stillingsbetegnelse:
PhD Scholarship in Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Modelling

jobbeskrivelse:
A PhD Scholarship in Ecosystem and Fisheries Management Modelling in the Baltic Sea is available at the National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) with starting date July 2016. The scholarship is financed by EU Research Projects and supported by the DTU Aqua PhD School. The project will primarily be carried out in affiliation to the Section for Ecosystem-based Management which is situated in Charlottenlund, Denmark. DTU Aqua is an institute at the Technical University of Denmark. The purpose of DTU Aqua is to provide research, advice and education at the highest international level within the sustainable exploitation of living marine and freshwater resources, the biology of aquatic organisms and the development of ecosystems as well as their integration in ecosystem-based management. The institute has an international research staff comprising approx. 120 academic employees. Project description The overall aim is to integrate new and existing, significant knowledge on fish recruitment, growth and consumption processes, species interactions, fishing socio-economics, and environmental impacts into a key ecosystem modelling approach applied in fisheries- and ecosystem based management in the Baltic Sea, and to apply the model (Baltic ATLANTIS model) for assessing the tradeoffs between resource use efficiency and carbon footprint as well as the responses of fish and fisheries to changing climatic and eutrophication conditions. The specific purposes are to: 1. integrate environmentally-driven variability in recruitment, growth, consumption, spatial distribution and biological interactions of economically important fish species into medium- to long-term predictions by use of a holistic ecosystem model considering environmental impact on the key biological processes and ecosystem responses to longer-term projections of climate- and eutrophication-driven change; 2. integrate socio-economic dynamics and fisheries interactions in the holistic ecosystem and fisheries system model involving information on fishing catch, effort, revenue, variable and fixed costs, fish price dynamics, profit, fleet capacity and exit-entry dynamics, as well as data on fuel consumption, to estimate economic parameters and processes, and greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint minimization potentials, for different Baltic fleets with the needed spatial and temporal resolution to describe and evaluate fisheries dynamics given different climate and eutrophication scenarios and fishing costs scenarios; 3. evaluate how the fishery and regional supply chain of fish and fishmeal products can respond to scenarios of longer-term projections of climate- and eutrophication-driven change given resource availability and sustainability, and accordingly evaluate how strategic ecosystem-based advice best respond to these and long-term changes within the context of the reformed CFP and accounting for energy consumption, 4. identify similarities and differences in relative terms of the responses of fish and fisheries, as well as to reveal core vulnerabilities of marine fish and their ecosystems and the fisheries, to changing climatic and eutrophication conditions, and to evaluate different advice on resource utilization and precautionary management strategies in a more realistic ecosystem context compared to single species approaches. Qualifications We are looking for a candidate who has: - Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Aquatic Science & Technology or similar; - Previous experience in marine and fisheries research; - Some experience in marine ecosystem dynamics and modelling, fish stock dynamics and assessment, and/or fisheries dynamics; - Quantitative analytical skills and experiences in statistical analysis of fish population dynamics; - Proficiency in written and spoken English; - Keen interest in research and for working within the field of marine and aquatic sciences. Approval and Enrolment Scholarships for a PhD degree are subject to academic appr

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Arbejdsgiver telefonnummer: 45252525

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Job kort beskrivelse: Ingeniørarbejde inden for miljø

land: Danmark

region: Hovedstaden

krævede uddannelse: Ikke angivet

Kilde til jobtilbud: AMS, Offentlige arbejdsformidlinger, Danmark