The Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) Marine Mammal Research Program seeks a motivated undergraduate or post BS-level intern to assist in data collection and sample processing related to ongoing marine mammal research projects. Successful applicants will assist graduate students and staff with various aspects of field and lab research on dolphin and manatee habitat use in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Field work will primarily include assisting with bottlenose dolphin photo-ID surveys, with potential for cetacean and manatee stranding response with the Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding Network (ALMMSN).  Field work will involve long hours on a boat in various weather conditions including heat, humidity, and rain. Lab responsibilities will include sample processing, data entry, and assisting with DISL’s Manatee Sighting Network (DISL/MSN) operations, including processing sighting reports, distribution of education and outreach materials, and participation in outreach events.  DISL/MSN is a citizen-science based network to collect data on manatees in Alabama and nearby waters.  You can learn more about DISL’s Marine Mammal Research Program at https://www.manatee.disl.org and https://www.disl.org/about/faculty/rcarmichael.

Interested applicants should send a brief letter of interest, current CV, and availability to start to ehieb@disl.org. Start and end dates are flexible, but will run approximately mid-May through mid-August. Review of applications will begin immediately and end when the position is filled. Internship is paid through the Dauphin Island Sea Lab at a rate of $12/hr with a commitment of ~30 hours a week for 12 weeks with the potential to extend the internship depending on applicant fit and funding. Applicants are responsible for securing their own housing and transportation in the Mobile/Dauphin Island, Alabama area. Last date to apply: March 22, 2020.

Elizabeth Hieb, M.S.
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Manatee Sighting Network
Research Technician
101 Bienville Blvd.
Dauphin Island, AL 36528
Phone: (251) 861-2141 ext.7547

This document, including any attachments, contains privileged and/or confidential information. You may neither use, copy, nor deliver to anyone this document or any of its contents or attachments.  All data (broadly defined as but not limited to numerical, descriptive, narrative, image, biological or environmental samples, raw or summary data, or any other content herein) belong to the Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding Network (ALMMSN) and/or the Manatee Sighting Network under the auspices of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) as an agent of the state of Alabama.  Use of these data in any form must be requested and approved by contacting Dr. Ruth H. Carmichael (rcarmichael@disl.org), contingent upon corresponding approval of the attending Veterinarian Dr. Alissa C. Deming (ademing@disl.org).  ALMMSN/MSN and DISL reserve the right to review, comment and consult on all data sharing and requests for data use.  All data use, including analyses and products of any kind (print, oral, visual, archival, internal or external), after approval, must acknowledge and properly cite the DISL, ALMMSN and/or MSN, and data-specific personnel (that may include but not be limited to students, staff, faculty or administrators who contributed data).  Approved data users must request the most up-to-date citation from Dr. Carmichael immediately prior to each use.