SERCUL’s ecological monitoring and research team are focused on achieving client and ecosystem needs by using a collaborative and practical approach.

Our goal is to provide information relevant to our clients needs and in a format that can be used to implement on-ground actions. This includes providing a range of services including advice on site and parameter selection, sampling program design, field observations, photographs, data management, reporting and recommendations on management. We also ensure we have relevant permits to conduct our work.

It is also possible to combine these programs. For example, by combining water quality assessments with freshwater macroinvertebrate and riparian zone floristic assessments will assist an organisation to better understand their wetlands and therefore better plan whole ecosystem protection. 

Australia’s climate is changing.
Wetlands and the flora and fauna that rely on these are therefore increasingly threatened. Permanent wetlands are becoming seasonal and seasonal wetlands are becoming ephemeral. Sea level rises, more fires, less rain, warmer climates, drier lands, urban and industrial development are all affecting the ability of wetlands to maintain natural ecological functioning.

Our ecological and landcare team work to assist organisations to plan and maintain surface and groundwater quality so that wetland ecosystems can continue to function, and environmental values can be protected. When undertaking these projects, we also consider the social surroundings and human health objectives and how these can link with, support and maintain healthy wetlands. Such collaborative approaches therefore align with federal, state and local government environmental and social sustainability plans and are able to support groups and organisations wishing to learn about and protect these wetlands.

Below lists the main services we provide when assessing water ecosystems.
Each service can include data only, a summary report or a full report including data analysis and recommendations.

Australia’s climate is changing.
Australia’s climate is changing alongside increasing agricultural and urban development. Unstainable grazing, insect attacks, diseases, weeds, pests, rising water tables, salinity, fires, firewood gathering and neglect are all factors negatively affecting native vegetation. Forests are becoming woodlands, woodlands shrublands, shrublands heathlands, heathlands grasslands and grasslands deserts. The subsequent rapid loss of native vegetation and the changes to their ecosystems is also the main cause of further land degradation, salinity, declining water quality as well as loss of Australia’s rich diversity of flora and fauna.

Our ecological and landcare team work to assist organisations plan and maintain the natural quality of terrestrial ecosystems such as urban bushlands so that these ecosystems can continue to function, and environmental values can be protected. These projects can be linked with wetland monitoring assessments to provide whole ecosystem assessments. When undertaking these projects, we also consider the social surroundings and human health objectives and how these can link with, support and maintain healthy wetlands. Such collaborative approaches therefore align with federal, state and local government environmental and social sustainability plans and are able to support groups and organisations wishing to learn about and protect these ecosystems.

Below lists the main services we provide when assessing terrestrial ecosystems. Each service can include data only, a summary report or a full report including data analysis and recommendations.