Afzelia in association with independent subcontractors offers the following aquatic ecological/biodiversity services:
Bio monitoring and Water Quality Studies
- Habitat Assessment Indices (IHAS) (HCR) (IHIA) (HAI)
- Aquatic macro-invertebrates (SASS5 and MIRAI)
- Instream flow requirements
- Fish Assemblage Integrity Index (FAII and FRAI)
- Fish and / or macro invertebrate population assessments
- Fish telemetry and tracking studies
- Riparian Vegetation Integrity (RVI and VEGRAI)
- Geomorphologic stability – Geomorphologic index (GAI)
- Bioaccumulation studies
- Spill impact assessments
- Direct Estimation of Ecological Effect Potential (DEEEP) assessments
- Aquaculture projects
- Annual Water monitoring reports for DAFF & DME
- Reserve determination studies
Toxicological Analyses
- Screening Tests
- Definitive Tests
- Chronic Tests
Commonly Used Test Organisms
- Daphnia toxicity tests
- Guppy toxicity tests
- Vibrio fisherri bacterial bio-luminescence test
- Algal growth potential test
- Weaver human cell toxicity test
Wetland Management
- Wetland Mammal Assessment - Aonyx capensis, Atilax paludinosus, Chrysopalax villosus, Dasymys incomtus, Lutra maculicollis, Itomys angoniensis (Otomys angoniensis), and Otomys irroratus;
- Wetland Invertebrate Assessment - Metisella meninx
- Herpetological assessment for available and a sustainable habitat for Pyxicephalus adspersus (Giant Bullfrog)