PhD: Response of Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian-Toarcian) benthic marine faunas from south-western Europe to temperature-related stresses

As part of the DFG-funded project Response of Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian-Toarcian) benthic marine faunas from south-western Europe to temperature-related stresses, a PhD student position is opened to reconstruct and interpret the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages across the early Toarcian warming/extinction event. This will be approached by combining fieldwork-based geochemical proxy data and quantitative occurrence data of bivalves and brachiopods, which represent a broad ecological variety of life habits, feeding modes, body size, and mobility levels. Applying physiological principles as the bridging concept we evaluate the relative role of abiotic factors (extreme temperatures, reduced oxygenation, acidification) as drivers of ecosystem degradation and recovery.

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