A Career As A Marine Biologist

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Marine Biologists can work at colleges, government agencies, research laboratories, environmental organizations, aquariums, or zoos. Most Marine Biologists spend most of their time working in labs, using electron microscopes, computers, and other equipment to study organisms. They also sometimes work in offices or libraries to do research and writing papers or reports. Marine Biologists can also do some fieldwork, which sometimes involves traveling to distant or isolated locations, which can require some physical energy.
Living conditions while doing fieldwork can be uncomfortable and stressful, especially if it is needed for them to live on a ship for extended periods. Improved ships may have living quarters, showers, and television, but

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