What's the diffrence between marine biology and oceanography?

Question

b/c i dont really want to study like plankton, coral, and those things, i want to do more of like penguins, sea otters, polar bears, type of thing. and if neither of these fit that, then could you please tell me what does. thank you so much!

Answer 1

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Oceanography

A narrative that attempts to cover three major disciplines of oceanography -- marine geology and geophysics, physical oceanography, and marine chemistry and geochemistry -- should be prefaced with the explanation that these sub-fields of oceanography are related. Oceanographers and others involved in these disciplines often work together to unravel the mysteries and unknowns of ocean science. In many government-sponsored research efforts, preference is given to projects that integrate the separate disciplines of oceanography and incorporate important principles from each to better understand a system, phenomenon, event, or process.

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Marine Biology

The field of marine biology -- the study of marine organisms, their behaviors, and their interactions with the environment -- is considered one of the most all-encompassing fields of oceanography. To understand marine organisms and their behaviors completely, marine biologists must have a basic understanding of other aspects or "disciplines" of oceanography, such as chemical oceanography, physical oceanography, and geological oceanography. Therefore, marine biologists and biological oceanographers study these other fields throughout their careers, enabling them to take a "big picture" approach to doing research.

Because there are so many topics one could study within the field of marine biology, many researchers select a particular interest and specialize in it. Specializations can be based on a particular species, organism, behavior, technique, or ecosystem. For example, marine biologists may choose to study a single species of clams, or all clams that are native to a climate or region.

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The scientists who study wildlife for the USGS work at many locations throughout the United States and its territories. Through cooperative programs with many State governments and other Federal agencies, the Division’s employees fulfill its mission of providing the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of our Nation’s biological resources. This is accomplished through the conduct of basic and applied research in the field and at laboratories.

Wildlife biology is a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of wild animals and their habitats. Research and technical investigations are performed by scientists educated in wildlife biology, zoology, botany, chemistry, mathematics, or various combinations of these disciplines. Their official professional career title is "Wildlife Biologist."

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CAREER GUIDE FOR WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST

Standard Occupational Description: Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management, including the collection and analysis of biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water areas.

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http://hopkins.stanford.edu/careers.htm

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Answer 2

Oceanographers study the geology of the ocean floor and are engaged in satellite mapping and oceanic tectonic plates, in addition to many other duties; whereas marine biologists are first and foremost concerned with studying marine organisms and any other things that are a direct influence on those living organisms.

Answer 3

An Oceanographer is more like a geologist..but just studies the geology under the ocean floor rather than on dry land.  A marine biologist is more concerned with the organisms living in the oceans, yes, like plankton, fish, etc.  A wildlife biologist studies animals on land.  There are different types of wildlife biologists: ornithologists (study of birds), mammalogist (study of mammals), herpetologist (study of reptiles and amphibians), etc.  You mention penguins (ornithologists would study them), and polar bears (mammalogists would study them).