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Biodiversity Assessment - Carnarvon

Threatened Ecosystems

Table: Provisional list of threatened ecosystems in each subregion: their threatening processes
Ecosystem name Threatening processes Threatening processes notes
CAR1
Camerons Cave Troglobitic Community No data No data
Cape Range Remipede Community No data No data
Heath community on chert hills of the Coomberdale Other - describe Gravel extraction
Marine environments generally Ningaloo Exmouth Bar Pollution Marine environments generally (including Ningaloo reef, Exmouth Gulf, Shallow marine areas around Barrow I and Montebellos) threatened by possible bulk petroleum spill.
Sea turtle nesting CAR1 Feral animals Foxes
Sea turtle nesting CAR1 Other - describe Vehicles on beaches
Stygofauna communities Barrow Island Pollution Stygofauna communities on Barrow Island are threatened by pollution from the Barrow oil field. Produced water is still disposed of into shallow aquifers. Effects are unknown.
Stygofauna communities N.W.Cape Changed hydrology - salinity possible hydrological effects of water abstraction
Stygofauna communities N.W.Cape Other - describe limestone mining
Stygofauna communities N.W.Cape Pollution Stygofauna communities on North West Cape are threatened by townsite pollution
Terrestrial troglobites Barrow Island Other - describe Terrestrial troglobites on Barrow Island are threatened by human visitation
Terrestrial troglobites Barrow Island Pollution Terrestrial troglobites on Barrow Island are threatened by possible pollution from oil industry
CAR2
Acacia drephanophylla (Hamelin Wattle) on calcareo Feral animals Goats and rabbits
Acacia drephanophylla (Hamelin Wattle) on calcareo Grazing pressure No data
Assemblages of the Gascoyne Delta system Exotic weeds Athel tree
Assemblages of the Gascoyne Delta system Feral animals Goats and rabbits
Assemblages of the Gascoyne Delta system Grazing pressure No data
Assemblages of the Gascoyne Delta system Other - describe Development
Fish assemblages of Blue Holes Changed hydrology - other Inflows to lake due to changes in catchment
Fish assemblages of Blue Holes Other - describe Mining activites
Floodplains of the Carnarvon Basin Feral animals Goats and rabbits
Floodplains of the Carnarvon Basin Grazing pressure No data
Flora and fauna assemblages of the gorges of Woora Feral animals Goats
Flora and fauna assemblages of the gorges of Woora Grazing pressure No data
Hypersaline community number 2 Other - describe Tourism
Inland Mangrove assemblage (Avicennia marina) of L Changed hydrology - other Inflows to lake due to degradation of catchment
Inland Mangrove assemblage (Avicennia marina) of L Other - describe Mining activities
Invertebrate assemblages of Callytharra Spring Feral animals Goats
Invertebrate assemblages of Callytharra Spring Grazing pressure No data
Invertebrate assemblages of Mooka Springs Feral animals Goats
Invertebrate assemblages of Mooka Springs Grazing pressure No data
Lake Macleod invertebrate assemblages Changed hydrology - other Inflows to lake due to degradation of catchment
Lake Macleod invertebrate assemblages Other - describe Mining activities
Mangrove communities dominated by Avicennia Other - describe Unknown
Permanent water soaks and wetlands on western edge Feral animals Goats
Permanent water soaks and wetlands on western edge Grazing pressure No data
Plant assemblages (spinifex dominated) of sand dun Feral animals Goats
Plant assemblages dominated by Acacia sibilans (My Feral animals Goats, rabbits
Plant assemblages dominated by Acacia sibilans (My Grazing pressure No data
Reptile assemblages of islands, gulfs and peninsul Changed fire regimes No data
Reptile assemblages of islands, gulfs and peninsul Feral animals Cats, foxes, goats.
Reptile assemblages of islands, gulfs and peninsul Grazing pressure No data
River Land System vegetation on Gascoyne River Exotic weeds Athel tree
River Land System vegetation on Gascoyne River Grazing pressure Goats and rabbits
River Land System vegetation on Gascoyne River Other - describe Development
Samphire communities Changed hydrology - other Inflows to lake due to degradattion of catchment.
Samphire communities Other - describe Mining activities
Snakewood-bowgada communities on undulating plains Feral animals Goats and rabbits
Snakewood-bowgada communities on undulating plains Grazing pressure No data
Specific Seagrass Communities Other - describe Boating, pearling, aquaculture trawling
Sponge community Other - describe Boating, trawlers, pearling and aquaculture
Sponge community Other - describe Dredging

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