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Internships


Become a Part of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Family!
Join the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium staff and help us educate thousands of visitors each year about the marine environment of Southern California. Interns and staff serve in many departments in front of the public and behind the scenes. Major divisions include: Aquarists, Exhibits, Research-Aquatic Nursery, Programs, Education, Outreach, Administration, Maintenance, FRIENDS of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.

Most intern and staff positions at the Aquarium that open up are part-time. Interested individuals can submit a resume regardless of current oppportunities being available below. We will add you to our job mailing list to receive flyers of upcoming openings for one year. The Aquarium is a facility of the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and full-time positions (Civil Service) are hired through the City of Los Angeles Personnel Division.
 
Interns Make a Difference!
 
 
 Professional Association of Diving Instructors (P.A.D.I.) Interns
Summer 2009
 
High school students from the Los Angeles School District are currently investigating aquaculture techniques of the moon jellyfish, red rock shrimp and the California spiny lobster in attempts to improve our current culturing methods. Their hard work will us improve our current animal husbandry techniques.
 
Our interns are investigating:
  • The effects of water temperature on moon jellyfish reproduction.
  • The effects of over-crowding on the development of red rock shrimp larvae.
  • The effects of interspecies competition between two moon jellyfish species.
  • The effects of sea salt variation on the survival of lobster larvae.
 
Current or upcoming part-time job and internships:

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