Our Services

LEB Aquatic delivers scientific and analytical aquatic services to clients across government, industry, conservation authorities, and academic research sectors. Our services include:



SURVEYS and MONITORING

• Aquatic biota surveys of lower food web (phytoplankton, periphyton, zooplankton, macroinvertebrates)
• Water quality and sediment sampling and analysis
• Multiparameter sondes and data loggers (temperature, DO, turbidity, conductivity)
• Physical measurements and interpretation (thermocline, photic zone)  
• Flow monitoring (rating curve development, discharge cleaning and gap filling)
• Contaminant loadings

STUDY DESIGN and INTERPRETATION

• Experimental and mensurative studies
• Categorical and quantitative data
• Sample size, power, effect size analysis

DATA ANALYTICS

• Consolidate information from databases
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping and spatial statistics 
• Scripting using R programming, R markdown
• QAQC and cleaning of complex data sets
• Data summaries, frequencies of occurrence, visualization and advanced statistical analyses 
• Community metrics (diversity, size-based indicators, biomass, abundance)

PRESENTATIONS and REPORTS

• Presenting complex data and findings to non-technical audiences
• Communicating science to policy advisors
• Literature review of primary research, reviews, and grey literature
• Synthesize complex knowledge into guidance and plain language summaries 
• Writing technical reports and peer-reviewed journal articles