Assessing the Biological Health of Freshwater Ecosystems

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.

I’ve worked with Mary Jo Wevers at ABA for over 25 years. Throughout that time, ABA has provided excellent service and timely processing of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples while I was a manager of the biomonitoring section for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and for work I’ve performed as an independent consultant. Mary Jo and ABA have been a pleasure to work with and continue to provide excellent service and results.

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.

As a small volunteer group, the Cloud Peak Chapter of Wilderness Watch is especially grateful for the helpful, professional attitude of Aquatic Biology Associates. At the startup of our multi-year project, we needed detailed help in many ways, and ABA got us through all the steps from A to Z. ABA’s excellent reputation in the field of macroinvertebrate analysis also ensured acceptance of our data.

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.

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.