marine biologist

Marine biologists study the ecology and life of marine environments such as oceans, lakes, and ponds. They often work in teams with other scientists including geologists and engineers in order to assess the environmental impact of proposed development projects, pollution, and to research aquatic life. Any country that has a coastline or relatively large inland body of water has a need for marine biologists. As such, marine biologists can find employment all over the world. As economic development and concern for the environment become issues of global concern, the demand for marine biologists will be high.

Marine biology is the field of knowledge relating to marine organisms. But what is a marine biologist? To many, it means being a dolphin trainer but to others it means managing a marine wildlife sanctuary. There are many answers to this question and I would say that a marine biologist is someone who works in some way in studying, observing, protecting, or managing marine organisms, be they plant or animal. If you study marine fish populations you are a marine biologist. If you manage a marine wildlife preserve and are concerned with protection of marine organisms there, then you too are a marine biologist. You know you're a marine biologist if you have a notebook or computer in which you record information often about marine organisms.

But you may also be a marine biologist if you are collecting sponges, or looking for bioactive drugs that might help people in curing disease. You may be counting marine creatures, doing DNA sequencing of them, observing them in the laboratory or making theoretical models predicting their abundance once fishing is decreased.

So marine biologists do many things, but what they have in common is working with marine organisms. courtesy : http://life.bio.sunysb.edu and http://globalcareers.indiana.edu

Further reference :

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos047.htm - Biological and Medical Scientists jobs, courses, degrees, salary & more

http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/mbweb.html - bibliographies and a variety of links
other marine sites.

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