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<p class="MsoTitle">Santa Barbara Coastal LTER Watershed Group looking
for
undergraduate research assistants</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological
Research (SBC
LTER) project is looking to recruit undergraduate researchers to assist
with
collecting water chemistry samples from southern Santa Barbara County
study
watersheds, conducting stream channel morphological surveying to
ascertain
stage-discharge relationships, and performing various field equipment
maintenance tasks as needed.<span style=""> </span>The
Watershed Group of the SBC LTER aims to study and understand the
relationship
between coastal watershed runoff, terrestrial sediments and nutrients,
and kelp
forest and nearshore ecosystem structure and function.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Santa
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is characterized by a Mediterranean climate, meaning upwards of 90% of
our
region’s rainfall occurs in the winter months (typically November –
April).<span style=""> </span>The unpredictable nature of
storm events in our area, coupled with the project’s goal of
characterizing
nutrient and sediment flows to the coastal ocean, necessitates
event-based
sampling of storm runoff.<span style=""> </span>Unfortunately,
many storms begin at inconvenient hours, requiring us to brave the
frigid night
air as we diligently collect samples.<span style="">
</span>The amount of sampling we do is entirely dependent on the
frequency of
rainstorms – in drier winters there is less intensive sampling, while
during
wetter El Nino winters there is typically much more.<span style=""> </span>If
you’re the type of person that really
enjoys conducting fieldwork, stomping through puddles in the rain,
observing
the impressive power of moving water, and just plain tends to like
their
science with a hint of “wild” on the side, you’ll like this job.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We do a continuous loop of sampling in Santa
Barbara at
three sampling sites (Arroyo Burro Creek, Mission Creek, and
Rattlesnake Creek),
aiming to collect a water chemistry sample every 1-2 hours on the
rising limb
of the hydrograph (stream level rising) and every 2-4 hours on the
falling limb
(stream level falling).<span style=""> </span>This means you’d
need your own vehicle to make the rounds, for which you will be
reimbursed for
total mileage driven.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If interested in a position with us, please send a
brief
background of your experience, major, and research interests to Blair
Goodridge
(<a href="mailto:bgoodridge@bren.ucsb.edu">bgoodridge@bren.ucsb.edu</a>).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your interest!</p>
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