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Could federal wind farms influence continental shelf oceanography and alter associated ecological processes? A literature review. | Miles, T.; Murphy, S.; Kohut, J.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment | |
Moray East Construction Survey Summary Report | Moray Offshore Wind Farm (East) Limited | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Displacement, Habitat Change | Invertebrates, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
Global life-cycle impacts of onshore wind-power plants on bird richness | May, R.; Middel, H.; Stokke, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Bats, Birds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
Guidance document on wind energy developments and EU nature legislation | European Commission | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment | |
Enabling Renewable Energy While Protecting Wildlife: An Ecological Risk-Based Approach to Wind Energy Development Using Ecosystem-Based Management Values | Copping, A.; Gorton, A.; May, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement | |
SEER Factsheet | SEER | Summary | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Sea Turtles | |
Synthesis of the Science Workshop: Day 1 Summary | Consensus Building Institute | Workshop Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
The Wildlife Sensitivity Mapping Manual: Practical guidance for renewable energy planning in the European Union | Allinson, T.; Jobson, B.; Crowe, O.; et al. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Physical Environment, Marine Mammals | ||
Benthic and Epifaunal Monitoring During Wind Turbine Installation and Operation at the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island - Project Report | Hutchison, Z.; Bartley, M.; English, P.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Biological Opinion for Vineyard Wind's Offshore Wind Energy Project | National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles | ||
Existing Conditions and Potential Environmental Effects | HT Harvey and Associates | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Collision, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Physical Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Terrestrial Mammals | |
South Fork Wind Fisheries Research and Monitoring Plan | South Fork Wind; INSPIRE Environmental | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | ||
Automated Identification of Fish and Other Aquatic Life in Underwater Video | Blowers, S.; Evans, J.; McNally, K. | Report | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Invertebrates | ||
Effect of wind farms on wintering ducks at an important wintering ground in China along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway | Zhao, S.; Xu, H.; Song, N.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Waterfowl | |
Multi-modal Approach for Benthic Impact Assessments in Moraine Habitats: a Case Study at the Block Island Wind Farm | Guarinello, M.; Carey, D. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment | |
Organic matter assimilation by hard substrate fauna in an offshore wind farm area: a pulse-chase study | Mavraki, N. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment | |
Comparison of Environmental Effects from Different Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations | Horwath, S.; Hassrick, J.; Grismala, R.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles | |
Vineyard Wind Demersal Trawl Survey 2019/2020 Annual Report | He, P.; Rillahan, C. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Invertebrates | ||
Paint it black: Efficacy of increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce avian fatalities | May, R.; Nygård, T.; Falkdalen, U.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision | Birds, Passerines, Raptors, Waterfowl | |
Parc Éolien en Mer de Saint Nazaire Banc de Guérande: Étude de l’état de référence halieutique | SINAY - Maritime Data Solutions | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | ||
PivotBuoy An Advanced System for Cost-effective and Reliable Mooring, Connection, Installation & Operation of Floating Wind D6.2: Update of Reliability, Health & Safety and Environmental Assessment of the PivotBuoy system | Intecsea | Report | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Chemicals | Physical Environment, Water Quality, Human Dimensions | |
Comparative migration ecology of striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon in the US Southern mid-Atlantic bight flyway | Rothermel, E.; Balazik, M.; Best, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance | Fish | |
South Fork Wind Farm COP Appendix N2: South Fork Wind Benthic Habitat Mapping to Support Essential Fish Habitat Consultation | INSPIRE Environmental | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Physical Environment | ||
Hywind Scotland Artificial Substrate Colonisation Survey | MMT Sweden | Report | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
South Fork Wind Farm Atlantic Cod Spawning Survey | Gervelis, B.; Carey, D. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish | |
Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Wind Energy Project: Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Navigation | ||
Assessing Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind Facilities on Regional Sea Scallop Laval and Early Juvenile Transports | Chen, C.; Zhao, L.; He, P.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates | |
On the food-web ecology of offshore wind farms, the kingdom of suspension feeders | Mavraki, N. | Thesis | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates | |
Highly Migratory Species Report 2020, Vineyard Wind | Kneebone, J.; Capizzano, C. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | ||
Final Environmental Assessment Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Eagle Permit | US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Birds, Raptors, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
Science in support of ecologically sound decommissioning strategies for offshore man-made structures: taking stock of current knowledge and considering future challenges | Birchenough, S.; Degraer, S. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | |
Structure in a sea of sand: fish abundance in relation to man-made structures in the North Sea | Wright, S.; Lynam, C.; Righton, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish | |
Fish Assemblages Associated with a Newly Deployed Eco-Engineered Artificial Seawall in the Intercoastal Waters of Port Everglades | Cinti, O. | Thesis | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates | |
Monitoring of geese in the territory of Integrated System for Protection of Birds in Winter 2019-2020 | Zehtindjiev, P.; Whitfield, D. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Displacement | Birds, Waterfowl | |
National Environmental Policy Act Documentation for Impact-Producing Factors in the Offshore Wind Cumulative Impacts Scenario on the South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Lighting, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Justice, Fisheries, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | |
Observations Show That Wind Farms Substantially Modify the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Thermal Stratification Transition in the Early Evening | Rajewski, D.; Takle, E.; VanLoocke, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
Nature-Inclusive Design: A Catalogue for Offshore Wind Infrastructure | Hermans, A.; Bos, O.; Prusina, I. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Seafloor Disturbance and Recovery Monitoring at the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island – Summary Report | Khan, A.; Smith, K. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment | |
Revolution Wind COP Appendix K: Onshore Natural Resources and Biological Assessment | Vanasse Hangen Brustlin | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds, Physical Environment | ||
Strategic Plan to Protect California’s Coast and Ocean 2020–2025 | Crowfoot, W.; Blumenfeld, J.; Yee, B.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Fish, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
The State of the Science on Wildlife and Offshore Wind Energy Development: Workshop Proceedings | Gulka, J.; Williams, K. | Workshop Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles | |
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind COP Appendix II-G1: 2019 Benthic Assessment Report - Buoy Installation Areas and Sites of Interest | Zottoli, J.; Morandi, A.; Albert, P.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Invertebrates, Physical Environment | ||
A Parametric Analysis and Sensitivity Study of the Acoustic Propagation for Renewable Energy | Heaney, K.; Ainslie, M.; Halvorsen, M.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy | Noise | Fish | |
Wind farm development on peatlands increases fluvial macronutrient loading | Heal, K.; Phin, A.; Waldron, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Water Quality | |
Cairn Duhie Wind Farm EIA Scoping Report | Mallon, L. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
Movement and Habitat Selection by Migratory Fishes within the Maryland Wind Energy Area and Adjacent Reference Sites | Secor, D.; O'Brien, M.; Rothermel, E.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish | ||
Cross-Shelf Habitat Suitability Modeling for Benthic Macrofauna | Henkel, S.; Gilbane, L.; Phillips, A.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy | Invertebrates, Physical Environment | ||
Options for biodiversity enhancement in offshore wind farms | Bureau Waardenburg bv | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions | |
Impactos ambientales de los parques eólicos y líneas de transmisión de energía sobre la biodiversidad de áreas protegidas del departamento de la Guajira-Colombia | Garavito-Terrez, L | Thesis | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment | ||
Guía para la descripción de centrales eólicas de generación de energía eléctrica en el SEIA (segunda edición) | Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental de Chile | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions |
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