Expertise

We undertake ecological monitoring, data analysis and review. We provide advice to councils, government agencies, boards of inquiry, the Environment Court and private entities.

Freshwater Ecology

• Ecosystem monitoring (lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, rivers and streams)
• Assessments and mitigation strategies relating to  hydro-electric power schemes, irrigation, mining, roading and wind farms
• Fish passage requirements
• Resource surveys
• Water quality assessments of discharges and receiving environments

Marine Ecology

• Ecosystem monitoring (coastal, foreshore, offshore and ports)
• Marine water/sediment quality investigations
• Monitoring and impact assessments of coastal industrial and municipal outfall and storm-water discharges
• Assessment of shellfish stocks
• Surveys of effluent plumes
• Identification of benthic coastal fauna and flora

Terrestrial Ecology

• Fauna and flora surveys (avifauna, botany, herpetofauna)
• Habitat mapping
• Management and mitigation plans

Laboratory Services

• Biological samples from freshwater and marine environments
• Algae, cyanobacteria (benthic and planktonic), macroinvertebrate and fish sample processing
• Chlorophyll a, sediment as organic and/or inorganic fractions, whole effluent toxicity testing
• We routinely process samples from lakes, reservoirs, rivers and treatment ponds for indicators of health
• We also liaise between client and chemical laboratories for the processing of water quality samples