MacLean Marine Identifiers

Fiona MacLean (Director of MacLean Marine Identifiers) Logo

Invertebrate Taxonomy Services

  Services

  • Invertebrate sampling and identification following national standards

  • Assisting field collection

  • Biological monitoring

  • Polychaete identification

  • Mollusc identification

  • Crustacean identification

  • Ecological interactions

  • Invertebrate reference voucher collection

  • Microscope photography

  • Statistical analysis of benthic macrofauna data

  • Protocol for the identification of Benthic Estuarine and Marine Macroinvertebrates: A guide for parataxonomists

  • Quality Assurance (QA) of macroinvertebrate identification

Process

1

Samples of substrate (mud, sand and shell) are collected in the field and preserved.

Samples are sieved in a lab preparation wash area and the fauna separated and identified.

2

3

Taxa are recorded for monitoring reports. 

4

Quality Assurance as required.

Principles

  • Highest standards of taxonomic work

  • Results on time and on budget

  • Clear communication

  • Unparalleled accuracy

  • Industry leading parataxonomy

Richard Griffiths from Northland Regional Council has shared a photo of Ruakaka Estuary, a sample site

Ruakaka Estuary

Collecting samples from Otaika Estuary for identification via invertebrate taxonomy

 Otaika Estuary

Photo credit: Richard Griffiths, Northland Regional Council