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Overview

Gérard Gruau is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to soil and water nutrient dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, marine and coastal ecosystems, and aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics.

The scientist's work often intersects with phosphorus and nutrient management as well as groundwater and isotope geochemistry. Additionally, their studies cover water quality and pollution assessment, reflecting a broad engagement with environmental chemistry, water science and technology, oceanography, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and geochemistry and petrology.

Among the venues where Gérard Gruau has published are:

  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience (3 publications)
  • Water Resources Research (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science (1 publication)
  • Journal of Environmental Quality (1 publication)
  • Landscape Ecology (1 publication)

Their recent papers include:

  • "Predicting Nutrient Incontinence in the Anthropocene at Watershed Scales," 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Evidence of colloids as important phosphorus carriers in natural soil and stream waters in an agricultural catchment," 2020, Journal of Environmental Quality
  • "The influence of landscape spatial configuration on nitrogen and phosphorus exports in agricultural catchments," 2021, Landscape Ecology
  • "Multitemporal Relationships Between the Hydroclimate and Exports of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus in a Small Agricultural Watershed," 2020, Water Resources Research
  • "River network alteration of C-N-P dynamics in a mesoscale agricultural catchment," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gérard Gruau include Rémi Dupas, Sen Gu, Antoine Casquin, Ophélie Fovet, and Laurent Jeanneau. These collaborations indicate an active engagement in interdisciplinary research networks.

The main fields of study represented in their work are Environmental Science with 31 publications and Earth and Planetary Sciences with 9 publications. Their subfields emphasize environmental chemistry with 15 publications and water science and technology with 9 publications, among others.

Gérard Gruau's research contributions provide insight into nutrient cycling and water quality dynamics at watershed scales, addressing challenges related to ecological sustainability and environmental management.

Best Publications

  • The distribution of rare earth elements in groundwaters: assessing the role of source-rock composition, redox changes and colloidal particles

    Aline Dia;Aline Dia;Gérard Gruau;Gwenaelle Olivié-Lauquet;Christine Riou

  • Increasing pH drives organic matter solubilization from wetland soils under reducing conditions

    Malagorzata Grybos;Mélanie Davranche;Gérard Gruau;Patrice Petitjean

  • Is trace metal release in wetland soils controlled by organic matter mobility or Fe-oxyhydroxides reduction?

    Malagorzata Grybos;Mélanie Davranche;Gérard Gruau;Patrice Petitjean

  • Rare earth elements complexation with humic acid

    Olivier Pourret;Mélanie Davranche;Gérard Gruau;Aline Dia

  • Komatiites of the Onverwacht Group, S. Africa: REE geochemistry, Sm/Nd age and mantle evolution

    Bor-ming Jahn;G. Gruau;A. Y. Glikson

  • OZCAR: The French Network of Critical Zone Observatories

    J. Gaillardet;I. Braud;F. Hankard;S. Anquetin

  • The influence of alteration on the trace-element and Nd isotopic compositions of komatiites

    Yann Lahaye;Nicholas Arndt;Gary Byerly;Catherine Chauvel

  • Adsorption of REE(III)-humate complexes onto MnO2 : Experimental evidence for cerium anomaly and lanthanide tetrad effect suppression

    Mélanie Davranche;Olivier Pourret;Gérard Gruau;Aline Dia

  • Release of trace elements in wetlands: role of seasonal variability.

    Gwenaelle Olivie-Lauquet;Gerard Gruau;Aline Dia;Christine Riou

  • Insights into colloid-mediated trace element release at the soil/water interface

    Mathieu Pédrot;Aline Dia;Mélanie Davranche;Martine Bouhnik-Le Coz

  • RbSr and 40Ar39Ar laser probe dating of high-pressure phengites from the Sesia zone (Western Alps): underscoring of excess argon and new age constraints on the high-pressure metamorphism

    Gilles Ruffet;Gérard Gruau;Michel Ballèvre;Gilbert Féraud

  • Unexpected spatial stability of water chemistry in headwater stream networks.

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;Gérard Gruau;Jay P. Zarnetske;Florentina Moatar

  • Resetting of SmNd systematics during metamorphism of > 3.7-Ga rocks: implications for isotopic models of early Earth differentiation

    G. Gruau;M. Rosing;D. Bridgwater;R.C.O. Gill

  • Role of water table dynamics on stream nitrate export and concentration. in agricultural headwater catchment (France)

    Jérôme Molenat;Chantal Gascuel-Odoux;Laurent Ruiz;Gérard Gruau

  • Controls on the distribution of rare earth elements in shallow groundwaters.

    G Gérard Gruau;Aline Dia;Gwenaelle Olivié-Lauquet;Mélanie Davranche

  • New insights into cerium anomalies in organic-rich alkaline waters

    Olivier Pourret;Mélanie Davranche;Gérard Gruau;Aline Dia

  • Impact of humate complexation on the adsorption of REE onto Fe oxyhydroxide

    Mélanie Davranche;Olivier Pourret;Gérard Gruau;Aline Dia

  • Competition between humic acid and carbonates for rare earth elements complexation

    Olivier Pourret;Mélanie Davranche;Gérard Gruau;Aline Dia

  • A Compilation of Silicon and Thirty One Trace Elements Measured in the Natural River Water Reference Material SLRS-4 (NRC-CNRC)

    Delphine Yeghicheyan;Jean Carignan;Michel Valladon;Martine Bouhnik Le Coz

  • Rare earth element patterns: A tool for identifying trace metal sources during wetland soil reduction

    Mélanie Davranche;Malagorzata Grybos;Gérard Gruau;Mathieu Pédrot

  • Competitive binding of REE to humic acid and manganese oxide: Impact of reaction kinetics on development of cerium anomaly and REE adsorption

    Mélanie Davranche;Olivier Pourret;Gérard Gruau;Aline Dia

  • Challenges of Reducing Phosphorus Based Water Eutrophication in the Agricultural Landscapes of Northwest Europe

    Roland Bol;Gerard Gruau;Per-Erik Mellander;Remi Dupas

Frequent Co-Authors

Aline Dia
Aline Dia University of Rennes
Chantal Gascuel-Odoux
Chantal Gascuel-Odoux University of Rennes
Patrick Durand
Patrick Durand Institut Agro, France
Laurent Ruiz
Laurent Ruiz Indian Institute of Science
Bernd Nowack
Bernd Nowack Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Florentina Moatar
Florentina Moatar François Rabelais University
Christophe Lécuyer
Christophe Lécuyer Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Serge Fourcade
Serge Fourcade University of Rennes
Benjamin W. Abbott
Benjamin W. Abbott Brigham Young University
Gilles Pinay
Gilles Pinay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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