Fig. 1: Influence of river flows on marine ecosystems and fisheries.
From: Integrated assessment of river development on downstream marine fisheries and ecosystems
a–c, Natural river-flow variability and periodic floods of rivers such as the Mitchell, Gilbert and Flinders rivers drive the productivity of marine species and habitats (a) in Australia’s GoC, where alternative WRD scenarios have been scoped for these rivers (b), and a MICE used to quantify complex relationships between environmental variables such as flow and sea surface temperature (SST), and the recruitment, growth and survival of important fishery species, threatened species such as the largetooth sawfish, and supporting mangrove and seagrass habitats (c). Further details and sources of information are provided in Supplementary Information. Credit: mud crab (c), Freesvg.org; all other icons in c, PhyloPic. Illustration in a by James Chen.
