[APES Jobs] Fwd: SAWMA FW: Advert: MSc / PhD opportunity on crab biodiversity

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Subject: 	SAWMA FW: Advert: MSc / PhD opportunity on crab biodiversity
Date: 	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 15:11:55 +0200
From: 	Elma Marais - SAWMA <elma at mweb.co.za>
Reply-To: 	<elma at mweb.co.za>
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Dear all,
See detailed email below on an MSc/PhD opportunity on crab biodiversity 
at Rhodes University:
A number of NRF-funded MSc and PhD opportunities are available, offered 
jointly by the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) 
and the Department of Botany at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. These 
opportunities, available from 2014, are open to eager, dedicated, 
suitably-qualified students to work on a National Research Foundation 
(NRF) supported project linked to the Department of Botany's Great 
Escarpment Biodiversity Research Programme.

Specifically, this research programme will examine the diversity of 
freshwater crabs along the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, the 
phylogeography of a widespread species across the eastern half of South 
Africa, the catchment- or population-genetics of crabs in selected 
Eastern Cape river systems, the effects of Inter-Basin Water Transfer 
Schemes on migration, gene flow and ecophysiology, and the occurrence 
and effects of parasites on these crabs. Overarching themes include 
understanding diversity and speciation along the Great Escarpment, a 
biodiversity hotspot, and investigating the link between fine-scale 
patterns of migration/gene-flow and higher biogeographic patterns.

Interested applicants should have an applicable postgraduate degree in a 
relevant discipline and an interest in systematics and taxonomy, 
phylogeography or population genetics, biodiversity and biogeography, 
ecophysiology or parasitology. Applicants are expected to be 
self-motivated, driven and outcomes-orientated, and enjoy both lab and 
(sometimes arduous) field work.

For further information, please contact Dr Gavin Gouws (046 603 5843, 
g.gouws at saiab.ac.za <mailto:g.gouws at saiab.ac.za>) or Prof. Nigel Barker 
(046 603 8715, n.barker at ru.ac.za <mailto:n.barker at ru.ac.za>). 
Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their expressions of 
interest as soon as possible, accompanied by a comprehensive CV.**

Prof Nigel P. Barker

Rhodes University

Grahamstown

South Africa, 6140

Tel.: +27 46 603 8715 <tel:%2B27%2046%20603%208715>

Fax: +27 46 603 7355 <tel:%2B27%2046%20603%207355>

http://www.ru.ac.za/botany/

http://rhodes-za.academia.edu/NigelBarker

Molecular Ecology & Systematics Group, incorporating the Great 
Escarpment Biodiversity Research Programme: 
http://thegreatescarpment.110mb.com/

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Elma Marais

Secretariat: Southern African Wildlife Management Association (SAWMA)

Editorial assistant: /South African Journal of Wildlife Research///

PO Box217

Bloubergstrand 7436

SOUTH AFRICA


*Ph:*+27-21-554 1297

*Fax:*086 672 9882 (local); +27-21-554 1297 (international)

*Web:*http://www.sawma.co.za

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