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style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(133,
0, 0); background: transparent;">Ecologist GS-0408-13
(DEU-BB)</span></p>
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color: rgb(133, 0, 0); background: transparent;">Geological
Survey</span></p>
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class="info" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;
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color: rgb(133, 0, 0); background: transparent;">ATL-2015-0431</span></p>
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$116,453.00 / Per Year</span></td>
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Verdana, Arial, Geneva, san-serif; background:
transparent;">Monday, February 23, 2015 to Friday,
February 27, 2015</span></td>
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break-word; background: transparent;">GS-0408-13</span></td>
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transparent;">1 vacancy - Boulder, CO<span
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transparent;"><a target="_blank"
href="http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/" style="margin: 0px;
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109, 168); vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 0.917em;
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font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, san-serif; display:
inline-block; background: transparent;">About the Agency</a></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1em; color: rgb(69, 68,
66); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
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font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, san-serif; background:
transparent;">Are you an Ecologist interested in serving as
a technical authority on ecological research and management?
Do you want to be part of an important aspect of the Federal
Government, helping with exciting and groundbreaking
incentives? If you answered "yes" to these questions, then
this is the job for you! Come join the USGS and start doing
the job you've always dreamed of!<br>
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; background:
transparent;">Why Is It Great To Work For The USGS?</strong><br>
<br>
Embark on an exciting future! From the peaks of the highest
mountains to the depths of the deepest seas, the U.S.
Geological Survey has career opportunities that make a
difference in both the lives of others and in the
environment. Would you like to join the more than 10,000
scientists, technicians, and support staff of the USGS who
are working in more than 400 locations throughout the United
States? Apply today! As the Nation's largest water, earth,
and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) collects, monitors, analyzes, and
provides scientific understanding about natural resource
conditions, issues, and problems. The diversity of our
scientific expertise enables us to carry out large-scale,
multi-disciplinary investigations and provide impartial,
timely, and relevant scientific information to resource
managers, planners, and other customers related to: the
health of our ecosystems and environment; natural hazards
that threaten us; natural resources we rely on, and; the
impact of climate and land-use changes. For more information
about the USGS please visit<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.usgs.gov/" style="margin: 0px; padding:
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background: transparent;">http://www.usgs.gov.</a><br>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; background:
transparent;">What General Information Do I Need To Know
About This Position?</strong><br>
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Salary: $89,580 (Step 01) to $116,453 (Step 10)<br>
<br>
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; background:
transparent;">NOTE: First time hires to the Federal
Government are typically hired at the Step 01.<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><br>
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algal community and related water quality and hydrological
data from NAWQA and other surveys and assessments at the
local, regional, and national scale.</li>
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background: transparent;">Harmonize algal taxonomy among
data sources, identified reference-quality sites, and
develops regional Indices of Biotic Integrity, and
predictive models for algae, especially diatom communities.</li>
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development of assessment tools and submit to journals for
publication; collaborates with Information Technology
Specialists to develop and disseminate web-based biological
assessment and taxonomic tools and decision support systems.</li>
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leadership in the implementation of algal ecology aspects of
the NAWQA Cycle III science plan, including participation on
intra-agency and inter-agency workgroups, preparation of
work plans and cooperative/contractual agreements,
evaluation of field and laboratory protocols for algae,
quality assurance of algal community data, and maintenance
of the algal taxonomic information in the USGS BioData
system.</li>
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suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to
telework with supervisor approval. The official worksite for the
selectee is the duty location identified in this vacancy
announcement. The selectee will typically report to this
location on a regular and recurring basis. For additional
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