Table 1 The total number, age and size range of golden perch collected from locations across the MDB, the average, minimum and maximum number of increments measured per year and location combination, and a summary of hydrological and climatic conditions
From: Location of capture sufficiently characterises lifetime growth trajectories in a highly mobile fish
Capture Location | Number of fish | Year range of growth measurements | Growth increments per year × location (mean & range) | Age range (years) | Size range (mm) | Mean annual flow (ML/Y) | Climatic conditions From Larkin et al. [40] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower Murray River | 146 | 1998–2017 | 42.4 (6–141) | 2–21 | 134–515 | 5,052,505 | Wet winter, low summer rainfall |
Mid Murray River | 109 | 1998–2017 | 36.4 (1–98) | 2–20 | 240–522 | 3,173,092 | Wet winter, low summer rainfall |
Upper Murray River | 87 | 1992–2017 | 27.2 (1–84) | 3–25 | 273–549 | 4,332,736 | Wet winter, low summer rainfall |
Lower Darling River | 43 | 2009–2017 | 25.8 (7–29) | 2–10 | 95–451 | 629,869 | Seasonally uniform rainfall |
Mid Darling River | 31 | 2008–2017 | 14.7 (1–31) | 3–11 | 298–479 | 1,216,745 | Seasonally uniform rainfall |
Loddon River | 12 | 1997–2017 | 4.4 (1–12) | 2–22 | 305–518 | 56,240 | Wet winter, low summer rainfall |
Goulburn River | 46 | 1995–2017 | 12.6 (1–40) | 2–24 | 171–520 | 1,000,958 | Wet winter, low summer rainfall |
Campaspe River | 20 | 2005–2017 | 5.6 (1–20) | 2–14 | 220–490 | 117,905 | Wet winter, low summer rainfall |
Macquarie River | 6 | 2011–2017 | 5.3 (5–6) | 3–8 | 319–397 | 61,994 | Seasonally uniform rainfall |
Condamine-Balonne River | 20 | 2009–2017 | 11.3 (3–20) | 2–10 | 214–462 | 217,655 | Wet summer, low winter rainfall |
Murrumbidgee River | 39 | 1998–2017 | 14.2 (1–39) | 3–21 | 295–500 | 2,441,447 | Wet winter, low summer rainfall |