Services

Comprehensive Environmental Programs

From field surveys & sampling, to data management, analysis, & modeling, & interpretation to inform the decision-making process.

  • Blue carbon storage assessments
  • Coastal risk & vulnerability assessments, & management
  • Coral reef ecosystem monitoring
  • Climate change assessment and prediction
  • Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) predictive analyses
  • Environmental toxicology assessments
  • Essential fish habitat assessments & modeling
  • Marine protected & keystone species assessment
  • Marine aquaculture site assessments & monitoring
  • Marine debris identification, monitoring, & modeling
  • Marine spatial planning
  • Offshore wind energy site assessment & modeling
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Natural resource economics
  • Seafloor characterization
  • Social science characterizations (ecosystem service valuation)
Laboratory Research

Designing & conducting sampling, analyses, & comprehensive assessments for evaluating fishes, marine mammals, corals, reefs, deep sea corals, HABs, water, overall environments

  • Genetic identification & cell expression
  • Contaminant body burden
  • Exposure-response
  • Health & diseases
  • Propagation
  • Strandings
  • Microplastics & nanoparticles Toxicology
Emergency Response

Standing ready to respond to incidents of national significance, & other natural & man-made disasters with a full spectrum of services & trained personnel.

  • 24/7 staff on standby with HAZWOPER, ICS, & safety certifications
  • Developing technical guidance documents & SOPs
  • Environmental Sensitivity Index (EIS)
  • Human Health Reference Values (HHRV)
  • Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) surveys & training
  • Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)
  • Coastal restoration
  • On-scene science support for fate, risk, exposure monitoring
  • Community reach & communications Incident comm& structure support
Data Management, Integration & Analysis

Primary (field) & secondary (existing or derived) data, establish baselines & gaps, and develop statistical models & management tools to understand environmental changes

  • Acquiring data through scuba, ships, fixed-wing aircraft, ROVs, AUVs, drones, & emerging satellite data streams
  • Data acquisition, validation, & developing management systems & access tools
  • Geospatial, statistical, and data analysis,
  • User tools, software & web development
Program, Business & Financial Management Support

From project planning, staffing, budgeting, and monitoring, to internal and external communication of progress, applications, outcomes.

  • Communication, Outreach, Engagement
  • Facilitation
  • Fellowship program support
  • Grant management & coordination
  • Graphic design
  • Instructional Design, training development & delivery Project planning, coordination, & management