start 1st October 2014: How do grey seal pups learn how to forage? Using telemetry data to understand development of foraging behaviour in relation to oc

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity: Using agent-based models to understand the cultural evolution of whale song

Colleagues, A 3yr PhD studentship (fully funded for UK/EU students, overseas fee waivers possible for exceptional non-EU candidates) is available at the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), University of St Andrews, starting April 2014. The studentship is part of a collaborative and highly interdis

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity: grey seal behaviour

Dear Marmamers, We wish to announce the following PhD studentship opportunity: PhD Opportunity: Project title: Coping styles: understanding individual differences in stress reactivity in a wild population of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and their fitness consequences Project supervis

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity in Australia

Dear Marmamers The Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory at the University of Queensland is seeking applicants for a PhD in the effects of noise on humpback whale song. The is largely an extension of work carried out by the lab in both the behavioural effects of noise on whales and the func

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity - seal behaviour

PhD Studentship opportunity Project Title: Behavioural mechanisms of inter-male conflict and conflict reduction in a polygynous pinniped. Supervisor: Dr. Sean Twiss, Durham University (s.d.tw...@durham.ac.uk) Location: School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Co. Durha

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity Australian sea lion disease investigations

I wish to advise of a PhD scholarship opportunity for a project investigating hookworm disease in Australian sea lions. The successful applicant will be based at The University of Sydney, NSW Australia with field work in South Australia. Below is the link to the scholarship advertisement which

[MARMAM] PhD opportunity - seal behaviour

Dear Marmamers, We wish to announce the following PhD studentship opportunity. PROJECT TITLE: The ontogeny of personality in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). SUPERVISORS:Dr. Sean Twiss (Durham University) Dr. Patrick Pomeroy (SMRU, University of St. Andrews) FUNDING: This pr

[MARMAM] PhD Opportunity for a veterinarian

> PhD Opportunity for a veterinarian > > The Australian Marine Mammal Research Centre (AMMRC), Sydney, has an > opening for a PhD student to commence in March 2008. > > The PhD student would need to be a qualified veterinarian with > clinical experience in anaesthetics. > > While the focus of th