Pre-doctoral contract
The selection process for candidates to develop a PhD Thesis on the study of diet diversity and trophic position of mid trophic level marine fish. This thesis is included in the activities of the research project MTL-FISH (Mid Trophic Levels share of microbial and metazoan Food webs: Impact of Seasonal and between-Habitat variability) funded by the Spanish Research Agency.
Thesis objective: to investigate the influence of factors like the existence of temporal windows, seasonality, zonal variability, the availability and diversity of prey, or ontogenetic factors on diet diversity and trophic position of mid trophic level marine fish, through a comparative analysis of their diet. The selected PhD candidate will be part of the multidisciplinary research group Plankton Ecology and Biogeochemistry (EPB), receiving advanced training in a variety of analytical techniques, including microscopy, genomics, biochemistry and stable isotope analysis, as well as in the application of trophodynamic models and statistical techniques.
Place of work: Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña. Instituto Español de Oceanografía. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. A Coruña (Spain)
Maximum contract duration: 4 years
Expected starting date: January 2025
Funding: Project PID2023-147149NB-I00
Principal Investigator: Antonio Bode Riestra (antonio.bode@ieo.csic.es)
More information and application: https://sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/convocatorias-de-personal/convocatoria/38031