Ecological Associates Inc.

Ecological Associates, Inc. (EAI) is a small, multi-disciplinary environmental consulting firm located in Jensen Beach, Florida. Its principal officers and scientists, Robert G. Ernest and R. Erik Martin, have nearly 70 years of combined professional experience. Both hold degrees in biology and have worked extensively in Florida's marine, estuarine, and coastal ecosystems. EAI specializes in the following service sectors: endangered species monitoring and management; protected species observers; environmental assessments and impact studies; environmental resource permitting; wetlands delineation and management; habitat conservation planning; water quality monitoring; biological and ecological studies; fisheries investigations; benthic macroinvertebrate taxonomy and community analysis; sediment analyses; ichthyoplankton taxonomy; power plant 316(a) and 316(b) studies; seagrass monitoring and mapping; shorebird monitoring, and in-water and nesting beach sea turtle monitoring and conservation. EAI scientis