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Interaction of climate change with dolphins
Management Concern: Moderate
Adequacy of Information: Low
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- Two inshore dolphin species are known to be at risk.
- There is limited information for any other dolphin species in the Great Barrier Reef.
- Marine mammals are likely to be affected by climate change due to its impact on food resources.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Spatial distribution of Australian snubfin and humpback dolphins
- Population sizes, site fidelity and residence patterns of Australian snubfin and humpback dolphins in the Cleveland Bay area, Townsville
- Australian humpback dolphin genetics
- Australian snubfin dolphin genetics
- Vulnerability of marine mammals in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
Existing policies and management actions
- Operational Policy on Whale and Dolphin Conservation in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
[450KB] - Protected Species in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Queensland’s Nature Conservation (Whale and Dolphin) Conservation Plan 1997
- Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- Australian Government policy on climate change
- Queensland Government climate change policies and strategies
- Climate Change Action Plan 2007-2012
Future management requirements
- Review of Operational Policy on Whale and Dolphin Conservation in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- Biodiversity strategy
- Draft Queensland Coastal Management Plan
Defined research questions
- There are currently no defined research questions for this topic. Research questions will be developed, giving priority to interactions/issues that are of most concern to management.
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