Coast Ecology provides a range of terrestrial and aquatic environmental services to guide your project through the planning and approvals process. At Coast Ecology, we offer the following.
Terrestrial Services
- Biodiversity Assessment Reports (BDARs, BSSARs, BCARs)
- Review of environmental factors (REF)
- Biodiversity Assessments
- Threatened flora & fauna survey
- Assessment of significance (7 part test)
- Vegetation mapping
- Species Impact Statements (SIS)
- Management Plans
- Habitat augmentation (nest box installation and monitoring)
- Inspection of tree hollows using spikeless tree climbing techniques
- Pre-clearing surveys
Aquatic Services
- Aquatic Assessments
- Water quality monitoring
- Assessment of assemblages of fish and macroinvertebrates using quantitative and qualitative techniques (including AUSRIVAS assessment)
- Identification and enumeration of aquatic plants (macrophytes) in freshwater creeks
- Riparian assessments
- Wetland assessment and management plans
- Seagrass surveys and mapping
- Assessment of mangrove forests
- Assessment of saltmarsh habitat
- Detection of environmental impacts on aquatic habitats
- Aquatic habitat rehabilitation
- Ecological investigations on the effects of human induced changes to the environment
- Preparation of Review of Environmental Factors (REF), Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) and Plans of Management (POM) for the rehabilitation and monitoring of approved applications.
