<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all">Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:22:30 -0500<br>
From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Murray,_Maria_<wbr>C.?=" <<a href="mailto:murraymc@SI.EDU">murraymc@SI.EDU</a>><br>
Subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship: Smithsonian's MarineGEO, URL update<br>
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Call for MarineGEO Postdoctoral Fellowship Proposals Submission=20<br>
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Deadline: <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">December 15, 2016</span></span>=20<br>
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The Smithsonian=92s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network (TMON) invite=<br>
s research proposals=20<br>
for the MarineGEO Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Proposals should advan=<br>
ce the goals of the=20<br>
Marine Global Earth Observatory. MarineGEO is a growing, long-term, world=<br>
wide research program=20<br>
focused on understanding geographic and temporal patterns and processes i=<br>
n coastal marine=20<br>
biodiversity and ecosystems using comparative approaches. By specializing=<br>
in coastal systems,=20<br>
MarineGEO studies can reveal the role marine biodiversity plays in mainta=<br>
ining resilient ecosystems=20<br>
in the portion of the ocean where people and marine biodiversity are conc=<br>
entrated and interact most.=20<br>
To learn more about MarineGEO and our labs, please visit the program webs=<br>
ite:=20<br>
<a href="https://marinegeo.si.edu." rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://marinegeo.si.edu.</a>=20<br>
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MarineGEO is dedicated to understanding changes in and relationships amon=<br>
g the biodiversity,=20<br>
structure, and functioning of marine ecosystems at local to global scales=<br>
. Two cornerstones of=20<br>
MarineGEO are (1) the use of standardized, repeated, long-term research a=<br>
nd (2) coordinated=20<br>
experiments conducted across the Smithsonian=92s facilities and an expand=<br>
ing global network of=20<br>
diverse partners. This approach is designed to:=20<br>
=95=09Achieve rigorous, comparative understanding of biodiversity trends =<br>
across space and time=20<br>
=95=09Understand the nature and causes of variation in coastal marine eco=<br>
systems=20<br>
=95=09Assess links between local and global environmental forcing, biodiv=<br>
ersity, and functioning of=20<br>
ecosystems=20<br>
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Please visit <a href="https://marinegeo.si.edu/marinegeo-postdoctoral-fellowship-c=all-proposals" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://marinegeo.si.edu/<wbr>marinegeo-postdoctoral-<wbr>fellowship-c=<br>
all-proposals</a> for more=20<br>
information on this postdoctoral fellowship opportunity and to apply.</div>