Freshwater Ecologists
Environmental Impact Assessments Limited is a niche environmental consultancy specialising in:
- freshwater quality
- data analysis
- environmental impact assessments
- resource consent advice
- wetland delineations
- vegetation assessments
- stream ecology valuations
- fish translocations and monitoring
- pest animal and plant monitoring
Brett Stansfield - Director (PG Dip Sci, MSc Hons)
Environmental Scientist with 29 years experience
Guest lecturer for Auckland University of Technology
Extensive experience in monitoring and technical reporting of rivers lakes wetlands and coastal environments
Electric fishing certified
Expert witness for environment court and regional council hearings
New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society member
Water New Zealand member
15 years experience as an environmental scientist for two regional councils
Extensive experience in statistical analysis and reporting of water quality data.
Certified independent hearings commissioner
Responsible for external client management
Dr Peter Edwards MSc (Hons) Marine Science, PHD
Proficient in Te Reo Maori
Freshwater and marine taxonomy
Relationship building with external and internal stakeholders and local Iwi
Underwater survey experience (Mayor Island Marine Reserve, Te Whanganui-AHei Marine Reserve, environments Mercury Islands)
Freshwater lakes, streams and invertebrate surveys (Rotorua lakes district, Tauranga, Katikati)
Estuary survey and sample collection
Internal & external audit, compliance monitoring
Extensive laboratory experience
Tom Walker PG Cert Plan, MSc(Hons)
12 years consulting experience
Assessment of environmental effects reporting
Ecological management plans
Biodiversity offsetting
Fish pass assessments and relocations
Electric fishing certified
Water quality assessments
Wetland and vegetation surveys
Ecological restoration plans
Animal and plant pest control plans
Environmental policy and planning
Terrestrial and freshwater ecology expertise
Covenant management
Dr. Rob Lewis MSc (Hons) Marine Biology, PHD Molecular Biology
Rob is a marine and freshwater macroinvertebrate taxonomist. Rob also has extensive experience in molecular biology. Rob is our R code guru which enables us to produce very informative graphics for our reporting. Rob also is also a whizz at:
Genetic sequencing, metabar coding and population connectivity
Data analysis , statistics and graphical data presentation
Field community surveys
Molecular biology laboratory methods
eDNA sampling and interpretation
R coding
Water quality and ecology surveys
Chloe Collins B.Adv Sci (Hons)
Chloe Collins is our senior technician EIA, she takes care of everything regarding macroinvertebrate and periphyton taxonomy. Chloe also undertakes stream water quality and ecology surveys throughout the region. She is our go to for:
macroinvertebrate and periphyton taxonomy
Petriflim E.coli analyses
Inter laboratory Quality Assurance
Data entry and database management
Water quality surveys
Stream ecological valuation and permanence surveys
Erosion planting plans
Kanchan Waghela MSc (Hons)
Kanchan Waghela is our laboratory supervisor, she takes care of laboratory processes and staff training. Kanchan is our go to for data reporting, quality assurance and is also a qualified environmental educator. Kanchan has trained as an environmental botanist.
Kartik Bhat, PG Dip Env Man, MSc (Hons)
Kartik holds an MSc (Hons) in Environmental Science and a post graduate diploma in Environmental Management. Kartik has extensive experience in environmental auditing and consent and compliance monitoring. Kartik's duties include:
Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Taxonomy
Technical Reporting
Survey Design
QGIS Mapping
Staitistical Analyses
Stakeholder relationships advisor
Our Associates
There is no job too big or too small for EIA. We work with a number of specialists and associates.
LUKE GOWING
Ecologist/Resource Management Specialist
- Preparation of Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) and other environmental documentation
- Evidence presentation at Council hearings & Environment Court.
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Analysis and interpretation of biological communities and water chemistry data
- Freshwater surveys- SEV, MCI, habitat assessment, fish surveys
- Marine ecological surveys
Email: lgowing@argoenv.com
Web: www.argoenv.com
Dr. Christopher A. Dada
- Dr. Christopher A Dada Environmental Health Microbiologist/Data Specialist
- Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA)
- Data visualisation, predictive modelling
- R, SAS, Python, Tableau
Get in Touch
If you need resource consent advice for anything surrounding water quality, freshwater ecology, aquatic ecosystems, riparian vegetation, stream gaugings, stream depletion or freshwater biodiversity then please get in touch.
