Extended Data Fig. 1: Spatial map of Gulf of Carpentaria study area showing sub-division into 8 connected spatial regions.
From: Integrated assessment of river development on downstream marine fisheries and ecosystems
Major river catchments are as follows (from East to West, with the vertical line between Region 6 and 7 representing the Queensland-Northern Territory border): Region 1: Embley River; Region 2: Mitchell River; Region 3: Gilbert River; Region 4: Norman River; Region 5: Flinders River; Region 6: border region; Region 7: Roper River; Region 8: Walker River. The width of the blue river shading represents the relative average flow (1970–2019) of each river. Model sub-components (common banana prawn, barramundi and mud crab) were fitted to catch data per region. For Region 2, barramundi and mud crab data were only used from the southern part of this region, indicated by dashed horizontal line, because data from the northern part of Region 2 weren’t considered to be representative of the Mitchell River end-of-system flows. See Supplementary Information for figure details and sources. Main map adapted from Supplementary Refs. 58,59, Geoscience Australia. Inset map from Freesvg.org.
