Assessing the Biological Health of Freshwater Ecosystems

I found ABA, Inc. very easy to deal with, competent, and reasonably priced. They were very flexible in terms of inputting our data into a web-based database, which they had not done before. They have been very accessible for help and advice through either the phone or email.

Mary Jo began acquiring her knowledge and experience of Pacific Northwest watersheds and streams at the Oak Creek Laboratory of Biology as a graduate student and project supervisor. During this time, Mary Jo conducted her own research, supervised and assisted other graduate students, and managed undergraduates working in the field and laboratory on stream toxicology and watershed classification projects. She has extensive experience managing complex projects, tracking them, and paying attention to details while maintaining high standards.

I have been very pleased with the quality of work and customer service provided by Aquatic Biology Associates, Inc. My stream food-web studies have included benthic invertebrates, fish diets, and terrestrial invertebrate infall, and they have the expertise to handle all of types of samples. I have been very satisfied with the accuracy and timeliness of the data, and it has been extremely helpful to me to be able to talk directly to the person who has identified the samples when I have had questions or additional requests during the course of an ongoing project. Their high quality of work and customer support at reasonable prices provide excellent value.

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.

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.

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.