Habitat
Hawksbills use different habitats at different stages of their life cycle. Adults are usually not found in shallow marine habitats (unless coming ashore to nest), whereas small juveniles are rarely far from the shallowest coral reefs in tropical waters and therefore unlikely to be found in the British Isles.
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Rebecca Harris 2007. Eretmochelys imbricata. Hawksbill turtle. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 26/01/2011]. Available from:
