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Technical note
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23 Jun 2025
Technical note |
| 23 Jun 2025
| 23 Jun 2025
Technical note: High-frequency, multi-elemental stream water monitoring – experiences, feedbacks and suggestions from 7 years of running three French field laboratories (Riverlabs)
Nicolai Brekenfeld
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
INRAE, Institut Agro, UMR SAS, Rennes, 35042, France
Solenn Cotel
ITES Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67000, France
Mikael Faucheux
INRAE, Institut Agro, UMR SAS, Rennes, 35042, France
Colin Fourtet
ITES Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67000, France
Yannick Hamon
INRAE, Institut Agro, UMR SAS, Rennes, 35042, France
Patrice Petitjean
Géosciences Rennes UMR CNRS6118, University Rennes, Rennes, 35042, France
Arnaud Blanchouin
University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE Jouy-en-Josas – Antony, UR HYCAR, Antony, 92761, France
Celine Bouillis
INRAE, Institut Agro, UMR SAS, Rennes, 35042, France
Marie-Claire Pierret
ITES Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67000, France
Hocine Henine
University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE Jouy-en-Josas – Antony, UR HYCAR, Antony, 92761, France
Anne-Catherine Pierson-Wickmann
Géosciences Rennes UMR CNRS6118, University Rennes, Rennes, 35042, France
Sophie Guillon
Centre de Géosciences, MINES Paris, PSL University, Fontainebleau, 77300, France
Paul Floury
Extralab SAS, Paris, France
INRAE, Institut Agro, UMR SAS, Rennes, 35042, France
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In the last decade, the development of on-site field laboratories to measure water chemistry at sub-hourly measurement intervals has drastically advanced, while there is no literature that provides detailed technical, organisational and operational guidelines in running such equipment. Based on our experiences of running three French field laboratories over 7 years, we share the main stages in the deployment of this tool in the field, the difficulties encountered and the proposed solutions.
In the last decade, the development of on-site field laboratories to measure water chemistry at...
