Under the Sea, Under the Sea!

If I were to become a scientist when I am older, I would choose to become a marine biologist. Marine biology is a field that has the knowledge relating to marine organisms. Marine biologists can range from a person who trains dolphins for a living, to a manager or owner of a marine wildlife preserve. Marine biology has many sub fields which shows what a large field marine biology is. Some of the sub fields are; Fisheries and Aquaculture-"includes the study of their population, dynamics, reproduction, behavior, food webs, and habitats.", Ichthyology- "the study of fish, both salt and freshwater species.", and Marine Mammology- "This is the study of cetaceans which are families of whales, dolphins, and pinnipeds." Pinnipeds are seals, sea lions, and the walrus(What is Marine Biology?). Though those are are a few of the sub fields, there are many more that some may be interested in.

Many people have different definitions of marine biology. Some switch definitions between marine biology and biological oceanography. Marine biology is the "study of marine species that live in the ocean and other salt-water environments", where biological oceanography also "studies marine species but they study locations of the species or where species reproduce most often(What is Marine Biology?)."

This type of science appeals to me because I love the ocean. Ever since I was young,

I was fascinated by fish and coral, and any part of swimming or life in the ocean. I always enjoyed watching fish in fish tanks and how they reacted to other fish that would join them. It surprised me how many colors and patterns that a single fish, or organism in the ocean could have.

This choice matches my interests and preference, because i was always attracted to the sound of waves crashing hard down on a beach. It also suits my interests because I love learning about all living things in the ocean and how they live. I prefer working with any thing that swims over an object that crawls such as a bug because I am terrified of insects and arachnids. This profession meets my goals because one of my goals in life is to go to Australia and they have terrific ocean life there. It also meets my goals because ever since I was eight, i have wanted a salt water fish tank so I could obtain tropical fish and many beautiful types of coral. When I'm grown up, I was always planning on being a marine biologist and I hope I will pull through.

This profession matches my learning style which is visual, because I am intrigued by colors. When studying, I create flash cards in different colors which helps me remember things much easier. So, this suits the profession because in the ocean there are many different colors which make me very interested in learning about them.

Many legacies have been left by marine biologists. Marine biologists over many years have

discovered new types of living creatures such as the strawberry crab(left). This crab was found by Professor ho Ping-ho from the National Taiwan Ocean University. Professor Ho and his team found two female crabs off the coast of Southern Taiwan.

I have been looking at many colleges with terrific marine biology programs and have narrowed down many and found that UCLA has a great marine biology program(UCLA Marine Major). They have many life science programs that i would enjoy to be in when the times comes.