AquaTax Consulting

Taking the "Bugs" out of Benthos

AquaTax Consulting is a Saskatchewan based environmental consulting business owned and operated by Dale Parker, Ph.D., proprietor. The focus of the business is on providing services to clients related to the taxonomy of aquatic macroinvertebrates. Established in 1992, AquaTax Consulting has successfully completed contracts for many groups and agencies throughout central and western Canada including the Northwest Territories. AquaTax Consulting strives to provide its clients with quality and accurate taxonomic, ecological and sampling advice for their development assessment and academic aquatic research.

Mission Statement:

Beyond providing the best possible services to clients that I can, I believe it is important to be active in research to further our knowledge of the aquatic environment, particularly as it pertains to Saskatchewan. To this end when I am not under contractual obligations I have initiated a number of research projects related to the biodiversity and biogeography of Saskatchewan aquatic insects. I feel it is also important for the general public to be provided with resources to better understand the natural environment of the province. To do this I developed, and continue to expand, the "Saskatchewan Aquatic Macroinvertebrates and Fish Pages" which provides information regarding the aquatic environment of Saskatchewan as well as easy to use picture guides and taxonomic keys to the orders and families of aquatic macroinvertebrates in Saskatchewan. Plus I fund and continue to develop the "Saskatchewan Macroinvertebrate Database " which provides detailed information on the biology and Saskatchewan distributions of most of the aquatic macroinvertebrate fauna found in the province.

Dale Parker, AquaTax Consulting, 2009