Most ecologists work outside doing research underwater or on land and other ecologists work in labs or in the community with natural resource manages or even government officials who develop policies.
Other ecologists also work in officers to analyze data and build computer models.
There are many different types of ecologists which include landscape ecology, population ecology, and behavioral ecology.
Other different types of ecologists include.
Aquatic Ecology. It deals with the study of ecosystems found in water bodies such as estuarine, freshwater and marine.
Microbial Ecology.
Terrestrial Ecology.
Taxonomic Ecology.
Systems Ecology.
Evolutionary Ecology.
Behavioral Ecology.
Population Ecology.
Ecology is mainly divided into two branches, they are autecology and synecology.
Autecology is the Ecology of an individual species and is also called species ecology.
Synecology is the Ecology of a population or community with one or more species and also called as community Ecology.
There are three broad approaches to the science of ecology – theoretical ecology, empirical ecology, and applied ecology.
There will be a steady demand for ecologists and environmental scientists in the foreseeable future.
While the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) does not report data specifically for ecologists, they do report job growth and salary data for environmental scientists and specialists.
The salary for ecologists has a broad range, based on the type of job, the level of education needed, and how much experience the person has in working as an ecologist.
The average ecologist makes $30,000 - $60,000 per year. Few ecologists make up to $100,000 each year.