In-House and Offshore Capabilities

  • In-house laboratory, collection, enumeration and identification of benthic and epibenthic marine fauna and fish
  • Site appraisals
  • Scoping/feasibility studies
  • Environmental Impact Assessments of fisheries and wildlife resources
  • Full Environmental Statements
  • Benthic and fisheries survey and resource assessments
  • Eco-audit and monitoring programmes
  • Advice to Government and Industry
  • Primary research
  • Survey design
  • Sample collection
  • Community analysis, data interpretation, sediment particle size analysis
  • Mapping, interpretation and correlation of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), biotope mapping, dGPS mapping accurate to 1m, MNCR classification.
  • GIS Mapping and production of fully illustrated and interactive electronic reports
  • Data interpretation and analysis using both univariate and multivariate statistical techniques
  • Full Terms of Reference, Scoping and Environmental Statement
  • Full stock assessments including distribution and density estimations
  • Commercial fisheries assessments
  • Analysis of fish gut content to establish prey choice
  • Linking stomach content with infaunal abundances and distributions to determine feeding mechanisms
  • Multivariate community analysis to determine spatial and temporal patterns and variability
  • Assessments of bivalve populations as a food resource for wading birds
  • Survey of all intertidal and subtidal habitats: saltmarshes, mudflats, rocky shore, sandy beaches and mangroves.
  • Preparation of proofs of evidence for Public Inquiry including representation of clients as expert witnesses at Public Inquiry or in litigation
  • Design and implementation of integrated, non-invasive habitate surveys
  • Biotope classification using JNCC (and UNIS) classification systems
  • Offshore, inshore, intertidal and upper shore survey techniques
  • Offshore benthic grab sampling, epibenthic trawls and sediment sampling.