List of works by Gilles Billen

50 year trends in nitrogen use efficiency of world cropping systems: the relationship between yield and nitrogen input to cropland

article by Luis Lassaletta et al published 1 October 2014 in Environmental Research Letters

A report card and quality indicators for the Seine estuary: from scientific approach to operational tool.

scientific article published on 3 December 2007

A vast range of opportunities for feeding the world in 2050: trade-off between diet, N contamination and international trade

article by Gilles Billen et al published 26 January 2015 in Environmental Research Letters

Anthropogenic nitrogen autotrophy and heterotrophy of the world's watersheds: Past, present, and future trends

Assessing the effect of nutrient mitigation measures in the watersheds of the Southern Bight of the North Sea.

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Conversion of a Conventional to an Organic Mixed Dairy Farming System: Consequences in Terms of N Fluxes

Cost assessment and ecological effectiveness of nutrient reduction options for mitigating Phaeocystis colony blooms in the Southern North Sea: an integrated modeling approach

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Coupled biogeochemical cycles: eutrophication and hypoxia in temperate estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems

scientific article published in February 2011

Declining spatial efficiency of global cropland nitrogen allocation

Diffuse and point sources of silica in the Seine River watershed

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Direct nitrous oxide emissions in Mediterranean climate cropping systems: Emission factors based on a meta-analysis of available measurement data

article published in 2017

Fecal bacteria in the rivers of the Seine drainage network (France): sources, fate and modelling

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Food and feed trade as a driver in the global nitrogen cycle: 50-year trends

How can water quality be improved when the urban waste water directive has been fulfilled? A case study of the Lot river (France).

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

How changes in diet and trade patterns have shaped the N cycle at the national scale: Spain (1961–2009)

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How the structure of agro-food systems shapes nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon fluxes: The generalized representation of agro-food system applied at the regional scale in France

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity

La place du transport de denrées agricoles dans le cycle biogéochimique de l’azote en France : un aspect de la spécialisation des territoires

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Large-scale patterns of river inputs in southwestern Europe: seasonal and interannual variations and potential eutrophication effects at the coastal zone

Long trend reduction of phosphorus wastewater loading in the Seine: determination of phosphorus speciation and sorption for modeling algal growth

scientific article published on 9 September 2016

Long-term changes in greenhouse gas emissions from French agriculture and livestock (1852-2014): From traditional agriculture to conventional intensive systems

scientific article published on 09 January 2019

Modelling nutrient fluxes from sub-arctic basins: Comparison of pristine vs. dammed rivers

Modelling of faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) in the Red River basin (Vietnam).

scientific article published on 14 August 2016

Mortality rates of autochthonous and fecal bacteria in natural aquatic ecosystems

scientific article published in October 2003

N:P:Si nutrient export ratios and ecological consequences in coastal seas evaluated by the ICEP approach

New tools for modelling water quality of hydrosystems: an application in the Seine River basin in the frame of the Water Framework Directive

scientific article published on 28 February 2007

Nitrate leaching from organic and conventional arable crop farms in the Seine Basin (France)

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Nitrogen as a threat to European water quality

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Nitrogen fluxes from the landscape are controlled by net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and by climate

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Nitrogen use in the global food system: past trends and future trajectories of agronomic performance, pollution, trade, and dietary demand

article by Luis Lassaletta et al published 1 September 2016 in Environmental Research Letters

Nitrous oxide emissions from denitrifying activated sludge of urban wastewater treatment plants, under anoxia and low oxygenation

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Nitrous oxide emissions from secondary activated sludge in nitrifying conditions of urban wastewater treatment plants: effect of oxygenation level

scientific article published on 17 July 2006

Nutrient inputs and hydrology together determine biogeochemical status of the Loire River (France): Current situation and possible future scenarios

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Nutrient transfer in three contrasting NW European watersheds: the Seine, Somme, and Scheldt Rivers. A comparative application of the Seneque/Riverstrahler model

scientific article published on 30 January 2009

Organic market gardening around the Paris agglomeration: agro-environmental performance and capacity to meet urban requirements

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Phosphorus budget in the water-agro-food system at nested scales in two contrasted regions of the world (ASEAN-8 and EU-27)

Phosphorus management in cropping systems of the Paris Basin: From farm to regional scale

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Production vs. respiration in river systems: an indicator of an "ecological status".

scientific article published on 8 March 2007

Reconnecting crop and cattle farming to reduce nitrogen losses to river water of an intensive agricultural catchment (Seine basin, France): past, present and future

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Restoration of ponds in rural landscapes: modelling the effect on nitrate contamination of surface water (the Seine River Basin, France).

scientific article published on 8 June 2012

SENEQUE: a multi-scaling GIS interface to the Riverstrahler model of the biogeochemical functioning of river systems

scientific article published on 11 January 2007

The Seine system: introduction to a multidisciplinary approach of the functioning of a regional river system.

scientific article published on 23 January 2007

The contribution of food waste to global and European nitrogen pollution

article by Bruna Grizzetti et al published November 2013 in Environmental Science and Policy

The nitrogen cascade from agricultural soils to the sea: modelling nitrogen transfers at regional watershed and global scales

scientific article published on 27 May 2013

The role of water nitrogen retention in integrated nutrient management: assessment in a large basin using different modelling approaches

Two contrasted future scenarios for the French agro-food system.

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Water management practices exacerbate nitrogen retention in Mediterranean catchments.

scientific article published on 26 August 2016