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Environmental Sciences
France
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
17588
World Ranking
2040
National Ranking
77

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Gilles Pinay is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in related subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist has worked extensively on topics related to soil and water nutrient dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, fish ecology and management studies, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, and peatlands and wetlands ecology.

They have published several papers, some of which include:

  • Organizational Principles of Hyporheic Exchange Flow and Biogeochemical Cycling in River Networks Across Scales (2022, Water Resources Research)
  • Predicting Nutrient Incontinence in the Anthropocene at Watershed Scales (2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science)
  • Stream Dissolved Organic Matter in Permafrost Regions Shows Surprising Compositional Similarities but Negative Priming and Nutrient Effects (2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)
  • Metabolic Regime Shifts and Ecosystem State Changes Are Decoupled in a Large River (2021, Limnology and Oceanography)
  • Stream Solutes and Particulates Export Regimes: A New Framework to Optimize Their Monitoring (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)

Frequent publication venues for Gilles Pinay include Limnology and Oceanography, Ecological Indicators, The Science of The Total Environment, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), and Water Resources Research.

Among frequent coauthors are Florentina Moatar, Benjamin W. Abbott, Luc Aquilina, Jacob S. Diamond, and Jean-Raynald de Dreuzy, indicating ongoing collaboration across multiple projects within their field of study.

In addition to research articles, Gilles Pinay has contributed to book publications, including the work titled Tout comprendre (ou presque) sur l'eau published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

    Michael E. McClain;Elizabeth W. Boyer;C. Lisa Dent;Sarah E. Gergel

  • Eutrophication: A new wine in an old bottle?

    Morgane Le Moal;Chantal Gascuel-Odoux;Alain Ménesguen;Yves Souchon

  • Long-term fate of nitrate fertilizer in agricultural soils.

    Mathieu Sebilo;Bernhard Mayer;Bernard Nicolardot;Gilles Pinay

  • Development, maintenance and role of riparian vegetation in the river landscape

    Eric Tabacchi;David L. Correll;Richard Hauer;Gilles Pinay

  • Groundwater nitrate dynamics in grass and poplar vegetated riparian buffer strips during the winter

    N.E. Haycock;G. Pinay

  • Effects of Land Cover on Stream Ecosystems: Roles of Empirical Models and Scaling Issues

    David L. Strayer;R. Edward Beighley;Lisa C. Thompson;Shane Brooks

  • Human domination of the global water cycle absent from depictions and perceptions

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Kevin Bishop;Jay P. Zarnetske;Camille Minaudo

  • Inter-disciplinary perspectives on processes in the hyporheic zone

    Stefan Krause;David M. Hannah;Jan Fleckenstein;C. H. Heppell

  • Legitimizing fluvial ecosystems as users of water: An overview

    Robert J. Naiman;Stuart Bunn;Christer Nilsson;Geoffrey E. Petts

  • BEAVER INFLUENCES ON THE LONG-TERM BIOGEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BOREAL FOREST DRAINAGE NETWORKS'

    Robert J. Naiman;Gilles Pinay;Carol A. Johnston;John Pastor

  • The role of riparian woods in regulating nitrogen fluxes between the alluvial aquifer and surface water: A conceptual model

    G. Pinay;H. Decamps

  • Elemental properties, hydrology, and biology interact to shape concentration-discharge curves for carbon, nutrients, sediment, and major ions

    Florentina Moatar;Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;Camille Minaudo;Florence Curie

  • Nitrogen Removal by Riparian Buffers along a European Climatic Gradient: Patterns and Factors of Variation

    Sergi Sabater;Andrea Butturini;Jean-Christophe Clement;Tim Burt

  • Water table elevation controls on soil nitrogen cycling in riparian wetlands along a European climatic gradient

    Mariet Hefting;Jean-Christophe Clement;David Dowrick;Anne-Claude Cosandey

  • Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Denitrification in a Riparian Forest

    G. Pinay;L. Roques;A. Fabre

  • REVIEW: Predictive ecology in a changing world

    Nicolas Mouquet;Yvan Lagadeuc;Vincent Devictor;Luc Doyen

  • The role of vegetation and litter in the nitrogen dynamics of riparian buffer zones in Europe

    Mariet M. Hefting;Jean-Christophe Clement;Piotr Bienkowski;David Dowrick

  • Structure and function of buffer strips from a water quality perspective in agricultural landscapes

    Lena B.-M. Vought;Gilles Pinay;Ann Fuglsang;Charles Ruffinoni

  • Linking hydrology and biogeochemistry in complex landscapes

    T. P. Burt;G. Pinay

  • Seasonal dynamics of denitrification along topohydrosequences in three different riparian wetlands.

    Jean-Christophe Clément;Gilles Pinay;Pierre Marmonier

  • Characterisation of dissolved organic matter in the Lower Kinabatangan river, Sabah, Malaysia

    Sahana Harun;Andy Baker;Chris Bradley;Gilles Pinay

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin W. Abbott
Benjamin W. Abbott Brigham Young University
Luc Aquilina
Luc Aquilina University of Rennes
Jean-Christophe Clément
Jean-Christophe Clément Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Florentina Moatar
Florentina Moatar François Rabelais University
Tim Burt
Tim Burt Durham University
David M. Hannah
David M. Hannah University of Birmingham
Robert J. Naiman
Robert J. Naiman University of Washington
Stefan Krause
Stefan Krause University of Birmingham
Thomas Hein
Thomas Hein BOKU University
Jan H. Fleckenstein
Jan H. Fleckenstein University of Bayreuth

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