468 



130 



OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE NEXT DECADE 



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O.E. □ Total 



<30 



30-40 



40-50 

 Age Group 



50-60 



>60 



FIGURE 4-9 Age distribution of Ph.D. -level oceanographers employed 

 by government agencies (OSB survey). 



vey. The category that includes biological oceanography and ma- 

 rine biology continues to dominate numerically, reflecting the 

 number of relatively small marine laboratories that focus on bio- 

 logical research. Except for a marked increase in ocean engineer- 

 ing, the relative ratios among the academic subdisciplines have 

 not changed substantially over the past 20 years (Table 4-2). For 



TABLE 4-1 Ratio of Full Professors to 

 Assistant Professors in Oceanography, 

 1970-1990 (OSB survey) 



Year 



1970 

 1975 

 1980 

 1985 

 1990 



Ratio 



1.0 

 1.2 

 1.2 

 1.6 

 1.6 



