Specialist studies for the EIA process in wetland, riverine, and coastal environments

- including water quality monitoring using selected physico-chemical parameters (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, pH)

- phytoplankton abundance using chlorophyll a concentration as indicators of enrichment

- sediment analyses – particle size analysis by wet sieving and organic content (incineration)

- invertebrate sampling (zooplankton, hyperbenthic, benthic, macrofaunal sampling, ornithological surveys)

- botanical surveys – dune / coastal forest, mangroves, grasslands

- Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA’s) for proposed developments.

Environmental education and training

Assessment of existing situations and their effects on the associated environment, with recommendations to reduce existing impacts.

Implement biomonitoring programmes according to the National Biomonitoring Programme protocols (these include SASS5 rapid bioassessment, habitat assessment indices, water quality indices and Index of Biotic Integrity).

Interpretation of data relating to chemical, biological, physical and hydrological factors in all aquatic ecosystems.

Specialist advice on freshwater invertebrates

Assessment of water borne and coastal area disease risks and identification and advice on control mechanisms, particularly parasite related conditions such as bilharzia.