Zooplankton Study Biologist

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States

Updated: 12 months ago
Location: California, KENTUCKY
Deadline: 24 May 2023

Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Location
San Joaquin County, California, USA
Job Category
Staff
Salary
$4,145.00 - $7,926.00 per Month
Last Date to Apply
05/24/2023
Website
https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=370164
Description
Join us in studying the largest estuary on the west coast of the USA, working on one of the longest running estuarine monitoring programs in the country. The Environmental Scientist will work with a group of scientists studying zooplankton in the upper San Francisco Estuary. The Zooplankton Study started in 1972 and is one of several long-term monitoring programs conducted as part of the Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) for the San Francisco Estuary. Under the supervision of a Senior Environmental Scientist, Supervisor, the Environmental Scientist is the first-line analytical and field biologist for the Zooplankton Study. The incumbent is responsible for the collection, interpretation, and reporting of data to meet the study’s goals and reporting requirements. The Environmental Scientist will be a crew leader for sample collection from a 60’ research vessel 2 to 6 days per month. The balance of the time will be spent in the office working with lab staff to ensure that samples are processed in a timely manner, managing data bases, analyzing and summarizing data, writing reports and papers, and attending and participating in meetings, workshops, and conferences. Collaboration with agency and university scientists for special study design and implementation, study review, data analyses, and report or paper preparation is an important aspect of this position. Incumbent may act as a lead person for up to 3 permanent and temporary personnel in the lab. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife conducts several other large IEP monitoring studies in the San Francisco Estuary, including work with Delta Smelt, Longfin Smelt, Striped Bass, Sturgeon, and other species of interest.
Qualifications
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: - Interest in estuarine ecology and zooplankton taxonomy, biology, and sampling methods and a commitment to develop and improve knowledge and understanding of the ecology of the San Francisco Estuary and biology of the zooplankton that inhabit it. - Possess or develop the ability to: maintain, organize, and work with large data sets; analyze and evaluate data using a personal computer and software including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, EndNote, SYSTAT, R, and SigmaPlot; and to prepare clear and concise data presentations for oral presentations and written formats, including agency reports and manuscripts for peer review journals. - Ability to work safely and accurately collecting and recording data from a research vessel operating in a wide variety of weather and sea conditions. - Comfortable working around the water and ability to swim. - Ability to work safely with samples preserved in formalin or ethanol in properly ventilated situations.
Contact Person
Kathy Hieb
Contact Phone
(209) 690-4642

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