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Patrick Durand

Patrick Durand

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
5681
World Ranking
7811
National Ranking
343

Overview

Patrick Durand is a researcher affiliated with Institut Agro, France. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on areas including Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

Their research involves various topics centered on soil and water nutrient dynamics and hydrology. Specific research interests include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Integrated Water Resources Management, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Patrick Durand has authored several papers published in multiple academic venues. Recent works include:

  • "Long-term nitrogen retention and transit time distribution in agricultural catchments in western France" (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Sediment archives reveal irreversible shifts in plankton communities after World War II and agricultural pollution" (2021), published in Current Biology
  • "A Framework to Consider Soil Ecosystem Services in Territorial Planning" (2020), published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "The influence of landscape spatial configuration on nitrogen and phosphorus exports in agricultural catchments" (2021), published in Landscape Ecology
  • "Multitemporal Relationships Between the Hydroclimate and Exports of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus in a Small Agricultural Watershed" (2020), published in Water Resources Research

Patrick Durand frequently publishes in a set of core academic venues, including HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Water Resources Research, The Science of The Total Environment, Hydrological Processes, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their scientific work. Repeat coauthors include Rémi Dupas, Chantal Gascuel, Antoine Casquin, Gérard Gruau, and Ophélie Fovet, indicating ongoing partnerships in research projects.

Best Publications

  • A nitrogen model for European catchments: INCA, new model structure and equations

    A. J. Wade;P. Durand;Véronique Beaujouan;W. W. Wessel

  • Studies of the impact of forests on peak flows and baseflows: a European perspective

    M. Robinson;Anne-Laure Cognard-Plancq;C. Cosandey;J. David

  • Anthropogenic heat release in an old European agglomeration (Toulouse, France)

    G. Pigeon;D. Legain;P. Durand;V. Masson

  • Management, regulation and environmental impacts of nitrogen fertilization in northwestern Europe under the Nitrates Directive; a benchmark study

    H. J. M. van Grinsven;H. F. M. ten Berge;T. Dalgaard;B. Fraters

  • Modelling the effect of the spatial distribution of agricultural practices on nitrogen fluxes in rural catchments

    Véronique Beaujouan;Patrick Durand;Laurent Ruiz

  • Nitrogen processes in aquatic ecosystems

    P Durand;L Breuer;Penny J. Johnes;G Billen

  • A hydrological model dedicated to topography-based simulation of nitrogen transfer and transformation: rationale and application to the geomorphology-denitrification relationship

    Véronique Beaujouan;Patrick Durand;Laurent Ruiz;Pierre Aurousseau

  • An open platform to build, evaluate and simulate integrated models of farming and agro-ecosystems

    J. E. Bergez;P. Chabrier;C. Gary;M. H. Jeuffroy

  • Solute transfer in agricultural catchments: the interest and limits of mixing models

    P. Durand;J.L. Juan Torres

  • Mechanisms of nitrate transfer from soil to stream in an agricultural watershed of French Brittany

    Jérôme Molénat;Patrick Durand;Chantal Gascuel-Odoux;Philippe Davy

  • Understanding nitrogen transfer dynamics in a small agricultural catchment: Comparison of a distributed (TNT2) and a semi distributed (SWAT) modeling approaches

    Sylvain Ferrant;Sylvain Ferrant;François Oehler;François Oehler;François Oehler;Patrick Durand;Patrick Durand;Laurent Ruiz;Laurent Ruiz

  • The CarboEurope regional experiment strategy

    A. J. Dolman;J. Noilhan;P. Durand;C. Sarrat

  • Sources of dissolved organic carbon during stormflow in a headwater agricultural catchment

    B. Morel;Patrick Durand;Anne Jaffrézic;Gérard Gruau

  • Study of three subsurface hydrologic systems based on spectral and cross-spectral analysis of time series

    J Molénat;J Molénat;P Davy;C Gascuel-Odoux;P Durand

  • Effects of vegetation type on the biogeochemistry of small catchments (Mont Lozere, France).

    F. Lelong;C. Dupraz;P. Durand;J.F. Didon-Lescot

  • Effect on nitrate concentration in stream water of agricultural practices in small catchments in Brittany: I. Annual nitrogen budgets

    L. Ruiz;S. Abiven;P. Durand;C. Martin

  • Modelling denitrification at the catchment scale

    Francois Oehler;Patrick Durand;Paul Bordenave;Zakaria Saadi

  • Groundwater resource vulnerability and spatial variability of nitrate contamination: Insights from high density tubewell monitoring in a hard rock aquifer

    Sriramulu Buvaneshwari;Jean Riotte;Jean Riotte;M Sekhar;M S Mohan Kumar

  • The role of climate on inter-annual variation in stream nitrate fluxes and concentrations.

    Chantal Gascuel-Odoux;Pierre Aurousseau;Pierre Aurousseau;Pierre Aurousseau;Patrick Durand;Patrick Durand;Laurent Ruiz;Laurent Ruiz

  • A Method for Improving the Management of Controversial Wetland

    Philippe Merot;Laurence Hubert-Moy;Chantal Gascuel-Odoux;Bernard Clement

  • Effect on nitrate concentration in stream water of agricultural practices in small catchments in Brittany: II. Temporal variations and mixing processes

    L. Ruiz;S. Abiven;C. Martin;P. Durand

Frequent Co-Authors

Chantal Gascuel-Odoux
Chantal Gascuel-Odoux University of Rennes
Laurent Ruiz
Laurent Ruiz Indian Institute of Science
Luc Delaby
Luc Delaby Institut Agro, France
Philippe Faverdin
Philippe Faverdin Institut Agro, France
Anne Probst
Anne Probst Paul Sabatier University
Pierre Cellier
Pierre Cellier University of Paris-Saclay
Jean-Luc Probst
Jean-Luc Probst Paul Sabatier University
Fabrice Béline
Fabrice Béline European University of Brittany
Gérard Gruau
Gérard Gruau University of Rennes
Peter Kuikman
Peter Kuikman Wageningen University & Research

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