The Marine Science Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara, seeks a Junior Specialist to assist in experimental field marine ecology within a Marine Ecology Laboratory. The Junior Specialist will assist in laboratory work and field work for the Moorea Coral Reef LTER in addition to designing and running their own ecological experiments as part of our research program. This work will include a significant amount of coral reef ecology fieldwork in Moorea, French Polynesia. Research will include SCUBA diving via small boats to gather data on fish and coral communities and to set up ecological experiments. This position will entail significant detailed analyses of videos on fish foraging and photographs of coral communities to quantify organism e.g. coral, algae, etc) ident

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