Taxonomy Laboratory Services

 

Why Choose EcoAnalysts?

Welcome to North America’s largest and most comprehensive taxonomic services laboratory! EcoAnalysts stands out among taxonomy labs in many ways. Here are a just a few:

  1. Industry-leading taxonomic experts across all taxonomic groups and habitats (freshwater, estuarine, marine, terrestrial). Now you can hire one taxonomy laboratory for all your taxonomy identification services.

  2. A high-capacity laboratory, with quicker turn times than most providers.

  3. Experience in every state, province, and internationally in several countries and oceans.

  4. With our Society of Freshwater Scientists (SFS) Certified Taxonomists, rigorous QC procedures, and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) system, EcoAnalysts’ taxonomy laboratory is highly respected by many state, provincial, and federal regulatory agencies.

EcoAnalysts provides taxonomic identification of marine, estuarine and freshwater organisms from around the world. Here is a list of taxonomy services we provide:

Identification of freshwater and marine benthic macroinvertebrates, periphyton, phytoplankton, zooplankton, larval fish (ichthyoplankton), fish, and fish diet analysis.

  • Periphyton identification (diatoms and soft algae)

  • Phytoplankton identification (diatoms and soft algae)

  • Macroalgae identification

  • Zooplankton identification (rotifers and microcrustaceans)

  • Benthic macroinvertebrate identification

  • Benthic infauna, epifauna, meiofauna identification

  • Ichthyoplankton identification (fish eggs and larvae)

  • Fish identification (juvenile and adult fishes)

  • Fish diet analysis

  • Terrestrial invertebrates; riparian invertebrates; forest and agricultural pest identification

  • Mosquito identification

  • Biomass: wet weight, dry weight, ash-free dry mass, length-weight regressions

  • Chlorophyll a,b,c, and pheophytin corrections (Spectrophotometry-EPA 446.0, Fluorescence-EPA 445.0)

  • Phycocyanin analysis

SFS Certified Taxonomists

EcoAnalysts’ taxonomists are certified by Society for Freshwater Science (SFS, formerly North American Benthological Society) in one or more taxonomic groups through the Taxonomic Certification Program. The SFS Taxonomic Certification Committee considers successful completion of the certification tests to be an objective reflection of the capability of an individual to perform accurate and precise taxonomic identifications within the taxa groups for which they are certified. https://stroudcenter.org/sfstcp/

Bioassessment and Ecological Consulting Services

Going beyond analyzing taxonomy samples, our staff can assist you with:

  • Study design

  • Sampling plan preparation

  • Ecological field sampling services

  • Analysis and interpretation of ecological/environmental data sets; report writing; peer-reviewed publications