We undertook intertidal ecological surveys at this
Ramsar site in England to assess the impact of discharges from a
Waste Water Treatment Works on the designated features of the site.
The site is also designated as a SSSI, SPA and AONB.
Mott MacDonald has identified there is an increasing need to
establish the species composition and status of the communities in
marine and coastal areas where development is planned, or where
maintenance and monitoring is taking place.
We offer a wide range of ecological surveys covering all major
groups of flora and fauna around the world; we do this by providing
a specialist integrated service to our clients, bringing together
biology and ecology. Our staff has extensive experience of working
in the international arena as well as within the governmental
regulatory sector, and have devised monitoring programmes to meet
the requirements of international, regional and national
legislation.
We have extensive experience of designing marine ecological surveys
which are both effective and scientifically robust and are
experienced in a range of survey techniques to obtain both
qualitative and quantitative data. We provide an integrated
approach to our assessments by taking into consideration not only
the biodiversity of an area, but also the importance in terms of
conservation and resource use.
Coastal and marine (intertidal and subtidal) surveys available
from Mott MacDonald include:
Ecological surveys
- Coastal and intertidal vegetation
- Marine mammals and turtles
- Birds
- Fish
- Macrobenthos
Ecosystem assessments
- Corals reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, mudflats, sand dunes,
saltmarshes, coastal lagoons, and so on
- Critical sites for key species (for example, bird, fish or
shrimp breeding, feeding and refuge areas)
Additional surveys
- Water quality: collection of samples for analyses of a number
of chemical determinands
- Sediments: collection of samples for hydrocarbon, metals and
particle size analyses
- Oceanography: analyses of currents and tidal patterns
Find out more about our specialist skills in this area
Marine and coastal environmental services [282KB]
