Ecological impacts of floating offshore wind on marine mammals and associated trophic interactions: current evidence and knowledge gaps
Harris, C. , Benjamins, S. , Scott, B.
September 2025
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Floating Offshore Wind
Attraction , Displacement , EMF , Entanglement , Noise , Vessel Strike
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Marine Mammals
Suitability of assessing population-level impacts from construction of a single wind farm – a case study on North Sea harbour porpoises
van Geel, N. , Benjamins, S. , Marmo, B.
May 2025
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Noise
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Spatial Impact of Wind Farm Construction on Harbor Porpoise Detectability
van Geel, N. , Benjamins, S. , Marmo, B.
October 2024
Book Chapter
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Noise
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Potential environmental impacts of floating solar photovoltaic systems
Benjamins, S. , Williamson, B. , Billing, S-L.
July 2024
Journal Article
Attraction , Changes in Flow , Chemicals , EMF , Habitat Change
Birds , Fish , Marine Mammals , Physical Environment , Human Dimensions
Spatial Impact of Wind Farm Construction on Harbor Porpoise Detectability
van Geel, N. , Benjamins, S. , Marmo, B.
June 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Noise
Marine Mammals
Characterisation of underwater operational noise of two types of floating offshore wind turbines
Risch, D. , Favill, G. , Marmo, B.
May 2023
Report
Wind Energy , Floating Offshore Wind
Noise
Marine Mammals
Modeling Small Scale Impacts of Multi-Purpose Platforms: An Ecosystem Approach
Serpetti, N. , Benjamins, S. , Brain, S.
July 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Floating Offshore Wind
Attraction , Avoidance , Habitat Change , Noise
Birds , Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Marine Mammals , Physical Environment , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
Offshore multi-purpose platforms for a Blue Growth: A technological, environmental and socio-economic review
Abhinav, K. , Collu, M. , Benjamins, S.
September 2020
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Floating Offshore Wind
Human Dimensions
Integrating Wind Turbines and Fish Farms: An Evaluation of Potential Risks to Marine and Coastal Bird Species
Benjamins, S. , Masden, E. , Collu, M.
June 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Collision
Birds , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
Harbour Seals Avoid Tidal Turbine Noise: Implications for Collision Risk
Hastie, G. , Russell, D. , Lepper, P.
March 2018
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Tidal
Avoidance , Noise
Marine Mammals , Pinnipeds
Challenges and Opportunities in Monitoring the Impacts of Tidal-Stream Energy Devices on Marine Vertebrates
Fox, C. , Benjamins, S. , Masden, E.
January 2018
Journal Article
Tidal , Marine Energy
Marine Mammals
Harbour Porpoise Distribution can Vary at Small Spatiotemporal Scales in Energetic Habitats
Benjamins, S. , van Geel, N. , Hastie, G.
July 2017
Journal Article
Tidal , Marine Energy
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Good noise, bad noise: A tricky case of balancing risk of physical injury against acoustic disturbance for marine mammals and tidal energy devices
Wilson, B. , Marmo, B. , Lepper, P.
May 2017
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Tidal
Collision , Noise
Marine Mammals
Dynamic habitat corridors for marine predators; intensive use of a coastal channel by harbour seals is modulated by tidal currents
Hastie, G. , Russell, D. , Benjamins, S.
October 2016
Journal Article
Marine Mammals , Pinnipeds
Riding the Tide: Use of a Moving Tidal-Stream Habitat by Harbour Porpoises
Benjamins, S. , Dale, A. , van Geel, N.
May 2016
Journal Article
Marine Mammals
Surveying Marine Mammals in Nearby Tidal Energy Development Sites: a Comparison
Benjamins, S. , Macleod, A. , Greenhill, L.
September 2015
Conference Paper
Marine Energy , Tidal
Marine Mammals
Assessment of Entanglement Risk to Marine Megafauna due to Offshore Renewable Energy Mooring Systems
Harnois, V. , Smith, H. , Benjamins, S.
September 2015
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Floating Offshore Wind
Entanglement
Marine Mammals
Confusion Reigns? A Review of Marine Megafauna Interactions with Tidal-Stream Environments
Benjamins, S. , Dale, A. , Hastie, G.
August 2015
Book Chapter
Tidal , Marine Energy
Marine Mammals , Birds
Guidance to Inform Marine Mammal Site Characterisation Requirements at Wave and Tidal Stream Energy Sites in Wales
Sparling, C. , Smith, K. , Benjamins, S.
July 2015
Report
Wave , Tidal , Marine Energy
Marine Mammals
Estimates of Collision Risk of Harbour Porpoises and Marine Renewable Energy Devices at Sites of High Tidal-Stream Energy
Wilson, B. , Benjamins, S. , Elliot, J.
November 2014
Report
Tidal , Marine Energy
Collision , Avoidance
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Use of Static Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) for monitoring cetaceans at Marine Renewable Energy Installations (MREIs) for Marine Scotland
Embling, C. , Wilson, B. , Benjamins, S.
October 2014
Guidance
Marine Energy , Tidal , Wave , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Noise
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Understanding the Potential for Marine Megafauna Entanglement Risk from Marine Renewable Energy Developments [Presentation]
Benjamins, S. , Harnois, V. , Smith, H.
May 2014
Presentation
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Floating Offshore Wind
Entanglement
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Movement Patterns of Seals in Tidally Energetic Sites: Implications for Renewable Energy Development
Hastie, G. , Benjamins, S. , Bird, A.
May 2014
Presentation
Marine Energy , Tidal
Marine Mammals , Pinnipeds
Marine Mammals and Tidal Turbines: What are the Issues of Concern and how are they being Resolved?
Wilson, B. , Hastie, G. , Benjamins, S.
April 2014
Presentation
Marine Energy , Tidal
Marine Mammals
Understanding the Potential for Marine Megafauna Entanglement Risk from Marine Renewable Energy Developments
Benjamins, S. , Harnois, V. , Smith, H.
January 2014
Report
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Floating Offshore Wind
Entanglement
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Using Drifting Passive Echolocation Loggers to Study Harbour Porpoises in Tidal-Stream Habitats
Wilson, B. , Benjamins, S. , Elliot, J.
December 2013
Journal Article
Tidal , Marine Energy
Marine Mammals
Assessment of the Marine Renewables Industry in Relation to Marine Mammals: Synthesis of Work Undertaken by the ICES Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology (WGMME)
Murphy, S. , Tougaard, J. , Wilson, B.
January 2012
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Marine Energy
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Marine Renewable Energy and the Environment (MaREE)
Adams, T. , Bainbridge, J. , Benjamins, S.
January 2010
Research Study
Marine Energy , Tidal , Wave
Changes in Flow , Collision , Habitat Change , Noise
Birds , Seabirds , Fish , Invertebrates , Marine Mammals