Soil+Ecologist

Soil Ecologist

What does a Soil Ecologist do?
 * soil organisms
 * cycle of nutrients in soil
 * Formation of pour structure
 * spread of pathogens
 * biodeversity of a biological community

Whats soil made of?
 * a combination of physical, chemical and biological entities.
 * variety of broken and weathered minerals and decaying organis matter

What can soil produce?
 * Plants
 * Trees
 * Food
 * Oxygen
 * Particles
 * Grass
 * Flowers
 * bugs

Universities and Jobs
 * Copenhagen, Denmark
 * Matielan, South Africa
 * Dundee, UK
 * Milton Keynes, UK
 * Cranfield, UK

Work Scedual
 * 10 to 12 hours a day studding and resourcing
 * including field trips
 * Do Not work weekend or holidays

Education and training
 * college degree at the bachelor's or master's level
 * High school/college classes: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English, Math, Computer Science, and Geography. Outdoor classes would be a bonus.

Salary
 * Professional- about a third makes $30,000-$50,000 per year.
 * The amount that an ecologist makes varies with the time spent studying the profession.
 * Where you work is a big diference.

Machines
 * Field marking tape
 * Long tape measures
 * Maps to my field sites
 * Shovels
 * Taxonomic Keys
 * A field press
 * A couple of different light sensors
 * Scholander bomb (measures transpiration in leaves)
 * nitogen tanks
 * porometer(measures transpiration in leaves)
 * leaf sample envelopes

Work Cited
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 * Book: __Food (ethic diabetes on what we eat)__