The Mississippi River supplies large amounts of nutrients to the Louisiana coastal zone and estuaries. The amount of nutrients has increased substantially since 1950. The new technician will work with this group, doing field work and laboratory analyses of samples collected in the field. The research is currently focused on the offshore waters along the Louisiana coast and the Barataria estuary.
Salary is dependent on qualifications.
Job available immediately. While on cruises the technician will be involved in sample collection and analysis with a group of other scientists. Processing samples for counting and making microscopic counts. Our studies are focused on marine organisms which cause HABs or which contribute to the formation of hypoxia. Sometimes we identify and count only the known HAB organisms and in other samples we identify count all organisms.