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[Internship]: Marine Debris Intern

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The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), a citizen science program based at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, is looking for 2-5 undergraduate students to assist with program’s upcoming marine debris data collection project beginning spring 2015.

Students working with COASST gain valuable, hands-on experience with citizen science programs, scientific protocol development and testing and learn the complexities of adapting data collection to a broad and diverse corps of participants. Students will work directly with the program’s research staff to:

  • create marine debris photo database with linked attributes
  • field-test the marine debris protocol
  • create the marine debris field toolkit
  • finalize marine debris literature search
  • network with marine debris principal investigator, researchers, and partners

Once quarterly, students will present their work at lab meetings, and attend the Pacific Coast field trip.

Interested students should send an email to: Jane Dolliver, Program Coordiantor, coasst@uw.eduPlease include a statement of interest that contains:

  • applicable background in marine biology (coursework, job/intern experience)
  • experience with data, statistics packages, databases (excel, R, catalyst etc.)
  • experience with volunteers, volunteer programs, and/or other research labs
  • days and times of availability for January-March – Winter Quarter 2014 (8am-8pm)

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INTERNSHIP IN MARINE DEBRIS AND COASTAL CONSERVATION

 

Want to gain valuable research experience? Contemplating working for a non-profit after graduation? Interested in marine conservation? 

The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) is seeking 2 undergraduate students to assist with a special marine debris project for 2-3 college credits. Each credit requires 4 hours of work per week during summer quarter (June 24 – Aug 23). 

COASST is a citizen science project based at the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in partnership with local community and environmental organizations, and state and federal agencies. This past year, COASST volunteers have established a photo database of marine debris items from the Pacific Northwest coast.

Interns for this project will analyze a database of marine debris photos collected by COASST volunteers which will help a) create threat maps showing areas where marine debris is most likely to harm wildlife, b) guide beach clean up efforts by prioritizing areas of high threat items c) document especially dangerous debris accumulations. 

Interested? For more information, please contact:

Liz Mack: coasst@u.washington.edu, 206-221-6893

Please include a brief statement of interest, including current major and previous work related experiences. Please also include the days of the week and hours you are available from June 24th-August 23rd. Priority will be given to students willing to volunteer extra hours during summer break (Aug. 26-Sept 24).

We look forward to hearing from you!

[internship]: COASST Internship in Conservation Biology and Marine Ecology

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INTERNSHIP IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND MARINE ECOLOGY

Want to gain valuable research experience? Contemplating working for a non-profit after graduation? Interested in marine conservation?

The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) is seeking 3-4 undergraduate students to assist with data entry and management, volunteer recruitment, tracking, training and communication for 2-3 college credits. Each credit requires 4 hours of work per week during spring quarter (June 24 – Aug 23).

COASST is a citizen science project based at the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in partnership with local community and environmental organizations, and state and federal agencies. COASST volunteers collect data on beach-cast carcasses of marine birds on a monthly basis to establish the baseline, or ‘normal’ pattern of beached bird mortality on North Pacific beaches. Baselines are crucial for assessing the impacts of oil spills, fisheries, and climate change in the marine environment.

Interested? For more information, please contact:

Liz Mack: coasst@u.washington.edu, 206-221-6893

Please include a brief statement of interest, including current major, office skills and previous work related experiences. Please also include the days of the week and hours you are available from June 24th-August 23rd. Priority will be given to students willing to volunteer extra hours during summer break (Aug. 26-Spet 24).

We look forward to hearing from you!

[Internship]: COASST Internship in Conservation Biology and Marine Ecology

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INTERNSHIP IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND MARINE ECOLOGY

Want to gain valuable research experience? Contemplating working for a non-profit after graduation? Interested in marine conservation?

The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) is seeking 4-5 undergraduate students to assist with data entry and management, volunteer recruitment, tracking, training and communication for 2-3 college credits. Each credit requires 4 hours of work per week during fall quarter (September 24- December 7).

COASST is a citizen science project based at the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in partnership with local community and environmental organizations, and state and federal agencies. COASST volunteers collect data on beach-cast carcasses of marine birds on a monthly basis to establish the baseline, or ‘normal’ pattern of beached bird mortality on North Pacific beaches. Baselines are crucial for assessing the impacts of oil spills, fisheries, and climate change in the marine environment.

Interested? For more information, please contact:

Liz Mack: coasst@u.washington.edu, 206-221-6893

Please include a brief statement of interest, including current major, office skills and previous work related experiences. Please also include the days of the week and hours you are available from September 24- December 7.

We will schedule interviews through August 2012. We look forward to hearing from you!

[intern] – Intern at COASST (citizen science project)

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Late notice, I know, but we ARE looking to 2 students to sign up for 1-2 internship credits to bring COASST up-to-speed on outer coast data collection efforts (northern California – Chukchi Sea, Alaska).

For those that don’t already know, COASST is a citizen science project based at the University of Washington and involves ~800 people in the collection of rigorous, scientific data on bird mortality in the Pacific Northwest. The specific goals for this internship position are:

a) enter data; track species washing ashore this winter (Dec-Feb); provide updates to COASST staff (Charlie and Jane)
b) respond to urgent outer-coast volunteer needs (supplies, identification requests)
c) select exceptional photos and quotes for data profiles in publications
d) identify lapsed sites; check in with surveyors; set training location priorities

This amounts to 6-8 hours/week for the full quarter. Missing the first week should not be too much of a problem – we’re here from 8am-6pm most days. Also some Saturdays.

So we’re looking for a student with:
-Strong interest in science education and/or citizen science
-Background in biology or marine biology (some knowledge of birds, esp marine birds is good)
-Ability to commit to at least 6 hours/week, spring quarter for 1 internship credit
-Good organization skills (track sites, work under short timeline, move through data efficiently)
-Good communication skills (seek missing data from volunteers, coordinate with COASST staff)

Interested students are welcome to contact me via my info below; set up a time with Charlie and me to meet and discuss after 1pm this Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday (we’re both in FSH 254B).

And did I mention? We have do have sweet treats (brownies, cookies etc) almost every day… what other lab can compete?

Best,
Jane

Jane Dolliver
Program Coordinator, COASST
University of Washington
UW Box 355020
Seattle, WA 98195-5020
(ph) 206-221-6893
(fx) 206-221-6939