Dr. Eimear Cotter:

The Teagasc agriculture catchments programme covers a smaller area. Measurements are taken every ten minutes. It takes highly frequent measurements over a much smaller area compared to the EPA. The comparison is interesting just to see the difference in what we are talking about. It covers a set area and takes measurements every ten minutes, whereas our measurements in the Timoleague area are over a land mass which is larger by a factor of ten. We take those measurements 12 times a year in terms of the nutrients along the river and in the estuary, and once every three years in terms of the biology.