Shifting climates (drought, wildfire, insects/disease) along with cumulative disturbance pressures are exerting increasing pressure on headwaters forested regions that supply water and water associated ecosystem services to extensive regions of North America. The Southern Rockies Watershed Project in SW Alberta (http://www.srwp.ualberta.ca) involves an interdisciplinary team of international scientists that are integrating a full range of headwater and up-scaling techniques to understand the effects of headwater disturbance (natural and anthropogenic) on headwater and downstream watershed ecological services.
We are currently seeking excellent, motivated, graduate student candidates (MSc or PhD) interested in conducting plot/hillslope/catchment field research in forested watersheds of Alberta. Specifically we are looking for graduate students to work on erosional processes including linking soil erosion with snowmelt/rainfall precipitation, sediment transport and fate associated with forest harvesting activity, roads/linear disturbances and recreational off highway vehicle use in mountainous landscapes. Graduate students will be expected employ varied approaches including field-based research supported by laboratory, and/or modeling tools to contribute to the development of watershed sciences. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a CV, transcripts, contact info for three references to Mike Stone (mstone@uwaterloo.ca). Positions are available immediately and will remain open until all positions are filled.