Biological Consultancy

The Service offers an external environmental consultancy service through the Biological Consultancy Unit.  The Unit provides specific advice and information in areas of biological and ecological management of freshwater aquatic ecosystems in Tasmania.
At present, consultancy work is largely dedicated to providing quality data, advice and investigative work to Hydro Tasmania’s Environmental Services section in the following areas:

• Quantitative and qualitative native fish survey and identification.
• Pest fish survey and identification.
• Quantitative macro-invertebrate sampling, identification and enumeration.
• Qualitative and quantitative aquatic macrophyte surveys.
• Modelling and mapping of sediment resuspension dynamics in lakes.
• Extensive expertise and experience in water quality sampling, analysis and interpretation.
• Nutrient and sediment loading estimates in streams.
• Zooplankton and phytoplankton sampling and enumeration.
• Extensive expertise in shallow lake ecology.