MARES PhD Subject Catalogue Fifth Edition - 2014

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The Fifth MARES PhD Subject Catalogue 2014 has been published on September 1st 2014. At the same time the call for applications has been opened as well. This subject catalogue contains 13 PhD Subjects eligible for Erasmus Mundus funding. 

Applicants will be able to apply for one of these 13 PhD subjects between September 1st & December 1st 2014. A first and second choice subject can be indicated on the application form. This round of applicants will see their PhD starting between September 2015 and January 15th 2016. Evaluations of the applicants will take place in December 2014 and January 2015. Early February 2015 final selections will be made by the MARES Scientific Board. Provisional selection news will be communicated by late February 2015 to all applicants. 

Important remark for applicants: the following four phd subjects are only open to Category B European applicants and not to non European candidates: MARES_14_04, MARES_14_06, MARES_14_07 and MARES_14_18. All the other subjects below are open to both category types. 

• MARES_14_02: 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_14_03: Arctic meltdown affects tropical seagrass meadows via migrant shorebird
  • Research fields:
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P6 - Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek (NIOZ)
    • Host institute 2: P8 - University of Gdansk
    • Host institute 3: P13 – University of Aveiro
  
  
• MARES_14_04: Climate proofing Europe’s coastline: understanding the impact of sea-level rise and increased storm frequency on salt marshes
  • Research fields:
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
    • T6 - Habitat loss, urban development, coastal infrastructures and Marine Spatial Planning
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P7 - University of Plymouth
    • Host institute 2: P6 - Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek (NIOZ)
    • Host institute 3: P3 - University of Bologna
  
  
• MARES_14_06: Mapping the deep: the application of predictive modelling to European spatial planning
  • Research fields:
    • T6 - Habitat loss, urban development, coastal infrastructures and Marine Spatial Planning
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P7 - University of Plymouth
    • Host institute 2: P13 - University of Aveiro
    • Host institute 3: P1 - University of Ghent
  
  
• MARES_14_07: Linking changes in dispersal distance and recruitment under climate change to the proliferation of artificial structures
  • Research fields:
    • T1 - Future Oceans: temperature changes - hypoxia - acidifation
    • T6 - Habitat loss, urban development, coastal infrastructures and Marine Spatial Planning
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P7 - University of Plymouth
    • Host institute 2: P3 - University of Bologna
    • Host institute 3: (Additional Partner) Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth
  
  
• MARES_14_09: Transcriptional bases of cross-acclimation in an abundant kelp, Saccharina latissima, from temperate to Arctic waters
  • Research fields:
    • T1 - Future Oceans: temperature changes - hypoxia - acidifation
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P2 - Universität Bremen
    • Host institute 2: P11 - Université Pierre et Marrie Curie (UPMC)
  
  
• MARES_14_10: Arctic pack ice ecosystems under climate change – quantifying coupling processes between sea ice and pelagic communities and predicting their future fate
  • Research fields:
    • T1 - Future Oceans: temperature changes - hypoxia - acidifation
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
    • T3 - Biological Invasions
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P2 - Universität Bremen
    • Host institute 2: P5 - University of Algarve
    • Host institute 3: CCMAR (Algarve); AWI - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven
  
  
• MARES_14_11: Acoustic telemetry as a tool to study effects of human-induced impacts on the behaviour/physiology of fish
  • Research fields:
    • T4 - Natural Resources: overexploitation, fisheries and aquaculture
    • T5 - Ocean noise pollution
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P1 - Ghent University
    • Host institute 2: P5 - University of Algarve
  
  
• MARES_14_12: Microbial diversity and its role in the resilience of large brown seaweeds
  • Research fields:
    • T1 - Future Oceans: temperature changes - hypoxia - acidifation
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P3 - University of Bologna
    • Host institute 2: P1 - Ghent University
  
  
• MARES_14_13: Identifying the role of past and current benthos activities for estuarine ecosystem functioning
  • Research fields:
    • T2 - Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems
    • T6 - Habitat loss, urban development, coastal infrastructures and Marine Spatial Planning
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P1 - Ghent University
    • Host institute 2: P6 - Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek (NIOZ)
    • Host institute 3: Plymouth University
  
  
• MARES_14_15: Informing improved management of mixed fisheries through comparative modelling of fleet dynamics
  • Research fields:
    • T4 - Natural Resources: overexploitation, fisheries and aquaculture
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P4 - Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)
    • Host institute 2: P18 - AZTI-Tecnalia
    • Host institute 3: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
  
  
• MARES_14_17: Assessing the connectivity, fish movement patterns and population structure of sparid species in SW Portugal using otolith fingerprints as a tool for a rational management of fisheries resources.
  • Research fields:
    • T4 - Natural Resources: overexploitation, fisheries and aquaculture
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P14 - Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR)
    • Host institute 2: P4 - Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)
    • Host institute 3: P5 - University of Algarve (UAlg)
  
  
• MARES_14_18: Invasive corals of the genus Tubastraea on Caribbean coral reefs: comparison between new and past invaders.
  • Research fields:
    • T3 - Biological Invasions
  • Mobility:
    • Host institute 1: P5 - University of Algarve
    • Host institute 2: P3 - University of Bologna
    • Host institute 3: CARMABI, Curaçao Netherlands Antilles ; Vienna University, Austria ; CNRS Universite de Nice Sophia antipolis; P24 - Australian Institute of Marine Science