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. 2016 Feb 17;116(6):506–515. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2016.8

Table 1. Geographic coordinates for sampling locations and associated WORLDCLIM (Hijmans et al., 2005) climate data: maximum temperature of warmest month (°C), minimum temperature of coldest month (°C), mean annual precipitation (mm) and mean annual temperature range (°C).

Region Location Latitude Longitude Max temp warmest month (°C) Min temp coldest month (°C) Precipitation (mm) Annual temp range (°C)
Coastal Clarence River −29.49632a 153.29391a 27.2 8.3 36 18.9
Coastal Mary River −26.83406a 152.69057a 27.7 5.6 45 22.0
Coastal Cataract Dam −34.26566 150.81000 25.5 3.9 28 21.7
Inland Murrumbidgee River −34.64000 146.37400 32.3 3.4 13 28.9
Inland Darling River −30.64600 144.92600 35.2 5.0 27 30.2
Inland Lachlan River −33.61600 145.30000 32.7 3.6 15 29.1
Inland Murray River −35.96628 145.85256 31.2 3.4 17 27.8
Inland Macintyre River −28.60233 149.96233 33.8 4.5 33 29.3
Inland Ovens River −36.53400 146.66933 28.7 2.0 29 26.7
Inland Murray River −35.98070 145.82780 31.2 3.4 16 27.8

Climate variables are derived from monthly temperature and rainfall data.

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Geographic coordinates for the Clarence River and Mary River samples are approximate sampling coordinates as exact GIS locations were unavailable.