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Emu Limited

Marine Survey International

Marine Survey International provides Emu Ltd with a highly effective data aquisition and analysis capability.

Emu Oceanography

  • Long and Short-Term Equipment Deployment, Servicing, and Maintenance
  • Met-Ocean Data Acquisition and Telemetry
  • Sediment and Water Tracer Dispersion Studies
  • Seabed Sediment Sampling
  • Bespoke Software Development and Implementation
  • Data Processing, Presenting and Reporting
  • Measurement of waves
  • Measurement of tides
  • Measurement of currents
  • Measurement of suspended sediment concentrations
  • Measurement of turbidity
  • Sediment tracing

Laboratories

Marine and Estuarine Benthic Taxonomy

  • Macrobenthic identification
  • Epifaunal identification
  • Macroalgal identification
  • Biomass determination
  • Overseas fauna

Sediment Testing (UKAS accredited)

  • Particle size analysis (BS1377:1994 Parts 2 and 3)
  • Laser Diffraction (Particle size analysis 0.3um – 200 um)
  • Organic content/loss on ignition
  • Suspended solids
  • Dry Solid Content
  • Sediment chemistry – organics and metals
  • Biological filter bed aggregate testing (Sodium sulphate soundness test BS1438:2004 and neutron probe analysis)
  • Fluorescent sediment tracer particle counting

Microbiological Testing (UKAS accredited)

Water Chemistry

  • Sanitary analysis – BOD, COD suspended solids
  • Physico-chemistry analysis
  • Nutrients
  • Metals
  • Organics
  • In situ measurements
  • Sampling/survey

Ecology

  • Benthic grabbing surveys (macrofauna and particle size sampling)
  • Dredge sampling
  • 2m scientific beam trawl surveys
  • Drop down and towed video surveys
  • NEW zero visibility camera system
  • Rocky shore surveying
  • Sedimentary shore surveying
  • Sediment contaminants sampling
  • Scientific diving surveys
  • Commercial fisheries observational surveys
  • Ground truthing of sidescan sonar surveys

Hydrography

  • Hydrographic surveys
  • Sidescan Sonar Surveys
  • Sub-bottom profiling/shallow seismic surveys
  • Magnetometer and gradiometer surveys
  • Topographic surveys
  • Nearshore geotechnical studies
  • ROV inspections