Aquatic Bioassessment
- Biological Assessments in streams, rivers and lakes
- Fisheries surveys using electrofishing techniques
- Macroinvertebrate sampling, identification, sorting and reduction
- Water quality and chemical assessments
- Comprehensive analysis of biological, habitat, and water quality data
- Biological, habitat, and chemical sampling and assessment consistent with the Ohio Credible Data Program
- Bioassessments in support of aquatic habitat restoration projects
Training and Education
- Aquatic physical habitat and biological assessment techniques (Fish, Macroinvertebrates, QHEI)
- Wetland assessment techniques (ORAM, VIBI, Amph IBI, ID of Common Wetland Plants, Wetland Delineation)
- Primary headwater assessment techniques (Macroinvertebrates, Amphibians, Fish, HHEI)
- Ohio Credible Data Program training (Levels 2 and 3)
- Water quality sampling techniques
Regulatory and Policy Development Assistance
- Design of monitoring plans and programs
- Analysis of bioassessment, habitat, and chemical/physical data in support of watershed restoration prioritization
- Wetland Water Quality Standards rule development and watershed studies
- State and tribal wetland program development
- Development of methodologies for setting temperature criteria for rivers and streams
- Development of tiered aquatic life uses (TALU) and numeric biocriteria for various states
Wetland and Terrestrial Bioassessment
- Wetland assessments
- Wetland delineation
- Wetland restoration
- Crayfish distributional and ecology studies
- Herpetological monitoring and surveys
Data Management and Analysis
- Data management and analysis including the assurance of data quality and integrity
- Development of regional stress:response relationships to better understand the effects of stressors on aquatic and wetland biota
- Development of biological assessment techniques including indices and models
- Ecological flow determination
- Urban impacts on water quality and flow regimes