Marine Ecological Assessment Services
Sea-nature Studies is an independent, sole-trader, marine environmental consultancy based in Hampshire with specialist expertise in marine benthic ecology.
The business is primarily focused on all aspects of data analysis, interpretation and reporting. Please request a quote for any and all marine ecological work in these headline categories for both subtidal and intertidal work. Sea-nature Studies also specialises in offering a service to any projects particularly concerned with marine non-native species. Within this category services would include the full range of options from crafting valid questions and testable hypotheses where required, through to conclusions and recommendations.
Sea-nature Studies also offers specialist small-scale fieldwork services covering intertidal, saltmarsh, lagoon and sublittoral habitats. This includes Phase I and II, snorkel and boat survey work. Given the research interest of the business, where such fieldwork is wholly or partly linked to the monitoring and / or assessment of non-native species strongly competitive quotations may be available.
Survey and lab-work formed the foundation of my early years as a working biologist with a focus on sublittoral soft sediment communities. The years spent behind the microscope provided me with an in-depth knowledge of macrofauna identification and ecology. Extensive exposure to those higher level areas which were to form the core of the business model for Sea-nature Studies in it's present incarnation followed quickly. During these formative years this work included baseline, monitoring and impact assessment in estuaries, near-shore and offshore areas, as well as deep-water studies west of Shetland. The majority of this work has been in UK coastal waters but I have also worked further afield (e.g. Caspian Sea). Organisations I have worked for include the Oil Pollution Research Unit, BMT Cordah Ltd and EMU Ltd which later became part of Fugro.
Background
After graduating from Stirling University in 1989 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biology and following up with an M.Sc. in Aquatic Resource Management from Kings College, University of London (1990) my first job was with the National Rivers Authority (NRA). For the 25 years plus since then I have worked across a broad range of sectors including government, oil and gas, renewables and aggregates.
I first attended a PRIMER course in Plymouth in 1994 and have had many opportunities since then to apply and grow my understanding of multivariate statistical analysis. More recently (2010) I also attended the course on Permanova subsequently added to the suite of routines on offer as part of PRIMER.
I am a member of the Royal Society of Biology (CBiol MRSB), the British Ecological Society, the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society and most recently the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
The business is primarily focused on all aspects of data analysis, interpretation and reporting. Please request a quote for any and all marine ecological work in these headline categories for both subtidal and intertidal work. Sea-nature Studies also specialises in offering a service to any projects particularly concerned with marine non-native species. Within this category services would include the full range of options from crafting valid questions and testable hypotheses where required, through to conclusions and recommendations.
Sea-nature Studies also offers specialist small-scale fieldwork services covering intertidal, saltmarsh, lagoon and sublittoral habitats. This includes Phase I and II, snorkel and boat survey work. Given the research interest of the business, where such fieldwork is wholly or partly linked to the monitoring and / or assessment of non-native species strongly competitive quotations may be available.
Survey and lab-work formed the foundation of my early years as a working biologist with a focus on sublittoral soft sediment communities. The years spent behind the microscope provided me with an in-depth knowledge of macrofauna identification and ecology. Extensive exposure to those higher level areas which were to form the core of the business model for Sea-nature Studies in it's present incarnation followed quickly. During these formative years this work included baseline, monitoring and impact assessment in estuaries, near-shore and offshore areas, as well as deep-water studies west of Shetland. The majority of this work has been in UK coastal waters but I have also worked further afield (e.g. Caspian Sea). Organisations I have worked for include the Oil Pollution Research Unit, BMT Cordah Ltd and EMU Ltd which later became part of Fugro.
Background
After graduating from Stirling University in 1989 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biology and following up with an M.Sc. in Aquatic Resource Management from Kings College, University of London (1990) my first job was with the National Rivers Authority (NRA). For the 25 years plus since then I have worked across a broad range of sectors including government, oil and gas, renewables and aggregates.
I first attended a PRIMER course in Plymouth in 1994 and have had many opportunities since then to apply and grow my understanding of multivariate statistical analysis. More recently (2010) I also attended the course on Permanova subsequently added to the suite of routines on offer as part of PRIMER.
I am a member of the Royal Society of Biology (CBiol MRSB), the British Ecological Society, the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society and most recently the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
