Offshore wind farms modify coastal food web dynamics by enhancing suspension feeder pathways
De Borger, E. , Van Oevelen, D. , Mavraki, N.
April 2025
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Invertebrates
Environmental DNA for monitoring the impact of offshore wind farms on fish and invertebrate community structures
Cornelis, I. , De Backer, A. , Maes, S.
July 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Fish , Demersal Fish , Invertebrates
European plaice movements show evidence of high residency, site fidelity, and feeding around hard substrates within an offshore wind farm
Buyse, J. , Reubens, J. , Hostens, K.
November 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction
Fish , Demersal Fish , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
Increased food availability at offshore wind farms affects trophic ecology of plaice Pleuronectes platessa
Buyse, J. , Hostens, K. , Degraer, S.
March 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Physical Environment
eDNA metabarcoding reveals distinct fish and invertebrate diversity patterns in the shallow and well-mixed Belgian part of the North Sea
Cornelis, I. , De Backer, A. , Vanhollebeke, J.
March 2023
Presentation
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Invertebrates
Functional trait responses to different anthropogenic pressures
Festjens, F. , Buyse, J. , De Backer, A.
February 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Invertebrates
Offshore wind farms affect the spatial distribution pattern of plaice Pleuronectes platessa at both the turbine and wind farm scale
Buyse, J. , Hostens, K. , Degraer, S.
June 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Attraction , Habitat Change
Fish
Overview of the effects of offshore wind farms on fisheries and aquaculture
Van Hoey, G. , Bastardie, F. , Birchenough, S.
May 2021
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Human Dimensions , Fisheries , Stakeholder Engagement
Soft sediments epibenthos and fish monitoring at the Belgian offshore wind farm area: situation 6 and 7 years after construction
De Backer, A. , Hostens, K.
January 2018
Book Chapter
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Demersal Fish , Invertebrates , Physical Environment
Similar Diversity-Disturbance Responses to Different Physical Impacts: Three Cases of Small-Scale Biodiversity Increase in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
De Backer, A. , Van Hoey, G. , Coates, D.
July 2014
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Physical Environment
Weighing Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Impacts: A Case Study of Demersal Fish and Epibenthic Communities in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
De Backer, A. , Vandendriessche, S. , Wittoeck, J.
January 2010
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Fish , Demersal Fish , Invertebrates