Two Field Assistants Needed

The Adirondack Fisheries Research Program

(http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/afrp) is hiring two field assistants to

help with various fisheries and aquatic research. Responsible field

assistants are needed starting in April 2005.

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POSITION #1: RESEARCH TECHNICIAN (Position #03515)

Application Deadline: 1 March 2005

Duration of position: 1 April through 31 December 2005 (temporary

position, specific dates negotiable)

Pay: $10.60/ hour; benefits (health insurance, holiday pay), housing

available

Position description: The successful applicant would be assigned to the

Little Moose Field Station (LMFS; near Old Forge, New York, in the

Adirondack Park) to provide support for research projects. Specific duties

will include: assist on-going research projects conducted by staff

scientists and graduate students; including field sampling, laboratory

analysis, and data base management with computer software. Assist in fish

culture activities at the LMFS.

For additional information, contact Clifford Kraft, Associate

Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853-3001. email:

cek7@cornell.edu; phone: 607.255.2775.

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POSITION #2: FIELD TECHNICIAN (Position #03564)

Application Deadline: 10 March 2005

Duration of position: 20 April 2005 through 20 April 2006 (1 yr., dates

negotiable)

Pay: $11.80/ hour; benefits (health insurance, holiday pay)

Position description: The successful applicant will work primarily on two

different research projects. The first project is studying the status and

recovery of the state-endangered round whitefish. Specific duties will

include: collect round whitefish using gill nets, trap nets, and electro

fishing in Adirondack lakes; conduct baseline water quality and biotic

sampling; count and identify zooplankton and benthic samples; age fish

with scales and otoliths; process fish diets; data entry and analysis.

The second project studies the effects of woody debris on nutrient

cycling in streams in the Adirondacks, Catskills, and/or the White

Mountains (New Hampshire). Specific duties include: stream woody

debris surveys; aid in the set up and execution of stream nutrient

releases; manipulation of woody debris in streams; and potential

electrofishing surveys in streams; prepare water samples for chemical and

stable isotope analysis; data entry and analysis.

Additional opportunities to work on various other projects associated with

the AFRP also will be possible.

For additional information, contact Geoff Steinhart, Post-Doctoral

Associate, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853-3001. email:

gbs27@cornell.edu; phone: 607.254.6483.

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Applicants must have a bachelor's degree or other formal training in the

areas of natural resources, fishery biology, aquatic biology, or ecology.

Successful applicants must be in good physical condition, willing to work

long hours in inclement weather, be willing to travel for weeks at a time

(housing/camping will be provided during travel), be able or willing to

learn to operate outboard motors and ATV's, be willing to work in remote

locations and to fly in small float-equipped aircraft. We are seeking

highly motivated individuals interested in building skills needed to

pursue a career in aquatic ecology. --------------------

TO APPLY:

Applications are officially submitted online at

http://www.ohr.cornell.edu/jobs/. The jobs are posted under "Staff

(non-academic) and Librarian Positions." Please make sure to select

the appropriate job number (LMFS Assistant =03515, Field Technician

=03564).