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AFSC Internships: 2008

Project Title:	Taxonomy of fish eggs, larvae, and juveniles in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea.
Program:	Ecosystem and Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (Eco-FOCI) - RACE
Specific Time Frame:	Any 10 week period during summer 2008; 40 hrs. per week.
Location:	Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, Washington

Project Description:	Ichthyoplankton and juvenile fish samples are collected in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea on research cruises of NOAA’s Ecosystem and Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (Eco-FOCI) Program. These samples are sorted and identified by staff of the Plankton Sorting and Identification Center in Szczecin, Poland and housed in the reference and teaching collections of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) Ichthyoplankton Laboratory. Intern will receive training and learn techniques used to identify ichthyoplankton and juvenile fish. Using a dissection microscope, the intern will check and verify identifications using the Laboratory Guide to Early Life History Stages of Northeast Pacific Fishes (Matarese et al. 1989) and other publications. Intern will also use and test a web based interactive Ichthyoplankton Identification System (IIS) for assistance identifying larval fish. Updated identification data will be entered using the Polish Plankton Sorting Inventory (PPSI) data entry program. The intern will gain experience both on entering and retrieving data for analyses. Assistance will also be provided with maintenance and upgrading of the historical ichthyoplankton archives and teaching collections. Student will be exposed to many ideas and concepts to choose and design a project. Possibilities might include describing larval stages of a species of interest or describing ichthyoplankton assemblages from a particular season or ecosystem. A final oral project presentation is required of the intern. At the end of the internship the student may continue the project that may fulfill the requirements for a research project at their home university or college.
Field Work Description:	Field work may be available.
Qualifications Required:	Familiarity with the use of a dissecting microscope, taxonomic keys, and computer software applications including word processing, spread sheets, and internet browsers.
Benefits to Student:	Experience in a biological laboratory, ichthyoplankton and juvenile fish taxonomy, data entry and retrieval, testing and developing cutting edge Internet technologies, collection management and maintenance.

For more information about this position, contact:

Morgan Busby
NOAA/NMFS/Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Resource Assessment & Conservation
Engineering (RACE) Division
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4
Seattle, WA 98115
(206) 526-4113
Morgan.Busby@noaa.gov

To apply for this internship, send complete application to:

Rebecca Reuter, Outreach Coordinator
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115-6349
(206) 526-4249
rebecca.reuter@noaa,gov

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