Marine

ECOFACT services in the marine environment encompass habitat and biotope surveys of the coastal zone, the intertidal zone and the subtidal zone. All survey, sampling and impact assessment methodologies are according to current Irish and international guidelines and are carried out by ECOFACT staff.

Key marine services provided by ECOFACT include:

• Coastal zone - habitats and biological communities, coastal zone management including erosion and storm protection, engineering and infrastructural developments, discharge monitoring
• Intertidal zone - shoreline transects, quadrat surveys, core sampling (including the processing, identification and interpretation of biological communities encountered)
• Marine benthic surveys and sampling including faunal identification retrieved from benthic surveys, infaunal grab and core sampling
• seaweed surveys
• commercial / recreational fisheries assessments
• digital habitat mapping
• Chemical water quality assessments including the sampling and interpretation of results
• Sediment sampling (grabs, cores) from freshwater or marine environments can be carried out by ECOFACT and analysis for particle size analysis, microbiological/bacteriological counts, heavy metals and other contaminants carried out