Fig. 3: Influence of flow and environmental variables on population and fishery responses.
From: Integrated assessment of river development on downstream marine fisheries and ecosystems
Example of MICE physical drivers and changes in the relative biomass and catch (tonnes) of the base model groups for region 5 (Flinders River) from 1980 to 2019. From the top panel to the bottom panel: flow, seagrass, mangroves, microphytobenthos, common banana prawns, barramundi, mud crabs and sawfish. Biomass shown as shaded area and catch as vertical bars for fished species. The relative influences of cyclones (black bars) and solar radiation (yellow line) on seagrass are shown by superimposing these physical variables on the seagrass biomass trajectory. Changes in air temperature (red dashed line) that can affect mangroves are also shown. Credit: species icons, PhyloPic.
