
Etienne Fluet-Chouinard
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Earth System Science
Bio
I am a freshwater ecologist drawing from geoscience tools to study rivers, lakes and wetlands at the global scale.
Professional Education
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Doctor of Science, University of Wisconsin Madison (2018)
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Master of Science, McGill University (2012)
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Bachelor of Science, Universite De Sherbrooke (2009)
All Publications
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Development and testing scenarios for implementing land use and land cover changes during the Holocene in Earth system model experiments
GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
2020; 13 (2): 805–24
View details for DOI 10.5194/gmd-13-805-2020
View details for Web of Science ID 000518769300001
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Reciprocal insights from global aquatic stressor maps and local reporting across the Ramsar wetland network
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
2020; 109
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105772
View details for Web of Science ID 000500940400048
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FLUXNET-CH4 synthesis activity: objectives, observations, and future directions
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2019; in press
View details for DOI 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0268.1
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Comparison of visible and multi-satellite global inundation datasets at high-spatial resolution
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
2018; 216: 427–41
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.rse.2018.06.015
View details for Web of Science ID 000445990100030
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Global hidden harvest of freshwater fish revealed by household surveys
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2018; 115 (29): 7623–28
Abstract
Consumption of wild-caught freshwater fish is concentrated in low-income countries, where it makes a critical contribution to food security and livelihoods. Underestimation of inland harvests in official statistics has long been suspected due to unmonitored subsistence fisheries. To overcome the lack of data from extensive small-scale harvests, we used household consumption surveys to estimate freshwater fish catches in 42 low- and middle-income countries between 1997 and 2014. After accounting for trade and aquaculture, these countries collectively consumed 3.6 MT (CI, 1.5-5.8) more wild-caught freshwater fish than officially reported, reflecting a net underreporting of 64.8% (CI, 27.1-103.9%). Individual countries were more likely to underestimate (n = 31) than overestimate (n = 11) catches, despite conservative assumptions in our calculations. Extrapolating our findings suggests that the global inland catch reported as 10.3 MT in 2008 was more likely 16.6 MT (CI, 2.3-30.9), which accords with recent independent predictions for rivers and lakes. In human terms, these hidden harvests are equivalent to the total animal protein consumption of 36.9 (CI, 30.8-43.4) million people, including many who rely upon wild fish to achieve even minimal protein intake. The widespread underreporting uncovered by household consumption surveys indicates that inland fisheries contribute far more to global food security than has been recognized previously. Our findings also amplify concerns about the sustainability of intensive fishery exploitation as degradation of rivers, lakes, and wetlands continues apace.
View details for PubMedID 29915069
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Global extent and distribution of wetlands: trends and issues
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
2018; 69 (4): 620–27
View details for DOI 10.1071/MF17019
View details for Web of Science ID 000428402100012
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Inland fisheries - Invisible but integral to the UN Sustainable Development Agenda for ending poverty by 2030
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
2017; 47: 167–73
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.10.005
View details for Web of Science ID 000418392300016
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A Global Assessment of Inland Wetland Conservation Status
BIOSCIENCE
2017; 67 (6): 523–33
View details for DOI 10.1093/biosci/bix045
View details for Web of Science ID 000402826200007
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A Global Dynamic Long-Term Inundation Extent Dataset at High Spatial Resolution Derived through Downscaling of Satellite Observations
JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY
2017; 18 (5): 1305–25
View details for DOI 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0155.1
View details for Web of Science ID 000405926000006
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Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo, and Mekong
SCIENCE
2016; 351 (6269): 128–29
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aac7082
View details for Web of Science ID 000367806500018
View details for PubMedID 26744397
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Development of a global inundation map at high spatial resolution from topographic downscaling of coarse-scale remote sensing data
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
2015; 158: 348–61
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.rse.2014.10.015
View details for Web of Science ID 000348879100025
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Development of new indicators to evaluate river fragmentation and flow regulation at large scales: A case study for the Mekong River Basin
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
2014; 45: 148–59
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.03.026
View details for Web of Science ID 000340312100018