This service area includes monitoring activities following our habitat restoration projects and mitigation of current and potential impacts from anthropogenic and natural events. The monitoring and mitigation process often includes studies using visual belt transect surveys, quadrat sampling, underwater videography and photography, and a combination of methods to determine the baseline occurrence and abundance of marine organisms and habitats and to evaluate the success of restoration efforts.

Our monitoring and mitigation services include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Environmental baseline surveys
• Benthic mapping & surveys
• Seagrass & coral reef monitoring
• Oyster biomass & abundance surveys
• Ecological surveys in support of ship wreckage investigations
• Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) assessments
• Quantitative assessments of Threatened and Endangered (T&E) species
• Installation of monitoring stations & mooring buoys
• Installation of water quality instrumentation
• Reduction of & mitigation for land-based pollution sources
• Project planning, oversight, & management

Some of our projects involving monitoring and mitigation efforts are featured here as representative examples of our expertise and previous experience.