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Biologists

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.
Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data.
Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment.
Communicate test results to state and federal representatives and general public.
Identify, classify, and study structure, behavior, ecology, physiology, nutrition, culture, and distribution of plant and animal species.
Represent employer in a technical capacity at conferences.
Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists.
Study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and function.
Prepare requests for proposals or statements of work.
Develop methods and apparatus for securing representative plant, animal, aquatic, or soil samples.
Prepare technical and research reports, such as environmental impact reports, and communicate the results to individuals in industry, government, or the general public.
Review reports and proposals, such as those relating to land use classifications and recreational development, for accuracy, adequacy, or adherence to policies, regulations, or scientific standards.

Supplemental Tasks Include:

Study aquatic plants and animals and environmental conditions affecting them, such as radioactivity or pollution.
Plan and administer biological research programs for government, research firms, medical industries, or manufacturing firms.
Research environmental effects of present and potential uses of land and water areas, determining methods of improving environmental conditions or such outputs as crop yields.
Measure salinity, acidity, light, oxygen content, and other physical conditions of water to determine their relationship to aquatic life.
Teach or supervise students and perform research at universities and colleges.
Study and manage wild animal populations.
Prepare plans for management of renewable resources.
Develop pest management and control measures, and conduct risk assessments related to pest exclusion, using scientific methods.
Write grant proposals to obtain funding for biological research.

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