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Interaction of climate change with sea snakes
Management Concern: Moderate
Adequacy of Information: Low
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- There are 14 species of sea snake on the Great Barrier Reef and there are serious concerns about the status of some species.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Number of sea snake species on Great Barrier Reef
- Sea snakes
- Molecular ecology, evolution & conservation hydrophiine sea-snakes
- Status of sea snakes in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area
- Vulnerability of marine reptiles in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
Existing policies and management actions
- Protected Species in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Policy on managing activities that include the direct take of a Protected Species from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- 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
- Biodiversity strategy
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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