Ecology
Services
Ecological expertise for better environmental outcomes
We offer expert ecological assessments spanning terrestrial, aquatic, and marine environments across Queensland. Our services include comprehensive flora and fauna surveys, vegetation mapping, aquatic monitoring programs, marine impact assessments and more. Our qualified team will provide accurate ecological insights and effective solutions for your environmental management needs.
Terrestrial ecology services
Trend is highly experienced in conducting terrestrial ecological assessments, and the team has undertaken flora and fauna surveys throughout all of Queensland’s bioregions. Trend Environmental has a diverse range of experience in wet and dry tropical environments, and we understand the need for a wide range of survey techniques to suit these particular environments.
We are continually keeping up to date with department guidelines relating to terrestrial ecological surveys, to ensure best practice approaches are utilised.
Trend provides the following terrestrial ecology services:
Flora and fauna surveys
Vegetation community assessments and mapping
Targeted threatened species surveys and monitoring
Fauna trapping
Fauna spotter catching
Environmental Offsets monitoring and creation of Offset Area Management Plans
Rapid ecological constraint or ‘due diligence’ assessments for property owners
EPBC Referrals
Ecological Constraints Assessments and Species Management Programs
Aquatic ecology services
Aquatic ecology assessments are often a requirement of many Environmental Authorities, Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Evaluations and Environmental Management Plans. Trend Ecology is dedicated to providing safe, timely and cost-effective services in the aquatic ecology field.
Our team of aquatic ecologists have several years of expertise in the aquatic ecology field, ensuring a wide range of aquatic surveying techniques can be provided. Our expertise covers not only the design of monitoring programs, but also undertaking long term monitoring programs, analysing aquatic ecology data, including water quality, stream sediment, macroinvertebrate and fish sample data, and identifying samples in an accurate and quality assured manner.
Trend understands the environmental value of our fresh water resources, and takes pride in understanding the interaction these systems have with the surrounding land uses. This approach ensures our clients get a practical solution for all their aquatic ecology needs.
Trend provides in the following aquatic ecology services:
Receiving Environment Monitoring Programs (REMPs)
Receiving environment impact assessments
AusRivAS Bioassessments using aquatic macroinvertebrates as bioindicators to determine stream health
Surface water and stream sediment quality monitoring
Aquatic macroinvertebrate identification to family level, in accordance with AusRivAS standards
Providing results outputs from macroinvertebrate studies including SIGNAL 2 biplots, AusRivAS modelling, taxa richness and PET taxa richness, % sensitive and tolerant taxa, in accordance with State department guidelines
Deriving site-specific trigger values in accordance with QWQG 2009 and ANZECC 2000 guidelines
Fish capture surveys using nets
Riparian vegetation surveys
Marine ecology services
Trend has the capacity to undertake freshwater, estuarine and marine research and monitoring. Our Marine Ecology team includes staff accredited with PADI and SSI Rescue diver qualifications, as well as Queensland Boat Licences. This ensures all marine research and monitoring can be undertaken with the utmost safety in mind.
Trend can provide the following marine ecology services:
Marine Impact Assessments
Water and sediment quality monitoring
Boat based monitoring and research
Deployment of data loggers
Reef flora and fauna assessments
Habitat assessments
Mangrove and marine plant surveys
Biota sampling for PFAS
Targeted surveys for conservation specific fauna and flora
Wetland surveys and monitoring
Design and implementation of monitoring programs
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