Ecological Associates, Inc. (EAI) is a multi-disciplinary environmental consulting firm headquartered in Jensen Beach, Florida. 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 scientists and associates have extensive experience providing environmental services in support of the following types of projects: beach nourishment; coastal construction; inlet, harbor and channel dredging; power plant and other industrial operations; dock permitting; land planning and development; and utility corridor selection. EAI staff includes specialists in the following areas: biology, ecology, terrestrial flora and fauna, reptiles, birds, environmental permitting, protected species management, wetlands management and mitigation, vegetative restoration, coastal ecosystems, sea turtles, submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), corals, benthic macroinvertebrates, and marine mammals.