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1 John Koehn, Arthur Rylah Institute, DELWP, Victoria
Modelling population dynamics of fish in the Murray-Darling Basin- from local to Basin scale John Koehn, Arthur Rylah Institute, DELWP, Victoria Charles Todd Ivor Stuart Brenton Zampatti Stephen Balcombe Clayton Sharpe Joshua Barrow Scott Raymond Jamin Forbes Wayne Koster David Moffatt Jason Thiem Large scale population dynamics of an enigmatic fish

2 The Basin Plan – A key management driver
Delivers environmental water to the Murray-Darling Basin Native fish are a key asset There is a need for tools to assist water plans There is a need to demonstrate benefits of flows Project Objective: Develop flow-related population models for eight MDB fish species to help predict likely outcomes

3 Software developed for MDBA
An application of ESSENTIAL by Charles Todd Applied Aquatic Ecology ARI MDBA Native Fish Population Models Version 2.20, 20 th April 2017

4 The species and models Eight native species: Murray cod, Trout cod, Golden perch, Silver perch, Macquarie perch, Murray hardyhead, Southern pygmy perch, Olive perchlet Applied basin-wide Stage-based models Applicable to the individual species Consider each life stage Built on the very latest ecological concepts and data Consider all threats

5 Underpinning knowledge
Collate latest knowledge, concepts, data 27 workshops; 60+ ecological experts and managers Agreed ecological understanding Applied to the management needs

6 Converting ecology into mathematics

7 Southern pygmy perch Small wetland species Fragmented populations Low numbers Habitat specific species Threats: Redfin and carp, high flow habitat destruction Candidate for protection and re-introductions rather than natural recolonisation Population viability-type model at local sites scale: (new and donor populations)

8 Widespread, highly mobile at all life stages Flow-specific species
Golden perch Widespread, highly mobile at all life stages Flow-specific species New knowledge of the lifecycle Large spatial scales Many barriers in the MDB Use of nursery areas??? Angler take Basin-wide approach

9 Importance of new knowledge
Golden perch Large upstream adult (pre spawning?) movements Downstream egg and larval drift Upstream recolonization of juveniles- in pulses Adult movements dramatically changing population structure Juvenile downstream movements All linked to flows

10 Population connectivity for Golden perch
Scale: whole of Basin management Menindee lakes

11 Model outputs

12 Darling just above Menindee
Model outputs Lower Murray R Mid Murray R Mid-upper Murray R Lower Darling R Darling just above Menindee NMDB

13 Menindee lakes on NMDB Lower Murray R

14 Menindee lakes off NMDB Lower Murray R Lower Murray R NMDB

15 Risk to populations Added risk

16 Messages vital to GP management
Flows, connectivity and large scale are vitally important A significant decline in flows in the northern basin will impact Golden perch in the southern Basin Operation of Menindee Lakes influences GP populations across all the Basin

17 Overall conclusions Population models allow for threat and flow management options to be methodically examined within the risk framework Models need to be species-specific and anchored by the latest ecology The must be constructed and utilized at appropriate scales Can be used to assess outcomes of competing management actions

18 Thank you Charles Todd: Arthur Rylah Institute, DELWP, Heidelberg, Victoria John Koehn: Arthur Rylah Institute Ivor Stuart: Arthur Rylah Institute Brenton Zampatti : South Australian Research and Development Institute, West Beach, SA Clayton Sharpe: CPS Enviro P/L, Irymple, Victoria Joshua Barrow: School of BioSciences, Melbourne University, Parkville, Victoria Scott Raymond: Arthur Rylah Institute Stephen Balcombe: Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD Jamin Forbes: NSW Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries, Narrandera, NSW Wayne Koster: Arthur Rylah Institute David Moffatt: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Science, DESITA, Brisbane, QLD Jason Thiem: NSW Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries, Narrandera, NSW Special thanks to MDBA and in particular Heleena Bamford and Stuart Little, and thanks to steering committee members Tony Townsend and Peter Jackson Thanks also to the participants of the two Golden perch workshops: Stuart Little, Ryan woods, James Fawcett, Steven Brooks, Peter Kind, Kate Hodges, Gavin Butler, Jaye Lobegeiger, Michael Hutchison, Norbert Menke, Andrea Prior, Jonathan Marshall , Peter Jackson, Andrew Norris, Tony Townsend, Heleena Bamford , Brett Ingram, Martin Mallen-Cooper, Matt McLellan, Chris Bice and Iain Ellis.

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