Seeing through the murk: how freshwater housing camera systems can improve benthic surveys in low-visibility marine environments
Marine biodiversity surveys in shallow coastal and estuarine environments are notoriously difficult when waters are turbid. Suspended sediments, organic matter, and hydrodynamic disturbance reduce visibility, hampering visual surveys. These conditions are prevalent in much of the North Sea, Irish Sea, and wider North-East Atlantic – especially between September and March, when sea conditions are more […]
New HVO facilities provide lower-carbon option for OE clients
Marine survey vessels and road vehicles operated by Ocean Ecology will use Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as the preferred fuel option after the company invested in fuel bunkering and transfer facilities at the vessels’ base in Gloucester. A second HVO facility is being fitted at the company’s facilities in Plymouth. The decision to make the […]