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Huge congratulations to Catherine and Louise for publishing key results from their PhD research in Ecology and Society!
We are offering two postdoctoral fellowships for 2022. One is related to our research on integrated ecosystem assessments where we are looking for a marine researcher with a keen interest in ecosystem processes and system-based approaches to management, and with a good understanding of anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems. The other is related to our new NRF project Eco-ACE
Lynne and Kelly are part of the Fisheries and marine ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project (Fish-MIP). The project’s most recent study, published in Nature Climate Change, uses new generation Earth System climate model projections as input to ecosystem models, showing “a greater decline in mean global ocean animal biomass under both strong-mitigation and high-emissions scenarios due to elevated warming, despite greater uncertainty in net primary production in the high-emissions scenario.”
We are very happy and proud to have finalised the film of our musical theatre “As die see byt”, co-produced with The Rainbow Exchange, and the documentary “The making of…” that goes along with it.
Congratulations to Casey Lyttle, who has published her MSc research in Fisheries Oceanography! Examining high-resolution wave model outputs from 1997 to 2013, she shows that summer nearshore wave heights have increased.
We were encouraged by a broad stakeholder meeting convened by Minister Barbara Creecy this week, in a concerted effort to reach a decision around fisheries closures around breeding colonies of the Endangered African Penguin.
We are very happy for having been selected as a partner in the OC-NET project, officially endorsed by the UN for its contribution to the Oceans Decade. Louise is co-ordinating the UCT contribution. Read more here.
Interested in joining us in 2022 to conduct your PhD research in marine social-ecological systems? We are offering two opportunities for research projects, pending confirmation of funding. Please find details here. Note the relatively short deadline for Step 1: 21 June 2021.
Interested in joining us in 2022 to conduct your PhD research in marine social-ecological systems? We are offering two opportunities for research projects, pending confirmation of funding. Please find details here. Note the relatively short deadline for Step 1: 21 June 2021.
Interested in joining us? We are offering three projects for Master's research. Find the details here. Deadline for applications 21 June 2021.
Congratulations to Clara Steyn, whose MSc research has just been published in Food Webs! Clara used Ecopath with EcoSim modelling to explore "Changes in food-web structure and energy flow in kelp forest ecosystems on the south-west coast of South Africa following the invasion of Jasus lalandii" - our West Coast rock lobster.
We have two positions available for postdoctoral research fellows. See the advertisement here .