MARES PhD Subject Catalogue Fourth Edition - 2013

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The Fourth MARES PhD Subject Catalogue 2013 has been published on September 1st 2013. At the same time the call for applciations has been opened as well. This subject catalogue contains 9 PhD Subjects eligible for Erasmus Mundus funding. 

Applicants will be able to apply for one of these 9 PhD subjects between September 1st & December 1st 2013. A first and secoind choice subject can be indicated on the application form. This round of applicants will see their PhD starting at September 2014 at the earliest. 

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• MARES_13_03: Organic nitrogen uptake by marine algae : consequences for marine ecosystem functioning and biodiversity
  • Research fields:
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P7 - University of Plymouth
    • Host institute 2: P11 - Université Pierre et Marrie Curie (UPMC)
  
  
• MARES_13_05: Driven to distraction: Behavioural consequences of noise pollution across multiple contexts in the European hermit crab
  • Research fields:
    • T5 - Ocean noise pollution
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P7 - University of Plymouth
    • Host institute 2: P4 - Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)
  
  
• MARES_13_08: Acclimation and Adaptation of invasive seaweeds
  • Research fields:
    • T1 - Future Oceans: temperature changes - hypoxia - acidifation
    • T3 - Biological Invasions
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P5 - University of Algarve
    • Host institute 2: P11 - Université Pierre et Marrie Curie (UPMC)
  
  
• MARES_13_09: Living in multi-stressed sediments: behavioral consequences for the functioning and diversity in coastal habitats
  • Research fields:
    • T1 - Future Oceans: temperature changes - hypoxia - acidifation
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P1 - Ghent University
    • Host institute 2: P7 - University of Plymouth
  
  
• MARES_13_10: Impact of non-indigenous species introduced for aquaculture on the functioning of coastal marine ecosystems
  • Research fields:
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
    • T3 - Biological Invasions
    • T4 - Natural Resources: overexploitation, fisheries and aquaculture
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P9 - Klaipeda University
    • Host institute 2: P1 - Ghent University
  
  
• MARES_13_12: Microplastic distribution and ecological interactions across latitudinal gradients.
  • Research fields:
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P4 - Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)
    • Host institute 2: P7 - University of Plymouth
  
  
• MARES_13_13: Zooplankton performance in a changing ocean: Adaptive capacities to a shifting food regime in the North Sea
  • Research fields:
    • T1 - Future Oceans: temperature changes - hypoxia - acidifation
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P2 - Universität Bremen
    • Host institute 2: P1 - Ghent University
    • Host institute 3: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
  
  
• MARES_13_15: Recreational boating as a vectors of spread of marine non-indigenous species in the Mediterranean Sea: biological and socio-economic analysis
  • Research fields:
    • T3 - Biological Invasions
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P12 - Pavia University
    • Host institute 2: P16 - Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
    • Host institute 3: P11 - Université Pierre et Marrie Curie (UPMC)