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Sonde Maintenance

The current temperature of the water, around 15 ºC, allows the organisms to grow faster and they do so on any exposed surface as our sensors. Sonde maintenance has to be carried out fortnightly at …
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Collection of Samplers in Donegal

Following the deployment of Passive Samplers in Donegal that took place in the middle of May (for +info go to …
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MESTECH Summer Bulletin is here!

MESTECH Summer Bulletin available now at only one click:  MESTECH Summer Bulletin Enjoy it!   …
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Deployment of Hydrolab DS5X Multiparameter Sonde

MESTECH has recently increased the spectrum of water quality sensors used for long-term deployments in their SmartBay Dublin Project. Last 17th of June, a Hydrolab DS5X Multiparameter Sonde, supplied …
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Sonde Maintenance in Poolbeg Marina

Last 4th June was time for maintenance of the YSI 6600 Multiparameter Sonde we currently have sending live data from Poolbeg Marina, in the estuary of the Liffey River. After the cold months where not …
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Passive Sampling: Deployment and collection of samplers in Donegal & Dublin.

May was a busy month for the ‘Passive Sampling’ Project in terms of fieldwork. Denis Crawley (MI), Dr Lisa Jones (DCU) and Jaime Moreno (DCU) visited Donegal on the 13th and 14th May in order to …
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Deployment in Poolbeg Marina

We are happy to report that we have resumed the long-term deployment project of a multiparameter sonde in one of our favourite places in SmartBay Dublin. We are talking about Poolbeg Marina, in the …
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SETAC 2015

        Last week, May 3-7th, Dr. Lisa Jones, Water Institute, DCU, attended SETAC Barcelona. Lisa presented an oral presentation on ‘Passive sampling as a screening tool in Ireland for new …
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“Method Validation and Quality Control” Course.

In April, (27-29th), Dr. Lisa Jones, Water Institute, DCU, attended a COST training school at the university Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. Title of the Course: “Method Validation and Quality …
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“The Atlantic – Our Shared Resource. Making the Vision Reality”. Presentations now online.

‘The Atlantic – Our Shared Resource. Making the Vision Reality’, attended by Fiona Regan from MESTECH, took place on April 16 – 17, 2015 at Palais D’Egmont Brussels. Presentations, …
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