BIO-ANALYSIS Pty Ltd was founded as an environmental consultancy registered business in 1987, specialising in ecological investigations in marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems. We focus on the design of scientifically rigorous monitoring programmes and analyses of complex ecological data associated with assessing the impacts of anthropogenic disturbance on aquatic environments. We also provide general environmental monitoring and habitat assessment to measure management targets as well as the design and implementation of ecological and management experiments to gain an understanding of processes.

Resources

BIO-ANALYSIS Pty Ltd can offer a range of professional, technical and field resources:

• Commercially registered vessels suitable for sampling and diving operations in marine, estuarine and freshwater systems.
• Qualified coxswains.
• Commercially qualified ADAS SCUBA divers to Australian Standard 2299 required by Workcover Australia. Diving supervisor qualifications to AS2299.
• Collection permits as required by DPI Fisheries, DEC and Department of Agriculture.
• Submersible data loggers for collection of water quality.
• Benthic corers and grabs.
• Quadrats and sampling devices.
• Macroinvertebrate, phytoplankton and fish nets.
• Electro-fishing equipment.
• Diving equipment.
• Microscopes and laboratory equipment for sorting and identification.
• Substantial reference collections of marine and freshwater invertebrates.
• High quality photographic equipment, including underwater photography.
• Surveying and fluvial geomorphology, differential GPS, mapping and GIS.
• State of the art statistical software packages for univariate and multivariate analyses of data.
• Graphics and high quality printing capability.
• Insurances
• Professional Indemnity Insurance ($10m)
• Public Liability Insurance ($10m)
• Workers Compensation