Pierre Servais

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

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Pierre Servais is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Servais has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Water Science and Technology, 35 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Pierre Servais's work include Fecal contamination and water quality (32 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (31 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (23 papers). Pierre Servais is often cited by papers focused on Fecal contamination and water quality (32 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (31 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (23 papers). Pierre Servais collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Canada. Pierre Servais's co-authors include Gilles Billen, Adriana Anzil, Koffi Nouho Ouattara, Julien Passerat, Tamara García–Armisen, Patrick Laurent, Julia Baudart, A. Rompré, Claire Ventresque and Claude Courties and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Servais

89 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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Detection and enumeration of coliforms in drinking water: current methods and emerging approaches

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spatio–temporal dynamics of bacterial community composition in a Western European watershed, the Meuse River watershed 2025 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown), Adriana Anzil, (unknown), Thanh Nguyen, Pierre Servais, Isabelle George	0
2	Note sur le calcul des apports ponctuels à prendre en compte dans les modèles Prose et Sénèque à partir des données disponibles sur les rejets de STEPs. 2023 ·Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) ·Pierre Servais, Gilles Billen	0
3	Near real-time notification of water quality impairments in recreational freshwaters using rapid online detection of β-D-glucuronidase activity as a surrogate for Escherichia coli monitoring 2020 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Rebecca Stott, (unknown), François Proulx, Michèle Prévost, Pierre Servais, Sarah Dorner, Jean‐Baptiste Burnet	13
4	Autonomous online measurement of β-D-glucuronidase activity in surface water: is it suitable for rapid E. coli monitoring? 2019 ·Water Research ·Jean‐Baptiste Burnet, Quoc Tuc Dinh, (unknown), Pierre Servais, Sarah Dorner, Michèle Prévost	34
5	Carbon utilization profiles of river bacterial strains facing sole carbon sources suggest metabolic interactions 2017 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·(unknown), Pierre Servais, Isabelle George	9
6	Modelling of faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) in the Red River basin (Vietnam) 2016 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·(unknown), Gilles Billen, Josette Garnier, Emma Rochelle‐Newall, Olivier Ribolzi, Pierre Servais, (unknown)	8
7	Cumulative effects of fecal contamination from combined sewer overflows: Management for source water protection 2016 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), Mourad Héniche, Anne-Sophie Madoux-Humery, Martine Galarneau, Pierre Servais, Michèle Prévost, Sarah Dorner	47
8	Pelagic photoferrotrophy and iron cycling in a modern ferruginous basin 2015 ·Scientific Reports ·Marc Llirós, Tamara García–Armisen, François Darchambeau, Cédric Morana, Xavier Triadó–Margarit, Özgül İnceoǧlu, Carles Borrego, Steven Bouillon, Pierre Servais, Alberto Borges, Jean‐Pierre Descy, Donald E. Canfield, Sean A. Crowe	58
9	Impacts of global change on the concentrations and dilution of combined sewer overflows in a drinking water source 2014 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Robert Leconte, (unknown), Anne-Sophie Madoux-Humery, Martine Galarneau, Pierre Servais, Michèle Prévost, Sarah Dorner	30
10	Seasonal Variations and Resilience of Bacterial Communities in a Sewage Polluted Urban River 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Tamara García–Armisen, Özgül İnceoǧlu, Koffi Nouho Ouattara, Adriana Anzil, (unknown), Natacha Brion, Pierre Servais	104
11	Changes in Escherichia coli to Cryptosporidium ratios for various fecal pollution sources and drinking water intakes 2014 ·Water Research ·Cindy Lalancette, (unknown), Pierre Payment, Sarah Dorner, Pierre Servais, Benoît Barbeau, George di Giovanni, Michèle Prévost	24
12	Ammonia removal in the carbon contactor of a hybrid membrane process 2014 ·Water Research ·(unknown), Pierre Servais, Benoît Barbeau	12
13	Integrated modelling of faecal contamination in a densely populated river–sea continuum (Scheldt River and Estuary) 2013 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Anouk de Brauwere, Olivier Gourgue, Benjamin de Brye, Pierre Servais, Koffi Nouho Ouattara, Éric Deleersnijder	41
14	Temporal variability of combined sewer overflow contaminants: Evaluation of wastewater micropollutants as tracers of fecal contamination 2013 ·Water Research ·Anne-Sophie Madoux-Humery, Sarah Dorner, Sébastien Sauvé, Khadija Aboulfadl, Martine Galarneau, Pierre Servais, Michèle Prévost	119
15	Impact of an intense combined sewer overflow event on the microbiological water quality of the Seine River 2010 ·Water Research ·Julien Passerat, Koffi Nouho Ouattara, Jean‐Marie Mouchel, Vincent Rocher, Pierre Servais	215
16	Involvement of cell shape and flagella in the bacterial retention during percolation of contaminated water through soil columns in tropical region 2010 ·Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A ·Moı̈se Nola, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nour‐Eddine Chihib, François Krier, Pierre Servais, (unknown), Thomas Njiné	10
17	Modelling the impacts of Combined Sewer Overflows on the river Seine water quality 2007 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Stéphanie Even, Jean‐Marie Mouchel, Pierre Servais, Nicolas Flipo, Michel Poulin, (unknown), (unknown), Catherine Paffoni	97
18	Mortality rates of autochthonous and fecal bacteria in natural aquatic ecosystems 2003 ·Water Research ·P. K. B. Menon, Gilles Billen, Pierre Servais	103
19	Biodegradable fraction of organic carbon estimated under oxic and anoxic conditions 2003 ·Water Research ·Marie‐Hélène Tusseau‐Vuillemin, (unknown), Jean‐Marie Mouchel, Pierre Servais	14
20	Estimation de la biomasse et de l'activité des bactéries en milieux aquatiques 1995 ·Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) ·Pierre Servais	1

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