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SUBTIDAL MARINE ECOLOGY SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
TO STUDY GREEN SEA URCHINS, KELP, AND LOBSTERS ALONG THE MAINE COAST AT THE
DARLING MARINE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

We are seeking applicants to help conduct research on three projects.  One
project studies the interactions between algae and sea urchins along the
coast of Maine with particular emphasis on the community effects of
urchins, kelp, and harvesting.  Another project is focused on predicting
lobster stocks from settlement and life history data.  Both of these
projects have fishery management implications. The kelp ecology project
investigates how different regional oceanographic conditions affect coastal
primary productivity of kelp.

Research will be based primarily from the Darling Marine Center in the
Pemaquid region of the Maine Coast.  Boat trips up to a week in duration
will be made to three other regions along the coast of Maine, including the
islands of the Mt. Desert region.

We are looking for at least six interns, four of which need to be SCUBA
certified.  Diving is usually in shallow (up to 60 feet) cold (40-60=AAF)
water.  Applicants must have their own cold water dive gear including full
wetsuits or drysuits.  Small boat handling experience is a plus.  All
divers need to be certified divers, have current CPR and First Aid
certification, and must have a current comprehensive dive physical.

=46ield research will include underwater surveying and deploying and
retrieving experiments.
Those interns not certified will conduct lab experiments and analyze data
or work on the sea sampling project.  All interns will be involved in
construction of experiments, sorting samples collected from the field, and
some computer data analysis.

The duration of the internship is about 3 months.  Most interns will start
the first week of June, but there is a need for a few to start in late
April or the beginning of July and for a few to stay into the fall.
Interns will live in the dorms at the Darling Marine Center, which is a
busy place in the summer hosting interns, graduate students and researchers
from around the nation and world.

Room charges and monthly stipend will be provided.  In addition, interns
will receive training in diving and boat handling. There will be weekly
seminars and evening discussion sessions on scientific literature pertinent
to our research.

We are seeking people who are enthusiastic about benthic marine ecology,
and may be considering research as an occupation.  This project does
requires long days of either physically demanding work in cold water, or
long hours sorting samples in lab.  Enthusiasm and excitement about marine
research are just as (if not more) important than experience in determining
a rewarding internship.  This is a great opportunity for hands-on training
in the field.  Many past interns have used this experience to go on to
graduate school or for employment as research technicians.

=46or more information and an application form please email us at:

lhomar@maine.maine.edu

We can send an application and information by email.
Application deadline is MARCH 28, 1998.
We will notify interns by mid-April.

If you cannot email, send a self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope =
to:

DR. ROBERT STENECK
1998 SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM
DARLING MARINE CENTER
WALPOLE, ME 04573


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Steneck Lab
1998 Summer Intern Program
Darling Marine Center
Walpole, ME 04573
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