The Aquatic Root Mat Community in Caves of the Swan Coastal Plain ecological community is an assemblage of aquatic invertebrates living in mats of fine tree rootlets and their associated microflora in caves containing previously permanent streams and pools in Yanchep National Park on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia.
Aquatic Root Mat Community in Caves of the Swan Coastal Plain
Status: Endangered on the EPBC Act list
Government evidence of impact of climate change:
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Approved Conservation Advice for Aquatic Root Mat Community in Caves of the Swan Coastal Plain
The immediate threats are decline of the level of the water table as a result of groundwater extraction; pine plantations and climate change (DEC 2009 Government of Western Australia 2009 Steffen and Hughes 2013).
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