Olivier Boutron

Departement: Ecosystems

Position at the Tour du Valat: Hydrology/Hydraulics Scientist

Contact info: e-mail | +33 (0)4 90 97 63 73

Personal page: Research Gate profile

Joined our team: June 2010

Research interests and expertise

My research focuses on the functioning of Mediterranean lagoon hydrosystems in terms of water, salt, and temperature dynamics. I also study the catchment basins and coastal strips linked to these lagoons. Their functioning is characterised by setting up a network for making continuous measurements, and also by developing 2D and 3D hydrodynamic models.

The models I develop make it possible to test out the influence of different methods of water management (manipulations of hydraulic infrastructure and hydraulic works) on the hydrological, thermal, and saline regimes of the study sites. They are used to define the conservation, restoration, and management actions to be implemented on the sites. The midterm objective is to be able to use them to provide indications about the consequences of climate change on this functioning.

Another aspect of my research is characterising the influence of hydrology on the dynamics of the pathogenic agents, such as the avian flu virus, present in the water, a project carried out in collaboration with the Tour du Valat’s Species Department and its research on health ecology.

Current & past projects carried out at The Tour du Valat

Education

• 2005 – 2009 : Doctorat de l’Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, spécialité « Chimie de l’environnement ». Thèse préparée à Irstea Lyon et soutenue le 26 mars 2009 : « Étude de l’influence de l’hydrodynamique sur le transfert des produits phytosanitaires dans les fossés agricoles. Approches expérimentale et numérique »
• 2004 – 2005 : Master 2 Recherche « Hydrologie, Hydrochimie, Sols et Environnement », Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
• 2003 – 2004 : Diplôme d’ingénieur de spécialisation Hydraulique de l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Hydraulique et de Mécanique de Grenoble, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble. Département « Hydraulique et Environnement », option « Ressources en eaux et aménagements ».
• 2000 – 2003 : Diplôme d’ingénieur de l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Électricité et de Mécanique, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine. Filière Informatique/Ingénierie des systèmes automatisés
• 1998 – 2000 : Classes préparatoires scientifiques intégrées de l’Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine

Publications

Find below the most recent publications of Olivier Boutron, or see the full list on the Tour du Valat’s documentary web portal:

• The future for Mediterranean wetlands: 50 key issues and 50 important conservation research questions
  de Nigel G Taylor, Patrick Grillas, Hazem Al Hreisha, Özge Balkız, Maud Borie, Olivier Boutron, Ana Catita, Jocelyn Champagnon, Semia Cherif, Kerim Cicek, et al. In Regional Environmental Change, Online (2021), 25 Wetlands are critically important for biodiversity and human wellbeing, but face a range of challenges. This ... read more
• Dynamics of the seagrass Zostera noltei in a shallow Mediterranean lagoon exposed to chemical contamination and other stressors
  de Diane Espel, Noël J. Diepens, Olivier Boutron, Evelyne Buffan-Dubau, Yves Chérain, Eric Coulet, Patrick Grillas, Anne Probst, Jérôme Silvestre, Arnaud Elger In Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 222 (June, 2019), 1-12 En ligne : linkinghub.elsevier.com[...] Seagrass decline due to a variety of stressors has been observed worldwide. ... read more
• Seventy-year chronology of Salinas in southern France
  de Rutger de Wit, Alice Vincent, Ludovic Foulc, Mario Klesczewski, Olivier Scher, Claudine Loste, Marc Thibault, Brigitte Poulin, Lisa Ernoul, Olivier Boutron In Journal for Nature Conservation, 49 (June, 2019), 95-107 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] After World War II, twenty-nine coastal Salinas (122 km2), located in the vicinity of ... read more
• Integrative science to achieve long-term impact in conservation
  de Lisa Ernoul, Raphael Mathevet, Angela Wardell-Johnson, Alain Sandoz, Loic Willm, Olivier Boutron In Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6 (2018) En ligne : www.frontiersin.org[...] ... read more
• Flux closures and source term models for shallow water models with depth-dependent integral porosity
  de Guinot, Vincent, Carole Delenne, Antoine Rousseau, Olivier Boutron In Advances in Water Resources, 122 (December, 2018), 390-400 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] A two-dimensional shallow water model with depth-dependent porosity is presented. The purpose is the coarse grid simulation of shallow flows over complex topographies and geometries. Two ... read more
• Participatory mapping: Exploring landscape values associated with an iconic species
  de Lisa Ernoul, Angela Wardell-Johnson, Loic Willm, Arnaud Béchet, Olivier Boutron, Raphael Mathevet, Stephan Arnassant, Alain Sandoz In Applied Geography, 95 (June 2018), 71-78 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] Participatory mapping provides a way to collate a wide range of landscape values providing a visual representation to inform conservation ... read more
• Modeling the spread of avian influenza viruses in aquatic reservoirs: A novel hydrodynamic approach applied to the Rhône delta (southern France)
  de Marion Vittecoq, Hermann Gauduin, Thibault Oudart, Olivier Bertrand, Benjamin Roche, Matthieu Guillemain, Olivier Boutron In Science of The Total Environment, 595 (octobre 1, 2017), 787-800 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] Wild aquatic birds represent a natural reservoir of avian influenza viruses (AIV) that can be spread to poultry. ... read more
• Etude de l’écologie de Lestes macrostigma et restauration de son habitat
  de Philippe Lambret, Olivier Boutron, Gregoire Massez In Courrier de la Nature (Le), 296 (n° spécial), 66-69 ... read more
• An Unstructured Numerical Model to Study Wind-Driven Circulation Patterns in a Managed Coastal Mediterranean Wetland: The Vaccarès Lagoon System
  de Olivier Boutron, Olivier Bertrand, Annie Fiandrino, Patrick Höhener, Alain Sandoz, Yves Chérain, Eric Coulet, Philippe Chauvelon In Water, 7:11 (October 2016), 5986-6016 En ligne : www.mdpi.com[...] The spatiotemporal structure of wind-driven circulation patterns and associated water exchanges can drive important bio-hydrodynamic interactions in shallow lagoons. The Vaccarès ... read more