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<div>Dear all,</div>
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<div>I just got the field assistant posting below. I know
these people very well and they are excellent scientists - and it's
Alaska! A lof of Hampshire students have worked at Toolik - one
summer so many they called it the "Hampshire mafia"!</div>
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<div>Charlene</div>
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<div><font face="Times" color="#000000">The Ecosystems Center of the
Marine Biological Laboratory is seeking<br>
applicants for summer field assistant positions on an-ongoing
ecological<br>
research project. These positions will be located at the<font
size="+1"><b> Toolik Field<br>
Station in Alaska.</b></font> For additional information about
the Ecosystems Center<br>
and it programs, visit our website at ecosystems.mbl.edu/.
Information<br>
about the Arctic Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project is
available<br>
at http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/ and information about the Toolik
Field<br>
Station is available at http://www.uaf.edu/toolik/.<br>
<br>
DUTIES:<br>
• Streams Summer FA: The successful candidate will participate
in<br>
research on arctic tundra stream ecosystems at Toolik Field Station
in<br>
northern Alaska. Duties will include monitoring physical
parameters in<br>
streams, collection and analysis of water samples, benthic samples
and<br>
juvenile and adult fish. Previous chemistry experience a
plus.<br>
• Lakes Summer FA: The successful candidate will participate
in research<br>
on a series of lakes at thet Toolik Field Station in northern
Alaska.<br>
Duties will include taking physical and chemical measurements in
lakes,<br>
and collection and analysis of water samples. Previous
chemistry<br>
experience a plus.<br>
• Land-Water Summer FA: The successful candidate will
participate in<br>
research on a tussock watershed at the Toolik Field Station in
northern<br>
Alaska. Duties will include measurement of carbon and nutrient
flux from<br>
streams, lakes and terrestrial ecosystems.<br>
• Terrestrial Summer FA: The successful candidate will
participate in<br>
research on tundra ecosystems. Duties include precipitation and
weather<br>
data, collection, sampling and processing plant and soil samples.<br>
<br>
SKILLS/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Applicants should be
recent college<br>
graduates, (BS or MS) with significant course work and/or field
experience<br>
in ecology. Some background in terrestrial ecology, soil
science, aquatic<br>
ecology, hydrology, chemistry, fish ecology and/or ecosystems
ecology<br>
preferred.<br>
<br>
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Applicants should be in good health,
capable of<br>
rigorous physical activity (e.g., working long hours outside in<br>
potentially severe weather, carrying >40 pound pack across uneven
terrain,<br>
hiking many miles per day across tundra) and be prepared to live in
an<br>
isolated setting with harsh environmental conditions. Applicants
should<br>
be prepared to live in a setting where cooperation with others is<br>
essential and living accommodations are spare and simple.<br>
<br>
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Applicants should be available for
travel by<br>
early June 2004 and should be able to remain in Alaska until at
least<br>
through August, 2004. Travel and living expenses will be paid in
addition<br>
to a salary.<br>
<br>
DEADLINE: Until suitable candidates are identified.<br>
<br>
To Apply: Please send a resume, copy of transcripts, names,
addresses,<br>
telephone number and email address (if available) of 3 references
to:<br>
marine Biological laboratory, Attn: Human Resources,
reference code [SFA<br>
ECO], 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543; phone: 508-289-7422;
e-mail to:<br>
resume@mbl.edu<br>
<br>
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer/Non-smoking
workplace.</font><br>
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<div><font color="#0015A4">--<br>
Charlene</font></div>
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<div><font color="#0015A4">Charlene D'Avanzo</font></div>
<div><font color="#0015A4">Professor of Ecology </font></div>
<div><font color="#0015A4">Dean, School of Natural
Sciences</font></div>
<div><font color="#0015A4">Hampshire College</font></div>
<div><font color="#0015A4">Amherst, MA 01002</font><br>
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<div><font color="#0015A4">Voice 413-5595569</font></div>
<div><font color="#0015A4">FAX 413-5595448</font></div>
<div><font color="#0015A4">Email - cdavanzo@hampshire.edu</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br>
</font><font color="#0015A4">website</font><font color="#000000">:
http://helios.hampshire.edu/~cdNS/</font></div>
<div><font color="#0015A4">TIEE</font><font color="#000000">:<u>
http://www.tiee.ecoed.net/</u></font></div>
<div><font color="#0015A4">Course website:</font><font
color="#000000"> http://ns.hampshire.edu/ns207/</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Hampshire College</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">phone: (413) 559-5792</font></div>
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