Marine and Aquaculture

Water quality, environmental monitoring and telemetry for marine and aquaculture applications

Marine and aquaculture monitoring is a growing area for Flux Enviro, building on our established capabilities in water quality instrumentation, environmental monitoring, telemetry and monitoring system design.

Our offering ranges from water sampling and handheld water-quality instruments through to multiparameter profiling, continuous monitoring and remotely accessible monitoring stations. Equipment is available for purchase or rental, supporting routine site measurements, individual surveys, research programmes and permanent installations.

Marine environments present particular measurement challenges, including salinity, biofouling, changing water depth, currents, difficult access and exposed deployment locations. Equipment and deployment methods therefore need to be selected around both the required data and the conditions in which measurements will be made.

Water Sampling & Field Measurement

Routine sampling and field measurements remain fundamental to aquaculture operations, environmental assessment and marine research.

Flux Enviro supplies equipment for:

• Surface and depth-specific water sampling

• Handheld water-quality measurement

• Dissolved oxygen and temperature measurement

• Conductivity and salinity measurement

• pH and ORP

• Turbidity measurement

• Multiparameter field measurements

• Sampling and survey accessories

Portable instrumentation allows measurements to be collected rapidly across multiple locations, making it suitable for routine aquaculture checks, environmental surveys, verification and investigative monitoring.

Water Quality Monitoring

Water quality is central to many marine and aquaculture applications. Measurements may range from a single dissolved oxygen reading through to high-resolution profiling or continuously deployed multiparameter instrumentation.

Flux Enviro supplies and supports YSI water-quality instrumentation, including ProDSS and ProSolo handheld systems and EXO multiparameter sondes.

Available measurements include:

• Dissolved oxygen

• Temperature

• Conductivity and salinity

• pH and ORP

• Turbidity

• Chlorophyll

• Blue-green algae

• FDOM

• Depth

• Selected additional parameters

For longer-term deployments, successful monitoring requires more than instrument selection. Biofouling, sensor cleaning, mounting, power, communications, site access and maintenance intervals all influence data quality and system reliability.

Aquaculture Monitoring

Reliable water-quality information can support both routine aquaculture management and investigation of changing environmental conditions.

Handheld or continuously deployed instrumentation can be used to monitor dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, pH, turbidity, chlorophyll and other relevant parameters, depending on the application.

Continuous measurements provide additional insight where conditions can change rapidly, allowing operators and researchers to identify diurnal variation, seasonal trends and short-duration water-quality events that may not be apparent from periodic measurements alone.

Where required, monitoring stations can incorporate remote data access and configurable alarms to provide greater visibility of conditions at individual or multiple sites.

Coastal, Estuarine & Research Monitoring

Flux Enviro supports consultants, universities and research organisations undertaking marine, coastal and aquatic investigations.

Equipment and monitoring systems can support:

• Coastal and estuarine monitoring

• Water-column profiling

• Baseline and impact assessment

• Aquaculture research

• Water-quality surveys

• Current and environmental studies

• Long-term environmental datasets

• Multi-site research programmes

Equipment can be supplied for individual surveys or assembled into longer-term monitoring systems depending on the objectives of the project.

Early engagement allows the required parameters, measurement method, deployment environment, monitoring frequency and intended outputs to be considered before equipment is selected.

Remote Monitoring & Telemetry

For permanent or difficult-to-access locations, telemetry can provide continuous visibility of environmental conditions without relying on routine site visits for data collection.

Remote monitoring can provide:

• Automated data collection and transmission

• Cloud-based access to current and historical data

• Configurable alarms and notifications

• Reduced routine site attendance

• Identification of short-duration environmental events

• Multi-site monitoring from a common platform

Water quality, meteorological and other environmental measurements can be integrated, allowing data from multiple sensors and locations to be accessed through a single data portal.

Systems can incorporate cellular communications, solar or battery power and configurable logging and transmission intervals.

Equipment Rental

Marine and environmental surveys frequently require specialist instrumentation for relatively short periods. Rental provides access to professional, calibrated equipment for individual surveys, research projects or additional monitoring capacity without requiring investment in equipment that may only be used periodically.

Rental equipment is available for applications including water-quality measurement, multiparameter profiling, sampling and other marine environmental investigations.