Offshore wind turbines constitute benthic secondary production hotspots on and around constructions
Dannheim, J. , Beermann, J. , Coolen, J.
October 2025
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Physical Environment
Working Group on Marine Benthal and Renewable Energy Developments (WGMBRED; outputs from 2024 meeting))
Vanaverbeke, J. , Coolen, J. , Chiarandon, A.
June 2025
Report
Marine Energy , Wind Energy
EMF , Noise
Fish , Demersal Fish , Invertebrates , Human Dimensions , Legal & Policy
Biodiversity Information of benthic Species at ARtificial structures - BISAR
Dannheim, J. , Kloss, P. , Vanaverbeke, J.
April 2025
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Marine growth sampling tool evaluation: evaluation of the performance of an ROV-mounted tool for sampling marine growth on Offshore energy structures
Coolen, J. , van der Weide, B. , Bittner, O.
January 2025
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction
Invertebrates
Life on every stone: Characterizing benthic communities from scour protection layers of offshore wind farms in the southern North Sea
Zupan, M. , Coolen, J. , Mavraki, N.
October 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Physical Environment
Guardians of the seabed: Nature-inclusive design of scour protection in offshore wind farms enhances benthic diversity
Kingma, E. , ter Hofstede, R. , Kardinaal, E.
June 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Invertebrates
Fluxes of nitrogen and phosphorus in fouling communities on artificial offshore structures
Coolen, J. , Weide, B. , Bittner, O.
June 2024
Journal Article
Habitat Change
Physical Environment
Developing expert scientific consensus on the environmental and societal effects of marine artificial structures prior to decommissioning
Knights, A. , Lemasson, A. , Firth, L.
February 2024
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Physical Environment , Human Dimensions , Social & Economic Data
To what extent can decommissioning options for marine artificial structures move us toward environmental targets?
Knights, A. , Lemasson, A. , Firth, L.
January 2024
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Human Dimensions , Legal & Policy
Decommissioning of offshore wind farms and its impact on benthic ecology
Spielmann, V. , Dannheim, J. , Brey, T.
December 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Fish , Physical Environment , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
Offshore Wind Energy and Marine Biodiversity in the North Sea: Life Cycle Impact Assessment for Benthic Communities
Li, C. , Coolen, J. , Scherer, L.
April 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Physical Environment
Generalized changes of benthic communities after construction of wind farms in the southern North Sea
Coolen, J. , Vanaverbeke, J. , Dannheim, J.
August 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Fish , Demersal Fish , Invertebrates
Small suspension-feeding amphipods play a pivotal role in carbon dynamics around offshore man-made structures
Mavraki, N. , Coolen, J. , Kapasakali, D.
June 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction
Ecosystem Processes , Invertebrates
Sampling hard substrates in Dutch offshore: Work plan towards an offshore wind farm hard substrate sampling & monitoring programme in the Netherlands
Coolen, J. , Wijnhoven, S. , Bergsma, J.
January 2022
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Physical Environment
Offshore Wind Farm Artificial Reefs Affect Ecosystem Structure and Functioning: A Synthesis
Degraer, S. , Carey, D. , Coolen, J.
December 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Invertebrates
Ecological implications of removing a concrete gas platform in the North Sea
Coolen, J. , Bittner, O. , Driessen, F.
December 2020
Journal Article
Habitat Change
Fish , Human Dimensions , Marine Spatial Planning
The ecology of infrastructure decommissioning in the North Sea: what we need to know and how to achieve it
Fowler, A. , Jørgensen, A. , Coolen, J.
May 2020
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy
Ecosystem Processes
Benthic effects of offshore renewables: identification of knowledge gaps and urgently needed research
Dannheim, J. , Bergström, L. , Birchenough, S.
May 2020
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy
Invertebrates
Marine stepping‐stones: Connectivity of Mytilus edulis populations between offshore energy installations
Coolen, J. , Boon, A. , Crooijmans, R.
February 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Invertebrates
Factors determining the timing of swarming of European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis L.) larvae in the Dutch Delta area: Implications for flat oyster restoration
Maathuis, M. , Coolen, J. , van der Have, T.
January 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Ecosystem Processes , Invertebrates
Oil and gas platforms as artificial substrates for epibenthic North Sea fauna: Effects of location and depth
Schutter, M. , Dorenbosch, M. , Driessen, F.
November 2019
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Fish , Invertebrates
Low genetic connectivity in a fouling amphipod among man-made structures in the southern North Sea
Luttikhuizen, P. , Beermann, J. , Crooijmans, R.
April 2019
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Invertebrates
Upscaling positive effects of scour protection in offshore wind farms
Coolen, J. , Lengkeek, W. , van der Have, T.
January 2019
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Fish , Demersal Fish , Invertebrates
Working Group on Marine Benthal Renewable Developments
Vanaverbeke, J. , Coolen, J. , Harrald, M.
January 2019
Report
Marine Energy , Tidal , Wave
Benthic production and energy export from man-made structures to softbottoms: does it matter?
Dannheim, J. , Birchenough, S. , Beermann, J.
September 2018
Conference Paper
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes
Benthic biodiversity on old platforms, young wind farms, and rocky reefs
Coolen, J. , van der Weide, B. , Cuperus, J.
July 2018
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Invertebrates
Environmental benefits of leaving offshore infrastructure in the ocean
Fowler, A. , Jørgensen, A. , Svendsen, J.
July 2018
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
RECON: Reef effect structures in the North Sea, islands or connections? Summary Report
Coolen, J. , van der Weide, B. , Cuperus, J.
January 2018
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Fish , Invertebrates , Human Dimensions , Marine Spatial Planning
Distribution of the invasive Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935 and native Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) on artificial hard substrates in the North Sea: separation by habitat
Coolen, J. , Lengkeek, W. , Degraer, S.
August 2016
Journal Article
Habitat Change
Invertebrates
Marine Fouling Assemblages on Offshore Gas Platforms in the Southern North Sea: Effects of Depth and Distance from Shore on Biodiversity
van der Stap, T. , Coolen, J. , Lindeboom, H.
January 2016
Journal Article
Habitat Change
Invertebrates