Great silver water beetle (Hydrophilus
piceus)
Mott MacDonald’s team of ecologists has extensive experience in
providing ecological services in different aquatic environments
including rivers, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands and brackish
waters.
Mott MacDonald’s ecologists have a diversity of capabilities and
skills to offer. Our expert team approach is to integrate the
different aspects of freshwater environments (physical, chemical
and biological) in order to deliver the most complete and accurate
answers to our clients. This approach ensures compliance with
numerous EU and UK legislation regarding the status and management
of water courses (including the EU Water Framework Directive, EU
Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive and EC Habitats
Directive).
Our services include:
Diatom samplingWater quality studies and
modelling- Aquatic macrophyte surveys and assessments
- Aquatic macro-invertebrate surveys and assessments
- Diatom surveys
- Phytoplankton and zooplankton surveys
- Freshwater fish surveys
- Protected species surveys: white-clawed crayfish, great-crested
newts, water voles, otters and birds.
- River Corridor Surveys
- River Habitat Surveys
- Data interpretation (LIFE and BMWP indices)
Phytoplankton surveysRIVPACS
analysis
Our distinctive capabilities
As a multidisciplinary company, Mott MacDonald is in a unique
position to be able to undertake highly detailed hydrological and
ecological assessments. Through a combination of field surveys,
data analysis and modelling, we are able to link change in the
hydrological conditions with impacts on the ecology in a system.
Recent Projects
- Water company AMP 4 Environmental Investigations: ecological
assessments in protected areas (SSSIs and SACs) including
macrophyte, diatom, algal, and aquatic invertebrate surveys
- Drought permit – aquatic invertebrate survey to species level.
Interpretation of existing EA invertebrate data for the River
Darent. Use of indices such as LIFE scores formed a major part of
this work
- River Basin Management in Romania. EU Monitoring. Specialist
monitoring and aquatic biology assessment of current practices in
two pilot river basins in Romania, to ensure compliance with the EU
Water Framework Directive
