O'Brien, S.

Name: Sue O'Brien
Background: Regulator
Organization: Scottish Government
Department: Marine Scotland Science
Interest: Marine renewable energy, particularly offshore wind, and birds, mammals, benthic, fish
Country: United Kingdom

About Me:

Renewables Science Project Leader at Marine Scotland Science (Scottish Government)

Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with O'Brien, S..

Total: 13

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
A new method for quantifying redistribution of seabirds within operational offshore wind farms finds no evidence of within-wind farm displacement Trinder, M., O'Brien, S., Deimel, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Displacement Birds, Seabirds
JNCC Report 736: Red-Throated Diver Energetics Project Final Report 2023 Thompson, D.L., Duckworth, J., Ruffino, L. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement Birds, Seabirds
A framework for improving treatment of uncertainty in offshore wind assessments for protected marine birds Searle, K., O'Brien, S., Jones, E. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Displacement Birds, Seabirds, Shorebirds
Winter locations of red-throated divers from geolocation and feather isotope signatures Duckworth, J., O'Brien, S., Petersen, I. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance Birds, Seabirds
Spatial and temporal variation in foraging of breeding red-throated divers Duckworth, J., O'Brien, S., Petersen, I. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
JNCC Report No. 673: Red-Throated Diver Energetics Project 2020 Field Season Report Thompson, D., O'Brien, S., Ruffino, L. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement Birds, Seabirds
Black-legged kittiwake population dynamics and drivers of population change in the context of offshore wind development Ruffino, L., Thompson, D., O'Brien, S. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Displacement Birds, Seabirds
First biologging record of a foraging Red-Throated Loon Gavia stellata shows shallow and efficient diving in freshwater environments Duckworth, J., O'Brien, S., Väisänen, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
JNCC Report No. 637: Red-Throated Diver Energetics Project 2019 Field Season Report O'Brien, S., Ruffino, L., Johnson, L. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement Birds, Seabirds
Red-throated Diver Energetics Project: Preliminary Results from 2018/19 Duckworth, J., Green, J., Daunt, F. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement Birds, Waterfowl
JNCC Report No. 627 Red-Throated Diver Energetics Project 2018 Field Season Report O'Brien, S., Ruffino, L., Lehikoinen, P. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement Birds, Seabirds
Density dependence and marine bird populations: are wind farm assessments precautionary? Horswill, C., O'Brien, S., Robinson, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Seabirds, Birds
Bird and Bat Species' Global Vulnerability to Collision Mortality at Wind Farms Revealed Through a Trait-Based Assessment Thaxter, C., Buchanan, G., Carr, J. Journal Article Wind Energy Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement Bats, Birds