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Figure 28.
Climate
change
Hydrological
pressures (local)
Pollution & other
chemical pressures
Other physical
pressures
Physical
changes
Biological pressures
Regional Sea 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Overall
RANK
Climate change L L L M L L L VL 10
Temperature changes (local) VL VL VL VL VL VL VL 14
Salinity changes (local) VL VL VL VL VL VL VL 15
Changes in water flow, wave
action & emergence regime
(local)
Contamination by hazardous
substances
L VH H H M VL VL 3
L M M M M L L VL VL 7
Radionuclide contamination VL VL VL VL VL VL VL 17=
De-oxygenation VL VL VL VL L VL VL 12
Nitrogen & phosphorus
enrichment
L M M L L L L 8
Organic enrichment M M M M M L L 6
Electromagnetic changes VL VL VL VL VL VL VL 13
Litter L L L L L L L L L L L 11
Underwater noise VL VL VL VL VL VL VL 17=
Barrier to species movement 21=
Death or injury by collision VL VL VL VL VL VL VL 17=
Siltation rate changes M M M M VL M L M L L L 5
Physical damage VH VH H VH VL VH H VH L VH VL 2
Physical loss M H M M VL M L M VL H VL 4
Visual disturbance 21=
Genetic modification VL VL VL VL VL VL VL 16
Introduction of microbial
pathogens
Introduction of non-indigenous
species & translocations
Removal of species (target &
non-target)
VL VL VL VL 20
L M M M VL VL VL 9
VH VH H VH VL VH H VH L VH VL 1
Cumulative impact across all 6 habitats, per
Regional Sea
Very high
(>50)
High (25-