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Physeter macrocephalus

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Classifications [top]

List of Habitats:
9 Marine Neritic
9.1 Marine Neritic - Pelagic
10 Marine Oceanic
10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)
10.2 Marine Oceanic - Mesopelagic (200-1000m)
List of Threats:
4 Transportation & service corridors
4.3 Shipping lanes
5 Biological resource use
5.4 Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
5.4.2 Intentional use: (large scale)
5.4.4 Unintentional effects: (large scale)
5.4.5 Persecution/control
9 Pollution
9.2 Industrial & military effluents
9.2.3 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.4 Garbage & solid waste
9.6 Excess energy
9.6.3 Noise pollution
Citation: Taylor, B.L., Baird, R., Barlow, J., Dawson, S.M., Ford, J., Mead, J.G., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Wade, P. & Pitman, R.L. 2008. Physeter macrocephalus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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