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Eretmochelys imbricata

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List of Habitats:
9 Marine Neritic
9.1 Marine Neritic - Pelagic
9.2 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
9.6 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Muddy
9.7 Marine Neritic - Macroalgal/Kelp
9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
9.8.1 Outer Reef Channel
9.8.3 Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope)
9.9 Marine Neritic - Seagrass (Submerged)
10 Marine Oceanic
10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)
12 Marine Intertidal
12.2 Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc
12.4 Marine Intertidal - Mud Flats and Salt Flats
12.7 Marine Intertidal - Mangrove Submerged Roots
List of Conservation Actions:
1 Land/water protection
1.1 Site/area protection (in place)
2 Land/water management
2.1 Site/area management (in place)
3 Species management
3.1 Species management
3.1.1 Harvest management (in place)
3.1.2 Trade management (in place)
5 Law & policy
5.4 Compliance and enforcement
5.4.1 International level (in place)
5.4.2 National level (in place)
5.4.3 Sub-national level (in place)
List of Threats:
1 Residential & commercial development
1.3 Tourism & recreation areas
3 Energy production & mining
3.1 Oil & gas drilling
5 Biological resource use
5.4 Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
5.4.1 Intentional use: (subsistence/small scale)
5.4.2 Intentional use: (large scale)
5.4.4 Unintentional effects: (large scale)
6 Human intrusions & disturbance
6.1 Recreational activities
9 Pollution
9.2 Industrial & military effluents
9.2.1 Oil spills
11 Climate change & severe weather
11.5 Other impacts
Citation: Mortimer, J.A & Donnelly, M. (IUCN SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group) 2008. Eretmochelys imbricata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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