SERVICES
Henderson Ecology offers a wide range of services focusing on the representation of aquatic biota from lakes, rivers and streams. Covering both contemporary and historical time scales we provide high quality scientific data to explore aquatic ecosystem change and evaluate a sites ecological status.
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Providing both seasonal monitoring and one off sample analysis of freshwater phytoplankton from lakes and rivers. Henderson Ecology uses inverted microscopy to identify, enumerate and calculate phytoplankton biovolumes and species composition.
We analyse the macro-remains of aquatic plants (seeds, leaves, spines) and animals (molluscs, invertebrates and fish) preserved in lake sediment cores. These can be used to establish past aquatic plant communities and aid ecological restoration targets.
Experts in diatom taxonomy and analysis, Henderson Ecology can provide diatom analysis for contemporary monitoring projects to assess river and lake water quality under the EU Water framework directive.
We analyse the preserved remains of diatoms in lake sediment cores and use them to infer past environmental conditions and establish lake reference conditions.
Cladocera (water fleas) remains extracted from the sediment record can be used to infer past lake nutrient conditions or changes in lake habitat. Reconstruction of past cladocera communities can help establish lake reference conditions and inform restoration initiatives.