Water & Ecology

Marine Water Quality and Ecology Monitoring

Established in 2008, our highly qualified team includes research staff, readily mobilized field technical teams, dedicated laboratory facilities, specialized field equipment, and commercial vessels.

Services

How We Can Help

Our core competencies include:
  • Real-time, autonomous and manual water quality monitoring and sampling
  • Design and implementation of environmental plans
    • Water quality monitoring plans (WQMP)
    • Receiving environment and compliance monitoring programs (REMP) including dredge monitoring and assessment
    • Environmental management plans (EMP)
  • Use of specialist equipment and technology, including:
    • Telemetered water quality monitoring stations with individual client cloud-based websites
    • Multiparameter water quality sondes
    • PAR loggers, ADCP, and wave droids
    • Scientific dive equipment
    • Underwater drone/ROV
    • Underwater still and video cameras
    • Benthic multiplatform sled tow
    • Fish survey tools including baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVs)
    • Sedimentation loggers
    • Stainless steel benthic grab samplers
    • Side scan sonar
  • Ecological surveys and mapping, including:
    • Seagrass
    • Sediments
    • Macrobenthic
    • Fish
    • Coral
  • Land-based ecological surveys, including:
    • Freshwater ecosystems
    • Mangroves
    • Saltmarsh
    • Other estuarine and coastal communities
  • Design, audit and review of operational plans and manuals
    • Site-based management plans
    • Operations manuals
    • Groundwater management plans
    • Irrigation management plans
  • Review of license conditions and negotiation with regulators to assist with approvals process
  • Marine pest surveys
  • Collection and analysis of groundwater, soil and sediment samples
  • Interpretation of resulting analytical data