Spring Internship: Marine Conservation Research
Summary
| Title: | Spring Internship: Marine Conservation Research |
|---|---|
| ID: | 1399 |
| Department: | Internship |
Description
Objective
The Marine Conservation Research Intern will assist with video annotation and analysis from Baited Remote Underwater Video Surveys (BRUVS) focusing on shark and grouper conservation.
Summary
Researchers from Shedd’s Conservation Research Team have been collecting BRUVS footage from The Bahamas as part of the Global FinPrint project. Footage from BRUVS are analyzed for species identification and abundance. This data provides an important index of abundance for vulnerable species – like sharks and grouper. In 2019, with help from Shedd’s fabrication shop, Shedd researchers built and deployed a stereo-video BRUV system, which allows for measurements of any creature passing through the field of view of both cameras. The data from this project will inform stock assessments for these important species, beginning with Nassau Grouper.
Responsibilities & Duties
Qualifications
The Marine Conservation Research Intern will assist with video annotation and analysis from Baited Remote Underwater Video Surveys (BRUVS) focusing on shark and grouper conservation.
Summary
Researchers from Shedd’s Conservation Research Team have been collecting BRUVS footage from The Bahamas as part of the Global FinPrint project. Footage from BRUVS are analyzed for species identification and abundance. This data provides an important index of abundance for vulnerable species – like sharks and grouper. In 2019, with help from Shedd’s fabrication shop, Shedd researchers built and deployed a stereo-video BRUV system, which allows for measurements of any creature passing through the field of view of both cameras. The data from this project will inform stock assessments for these important species, beginning with Nassau Grouper.
Responsibilities & Duties
- Demonstrate commitment to Shedd’s vision, mission and values.
- Identification of sharks, rays, grouper, and snapper from video
- Data entry from video observations
- Creation of organized database of observations from video surveys
- Learn coding with R for statistical analyses (optional)
- Other projects as assigned
Qualifications
- A love of outdoors and working with people
- Be enthusiastic and excited to work hard
- Interest in Caribbean Marine species and conservation
- Good organizational and written communication skills
- Willing to ask questions when any instructions or tasks need clarified
- Ability to maintain database in Excel
- Ability to watch video (sitting or standing) and annotate for long periods of time
- Enrolled in degree program in science, education, statistics, conservation or related field
- Willingness/Desire to learn about coding with R– or prior knowledge of R (optional)
- Environmental Sciences/Studies
- Biology
- Ecology
- Conservation or Education
- Statistics or Mathematics
- Computer Sciences
- Minimum of 10 hours per week
- Minimum of 3 months
- Preferred availability weekdays between 9 and 5pm
- Set schedule based on intern availability.
We strongly encourage people of color, LGBTQ+ community, Veterans and active duty military, parents, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from all cultural backgrounds to apply.
Shedd Aquarium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team.
If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
In your application, please feel free to select which pronouns you use (For example – she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs).
Shedd Aquarium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team.
If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
In your application, please feel free to select which pronouns you use (For example – she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs).
This opening is closed and is no longer accepting applications
