Investigating the impact of seismic surveys on threatened sea snakes in Australia's North West Shelf

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    Australia's North West Shelf (NWS) reefs support the highest recorded diversity, endemism and abundance of sea snakes in the world. Surveys by co-investigator Guinea have revealed alarming declines of NWS sea snakes, most severely at Ashmore, where prior to 2000 there were ~70 snakes/hectare and there is now
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date01/01/201331/12/2014