Marine Ecology

Marine ecology describes a diverse field that investigates biodiversity and the role of communities in ecological functioning. Biodiversity assessments use a range of sampling and census techniques and are key to marine ecology as are statistical tools to analyse community composition, population structure, spatial and temporal distributions and habitat associations. Our teams of ecologists are skilled in a range of marine ecological assessment methods that include imagery and census, bioacoustic sensing, fauna sampling, habitat and biological community mapping and taxonomy. Our specialists also engage in a number of organism- and population-level condition studies including contamination biomarker studies, reproduction, age structure, and quantitative abundance and biomass surveys.

Our extensive experience allows assessments of species and assemblage sensitivity and resilience that feeds into ecosystem modelling solutions and impact assessment processes. Using this knowledge, backed by our real-world experience with monitoring for development projects, we link ecological systems to project pressures to identify effective monitoring indicators and support best practice environmental management and conservation solutions.