Assessing the Biological Health of Freshwater Ecosystems

San Marino Environmental Associates has used ABA for many years and has found them to produce high-quality, accurate work in a timely manner at reasonable prices.

Aquatic Biology Associates has performed our taxonomic analysis for the City of Seattle for the past 16 years. I have been very pleased with the high quality of both work and technical assistance. Bob Wisseman has always been willing to explain various aspects of the process, from the best way to preserve and ship the samples to the interpretation of the results. Our samples tend to be different from other areas’ samples since the sample sites are highly urbanized, but that has never been a problem for this lab. I’ve always felt that ABA was willing to go the extra distance to make sure the City got the maximum value out of their biological sampling efforts.

The personable and knowledgeable staff at ABA, Inc., combined with high-quality results and transparent interpretation, make returning to ABA year after year with our macroinvertebrate samples an easy choice.

Part of the abandoned mine site cleanup process requires benthic macroinvertebrate enumeration to assess potential impacts from former mining activities. This process requires a high-quality laboratory with extensive experience in identifying species in various Pacific Northwest montane stream ecosystems. Aquatic Biology Associates, Inc. has provided us with the requisite high-quality service at reasonable prices. Mr. Wisseman is exceptionally knowledgeable and always provides personal attention to assist us with site-specific abandoned mine cleanup options. Thank you, Mr. Wisseman. I look forward to working with ABA on future mine cleanup projects.

Dr. Wevers benefits ABA clients through a rare combination of scientific expertise and project management experience. I have long been impressed by her acumen in both lab and field settings and her capacity to bring value at all phases of planning, implementing, and reporting for fisheries and macro-invertebrate projects. She is a highly skilled communicator and accomplished in coordinating, managing, and collaborating with diverse groups of people, including scientific colleagues, technical professionals, graduate students, and resource managers.

We were very happy with the work ABA did for us. Their skill with the identification of invertebrates from a variety of sources is hard to match. They worked hard to meet our deadlines, provided results that were clear and easy to use, and helped us reorganize the results to ease interpretation for us.