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A Marine Biologist studies all of the life in the oceans or other marine bodies of water, and how they interact with other marine organisms as well as their environment. They can study certain species or species specific to certain bodies of water, this gives them the freedom of choice. Because of all of the specializations in the field of marine biology the Job description can change drastically, this include where and when they work, how much they get paid to do their Job.
Also, this gives hem multiple ways to impact our planet and way of life, hopefully for the better. Marine Biologist is a vague term for a scientist, more than likely a Marine Biologist will have a specific objective inside the field itself. It can go anywhere from marine toxicology (study of marine toxins), to physiology (study of seaweed), and extending even to the newer marine biotechnology (using marine life to benefit humans in their daily lives). You can study the smallest of organisms to the largest blue whales; there is an unending amount of marine related Jobs available.
However, all of these fields do not guarantee a Job, most any field in marine biology is very competitive, and require a college education of at least a Bachelor degree, going all the way to PHD requirements. A typical day in a Marine Biologist’s life can change Just as greatly as the Job itself. For some you go to work by getting on a boat and diving into a body of water to observe the inhabitants there, and make determinations of three major questions. First, are there objects in the water that could potentially harm any of the life? Second, are there drastic changes between this visit and the last visit?
Lastly, what do I need to take samples of, or try to help right at this exact moment? For others, the day could consist of making it to the office then making sure you have your data from tests to record, maybe to put into papers to be published. For the rest, it would be going to the lab to do test on a recent hypothesis. Different fields, have different requirements and varying amounts of demand for the Job as well. How do these specifications change the Jobs themselves, do then even have an effect n the Jobs, and if so how does this change affect the how the scientist lives?
A marine biology Job could mean working on land, or the sea, or working on both land and sea. It could mean working miles away from any body of water, to inside a body of water. They could wear business suits, lab coats, wet suits or a combination of all of them. Each of Jobs can require different levels of degrees, however, most require at least a Bachelor degree, in that particular field. For example, if you are a marine toxicologist you will need a Bachelor or Masters degree, maybe taking an internship during graduate school.
You would be working in a lab that is close, yet not directly beside the body of water you are studying. However, if you are audiologist, (a scientist studying asphodels) you will need a Masters degree, have to do an internship during you graduate years. In this career you will work in both a lab and in the water. The pay of a Marine Biologist would depend on the two main factors. First, the type of work they have to do, whether it be paperwork, swimming with sharks, or doing chemical tests. Second, the amount of experience the Marine
Biologist in question brings to the Job, for example, people straight out of college will be paid less than a someone who NAS been a part to the community tort a while. Average starting rate for all Marine Biologists is Just about $40,000 per year to $60,000 per year (figures after taxes and deductions). This rate will more than likely increase during employment and could go to upwards of $80,000 per year (figure after taxes and deductions). Office Jobs typically make the biggest range of money, but their hours are usually AAA. M. To up. M. The holidays off and vacation time around one or two weeks. This Job does not necessarily have the Joy of being by the coast, but may require relocation, although you do not have to live near the place in which you are studying. For a lab worker, the hours are much more flexible, you can start in the wee hours of the day, and go to the dead of night. You get holidays off as per the usual, and vacation time. However, if you do not already live near the body of water in which the object you are studying lives, then you either have a long commute to ark every day, or you have had to move.
Relocation can be mandatory, especially if you are working with live samples, you don’t want to take them too far away from where they originated. If you actually have to dive in for marine biology, then your hours are not under your control you would have to work around weather. The locations of these Jobs are extremely limited, (unlike office Jobs) because you would have to live near a coast of some sort. If you are studying a particular species then you may have to move to another city, country, or leave your continent altogether.
This Job has the most flexible hours, but is the most dangerous by far, while the office job has the sturdiest hours, and is the safest, with the lab worker directly in the middle. But, what does all of this have to do with the world? Does it even pertain to the earth and its population at all? Marine Biology can impact people’s lives without them ever realizing it is going on. It is being used to help research cures for illnesses of all types, both in humans and other animals. As well as, a possible alternative to fossil fuels, to power builds as age as skyscrapers, or as small as a car.