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What is the difference between a oceanographer and a marine biologist?
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∙ 15y ago
The difference between an oceanographer and a marine biologist is very small, but yet there is a big difference, one that could affect into which career you'd like to go in.
both occupations study marine life and organisms, but in a different way. Basically, an oceanographer studies life in the context of oceanography, but a marine biologist studies marine species that live in the ocean and other salt-water environments
Take a group of fish for example. An oceanographer would study the impact some cold upwellings would have on the fish, whereas a marine biologist would study the reproduction of the fish.
reference
http://marinebio.org/Oceans/MarineBiology.asp
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What do you call a person who explores underwater?
An Oceanographer is a person who maps out the ocean. Someone who studies the ocean would be called a marine bioligist.
What do you call a scientist who studies the ocean?
An Oceanographer. Marine Biologist, that sort of thing.
What do you call a scientist that studies underwater life?
Oceanologist or an Oceanographer. They could also be called a Marine Biologist.
Who studies ocean plants and animals?
A person who studies ocean plants and animals is called a Marine Biologist.
What do you call a person who studies the ocean?
a marine biologist is someone who studies organisms living in the ocean
What does an oceanographer study?
An oceanographer studies the oceans--marine science.
What is Someone who studies the ocean called?
I call them "scientists" but their called oceanographers =D
Is a marine biologist and an ocenaographer the same?
No, a marine biologist usually analyzes marine life and animals; whereas, an oceanographer studies the layout of the ocean, such as underwater ridges, underwater volcanoes, etc.
Who study ocean?
the people who study the ocean are called oceanographers( i think.)
What did eugenie clark do?
Eugenie Clark is a famous American oceanographer and marine biologist sometimes styled the Shark Lady.
Who was the first oceanographer that was a female?
Rachel Carson, the virtual founder ( foundress?) of Ecology was originally a marine biologist, and this is close enough to Oceanographer in the popular- Cousteau mold. In fact , she authored ( The Sea Around Us) .
Studies life forms found in the ocean?
marine biologist
