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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-

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