Lab Coastal, consultants in Ecological Research

   LAB Coastal - Consultants in Ecological Research for Integrated Land Management

 left to right: Nymphaea alba (White Water-lilies) growing in a Fenland river; Island of Taransay, part of the Western Isles; Dunlin searching for food on beach in north Lewis; Dactylorhiza praetermissa (Southern Marsh-orchid) Holkham dunes, Norfolk;Grass-covered flood bank along Reach Lode, Cambridgeshire

Clients
Laurence Boorman
John Hazelden

LAB Coastal,
The Maylands,
Back Lane, Holywell,
St Ives, Cambs
PE27 4TQ

Our Clients

LAB Coastal has a large and varied client base including

Role of vegetation in stabilising flood bank, river Great OuseEnvironment Agency

  • Project - Bank Vegetation Management Trials

Commission of the European Communities

  • Director General for XII Science, Research and Development


ELOISE Project EUROSAM

  • European Salt Marsh Modelling. Contract ENV4-CT-97-0436. L A B Coastal is a full Partner. Six groups are involved from four countries (for details see 1999 Annual Report pps 22-23). The Final Report has been submitted and scientific papers are being published.

ELOISE Project ISLED

  • Controls of tidal mesocosm with adjustable tidal regimesInfluence of Rising Sea level on Ecosystem Dynamics of Salt Marshes. Contract ENV4-CT-97-0582. L A B Coastal is working under contract from Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, Yerseke to L A B Coastal. Eight groups are involved from six different countries (for details see 1999 Annual Report pps 22-23). Following completion of the final report papers are being published.

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

  • (Salt Marsh Review). Details in Annual Report

Postord Haskoning/Environment Agency

  • Role of vegetation in controlling bank erosion - setting up project and baseline studies. Details in Annual Report

Regenerating dune vegetation cover at Seilebost, Isle of HarrisMinistry of Defence (Defence Estates)

  • LAB Coastal is an independent Assessor for Braunton Burrows - Sand Dune experimental grazing management. Work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2003.

Mackley Construction - Environmental and Civil Engineering Contractors

  • Regional Estuarial Outfall improvements - Bosham, West Sussex (restoration of salt marsh vegetation). Work completed December 1998

 

    © 2003 LAB Coastal
L A B Coastal - The Maylands, Back Lane, Holywell, St. Ives, CAMBS, PE27 4TQ, England, Laurence A Boorman, MA DPhil (Oxon)
Tel / Fax: 01480 468068 - Mobile: 07767 261704 - Email:
laurieb@labcoastal.co.uk