What is a Career in Marine Biology?

3 min readAug 2, 2019

There are many nuances of a Career in Marine Biology. Almost everyone seems to be talking about How to start a Career in Marine Biology, while I want to first develop an understanding of What is a Career in Marine Biology. I was Googling about a Career in Marine Biology and was lucky to find: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20180820-0001/Science/Ecology/Career-in-Marine-Biology/english

Anant Pande’s overview!

Anant Pande invested 9 years & 7 months in Marine Biology. Anant Pande has worked in Marine Biology as Project Scientist in Wildlife Institute of India. In Anant Pande’s own words, this is how Anant Pande got into Marine Biology: “After completing B Sc in Zoology with specialization in Fishery Biology and M Sc in Zoology with specialization in Oceanography, I started working as a Project Assistant at National Institute of Oceanography. I was also selected as a student participant in Indian Antarctic Expedition. I am Project Scientist at Wildlife Institute of India.” This link showed on the first page of search results for Anant Pande: https://www.lifepage.in/page/anantpande

Career Video on Marine Biology

In a video, Anant Pande has talked about various aspects of a Career in Marine Biology. Anant Pande started by explaining Marine Biology as: “Marine biology is the study of marine organisms, their behaviors and interactions with the environment. Marine biologists study biological oceanography and the associated fields of chemical, physical, and geological oceanography to understand marine organisms.” The video gave me so much food for thought.

It is easy to Google information about what Qualifications are needed to enter Marine Biology, this video went a step ahead to talk about the body of knowledge one needs to develop to excel at Marine Biology. Anant Pande touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:

Marine Ecology
International Conventions
Fisheries
Functional Role of Each Ecosystem
Marine Ecosystems
Formal Education

Anant Pande then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Marine Biology:

Patience
Critical Thinking
Alertness & Observation
Communication Skills
Computer Skills
Quantitative Skills
Scuba Diving & Snorkelling
Species Identification
Field Experience

Anant Pande believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Marine Biology:

Skill Enhancement
Continuous Learning
Working with Charismatic Species
Developing Scientific Attitude
Travelling & Exploration

And, Anant Pande believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Marine Biology:

Human Wildlife Conflict
Conservation Vs Communities
Working on Rare & Threatened Species
Dangers Associated with Field Work

In the final section of the video Anant Pande talks about How a day goes in a Career in Marine Biology. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Marine Biology, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20180820-0001

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I continued with my research on LifePage and thoroughly studied these links to gain more perspective:

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What is a Career in Marine Biology?

Anant Pande’s overview!

Career Video on Marine Biology

Similar Career Talks on LifePage

Career Counseling 2.0

Written by Rakshanda Tiwari