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
The impact of offshore wind turbine foundations on local hydrodynamics and stratification in the Southern North Sea
Hendriks, E. , Langedock, K. , van Duren, L.
August 2025
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Changes in Flow , Habitat Change
Physical Environment , Sediment Transport , Water Quality
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
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
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
EDEN 2000: Exploring Options For A Nature-Proof Development of Offshore Wind Farms Inside A Natura 2000 Area
Degraer, S. , Brabant, R. , Vanaverbeke, J.
June 2023
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
EMF
Fish , Invertebrates , Marine Mammals , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
A wind of change for soft-sediment infauna within operational offshore windfarms
Lefaible, N. , Braeckman, U. , Degraer, S.
June 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Invertebrates , Physical Environment
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
Impacts of human activities on the supply of marine ecosystem services: A conceptual model for offshore wind farms to aid quantitative assessments
Van de Pol, L. , Van der Biest, K. , Taelman, S. E.
March 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes
Long-Term Succession on Offshore Wind Farms and the Role of Species Interactions
Zupan, M. , Rumes, B. , Vanaverbeke, J.
February 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction
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
Organic matter processing in a [simulated] offshore wind farm ecosystem in current and future climate and aquaculture scenarios
Voet, H. , Vlaminck, E. , van Colen, C.
January 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Changes in Flow , Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Invertebrates , Human Dimensions
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
Climate change effects on the ecophysiology and ecological functioning of an offshore wind farm artificial hard substrate community
Voet, H. , van Colen, C. , Vanaverbeke, J.
March 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Physical Environment , Invertebrates , Human Dimensions
Offshore Windfarm Footprint of Sediment Organic Matter Mineralization Processes
De Borger, E. , Ivanov, E. , Capet, A.
June 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Physical Environment , Invertebrates
Offshore Wind Farm Footprint on Organic and Mineral Particle Flux to the Bottom
Ivanov, E. , Capet, A. , Borger, E.
June 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Changes in Flow
Physical Environment , Sediment Transport
Offshore wind farms and the attraction-production hypothesis: insights from a combination of stomach content and stable isotope analyses
Mavraki, N. , Degraer, S. , Vanaverbeke, J.
March 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Fish , Demersal Fish , Pelagic Fish
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
Functional differences in trophic structure of offshore wind farm communities: A stable isotope study
Mavraki, N. , Degraer, S. , Moens, T.
May 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Invertebrates
Functional differences in trophic structure of offshore wind farm communities: A stable isotope study
Mavraki, N. , Degraer, S. , Moens, T.
May 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Fish , Invertebrates
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
Working Group on Marine Benthal Renewable Developments
Vanaverbeke, J. , Coolen, J. , Harrald, M.
January 2019
Report
Marine Energy , Tidal , Wave
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
Maritime ecosystem-based management in practice: Lessons learned from the application of a generic spatial planning framework in Europe
Buhl-Mortensen, L. , Galparsoro, I. , Fernández, T.
January 2017
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Human Dimensions , Marine Spatial Planning
Short-term effects of fishery exclusion in offshore wind farms on macrofaunal communities in the Belgian part of the North Sea
Coates, D. , Kapasakali, D. , Vincx, M.
July 2016
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Invertebrates , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
Rapid Macrobenthic Recovery after Dredging Activities in an Offshore Wind Farm in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
Coates, D. , Van Hoey, G. , Colson, L.
September 2015
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Invertebrates
In Situ Mortality Experiments with Juvenile Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in Relation to Impulsive Sound Levels Caused by Pile Driving of Windmill Foundations
Dubusschere, E. , de Coensel, B. , Bajek, A.
October 2014
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Noise
Fish , Demersal Fish
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
Enrichment and Shifts in Macrobenthic Assemblages in an Offshore Wind Farm Area in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
Coates, D. , Deschutter, Y. , Vincx, M.
April 2014
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Physical Environment , Invertebrates
Aggregation at Windmill Artificial Reefs: CPUE of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) and Pouting (Trisopterus luscus) at Different Habitats in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
Reubens, J. , Braeckman, U. , Vanaverbeke, J.
March 2013
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Fish , Demersal Fish