Ecological Functioning of the Seine River:
From Long-Term Modelling Approaches
to High-Frequency Data Analysis
J. Garnier, A. Marescaux, S. Guillon, L. Vilmin, V. Rocher, G. Billen,
V. Thieu, M. Silvestre, P. Passy, M. Raimonet, A. Groleau, S. Théry,
G. Tallec, and N. Flipo
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
2 A Modelling Approach for a Comprehensive Understanding of the Ecological
Functioning of the Seine River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
3 Long-Term Trends in Water Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
3.1 Changes in Organic Pollution from Urban Point Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
3.2 Long-Term Nutrient Contamination and Algal Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
3.3 Modelling Nutrients and Phytoplankton Biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
4 River Metabolisms: Autotrophy, Heterotrophy and CO 2 Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
4.1 High-Frequency Analysis of Oxygen Data Along the Main Seine Stem . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
4.2 CO 2 Supersaturation in the Seine River: Carbon Sources, Fate and Budget . . . . . . . . 204
The copyright year of the original version of this chapter was corrected from 2019 to 2020.
A correction to this chapter can be found at https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2020_667
J. Garnier (*), A. Marescaux, G. Billen, V. Thieu, and M. Raimonet
SU CNRS EPHE UMR 7619 Metis, Paris, France
e-mail: josette.garnier@sorbonne-universite.fr
S. Guillon and N. Flipo
Geosciences Department, MINES ParisTech, PSL University, Fontainebleau, France
L. Vilmin
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
V. Rocher
SIAAP, Direction Innovation, Colombes, France
M. Silvestre, P. Passy, and S. Théry
CNRS SU FR 3020 FIRE, Paris, France
A. Groleau
Université de Paris, IPGP, CNRS, UMR 7154, Paris, France
G. Tallec
Irstea, UR HYCAR, Antony, France
Nicolas Flipo, Pierre Labadie, and Laurence Lestel (eds.), The Seine River Basin,
Hdb Env Chem (2021) 90: 189–216, https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2019_379,
© The Author(s) 2020, corrected publication 2020, Published online: 3 June 2020
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From Long-Term Modelling Approaches
to High-Frequency Data Analysis
J. Garnier, A. Marescaux, S. Guillon, L. Vilmin, V. Rocher, G. Billen,
V. Thieu, M. Silvestre, P. Passy, M. Raimonet, A. Groleau, S. Théry,
G. Tallec, and N. Flipo
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
2 A Modelling Approach for a Comprehensive Understanding of the Ecological
Functioning of the Seine River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
3 Long-Term Trends in Water Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
3.1 Changes in Organic Pollution from Urban Point Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
3.2 Long-Term Nutrient Contamination and Algal Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
3.3 Modelling Nutrients and Phytoplankton Biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
4 River Metabolisms: Autotrophy, Heterotrophy and CO 2 Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
4.1 High-Frequency Analysis of Oxygen Data Along the Main Seine Stem . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
4.2 CO 2 Supersaturation in the Seine River: Carbon Sources, Fate and Budget . . . . . . . . 204
The copyright year of the original version of this chapter was corrected from 2019 to 2020.
A correction to this chapter can be found at https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2020_667
J. Garnier (*), A. Marescaux, G. Billen, V. Thieu, and M. Raimonet
SU CNRS EPHE UMR 7619 Metis, Paris, France
e-mail: josette.garnier@sorbonne-universite.fr
S. Guillon and N. Flipo
Geosciences Department, MINES ParisTech, PSL University, Fontainebleau, France
L. Vilmin
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
V. Rocher
SIAAP, Direction Innovation, Colombes, France
M. Silvestre, P. Passy, and S. Théry
CNRS SU FR 3020 FIRE, Paris, France
A. Groleau
Université de Paris, IPGP, CNRS, UMR 7154, Paris, France
G. Tallec
Irstea, UR HYCAR, Antony, France
Nicolas Flipo, Pierre Labadie, and Laurence Lestel (eds.), The Seine River Basin,
Hdb Env Chem (2021) 90: 189–216, https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2019_379,
© The Author(s) 2020, corrected publication 2020, Published online: 3 June 2020
189