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Title | Author | Date | Content Type | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
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Impacts generated by the materials used in offshore wind technology on Human Health, Natural Environment and Resources | Rueda-Bayona, J.; Eras, J.; Chaparro, T. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Chemicals | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment | |
The Potential Compatibility of Designating Offshore Wind Farms within Wider Marine Protected Areas—Conservation of the Chinese White Dolphin Regarding Fishers’ Perception | Jhan, H-T.; Lee, H-T.; Ting, K-H. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Reviewing the ecological impacts of offshore wind farms | Galparsoro, I.; Menchaca, I.; Garmendia, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates | |
Conceptualisation of multiple impacts interacting in the marine environment using marine infrastructure as an example | Komyakova, V.; Jaffrés, J.; Strain, E.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Attraction | Invertebrates | |
Surface impacts of large offshore wind farms | Golbazi, M.; Archer, C.; Alessandrini, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
An Evaluation of Wind Turbine-Induced Topographic Change in the Offshore Intertidal Sandbank Using Remote Sensing-Constructed Digital Elevation Model Data | Zhang, D.; Zhang, H.; Zhou, Y.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
Comparative life cycle environmental impact assessment of renewable electricity generation systems: A practical approach towards Europe, North America and Oceania | Mahmud, P.; Farjana, S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Chemicals | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment | |
Environmental Compatibility of the Parc Tramuntana Offshore Wind Project in Relation to Marine Ecosystems | Diez-Caballero, K.; Troiteiro, S.; Garcia-Alba, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Fish, Invertebrates, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
Distance to hedgerows drives local repulsion and attraction of wind turbines on bats: Implications for spatial siting | Leroux, C.; Kerbiriou, C.; Le Viol, I.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change | Bats | |
Insights from the management of offshore energy resources: Toward an ecosystem-services based management approach for deep-ocean industries | Bravo, M.; Brandt, M.; van der Grient, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Changes in Flow, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Social & Economic Data | |
On the importance of wind turbine wake boundary to wind energy and environmental impact | Fan, Z.; Li,S.; Gao, Z.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Human Dimensions, Climate Change | |
A new seabed mobility index for the Irish Sea: Modelling seabed shear stress and classifying sediment mobilisation to help predict erosion, deposition, and sediment distribution | Coughlan, M.; Guerrini, M.; Creane, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
The Irish Sea bed load parting zone: Is it a mid-sea hydrodynamic phenomenon or a geological theoretical concept? | Creane, S.; O'Shea, M.; Coughlan, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Development and Dynamics of Sediment Waves in a Complex Morphological and Tidal Dominant System: Southern Irish Sea | Creane, S.; Coughlan, M.; O’Shea, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
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.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Climate Change | |
Drivers of bat activity at wind turbines advocate for mitigating bat exposure using multicriteria algorithm-based curtailment | Barre, K.; Froidevaux, J.; Sotillo, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Collision, Habitat Change | Bats | |
Wind farms dry surface soil in temporal and spatial variation | Wang, G.; Li, G.; Liu, Z. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
Increased food availability at offshore wind farms affects trophic ecology of plaice Pleuronectes platessa | Buyse, J.; Hostens, K.; Degraer, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Physical Environment | |
Potential Influence of Offshore Wind Farms on the Marine Stratification in the Waters Adjacent to China | Lian, Z.; Liu, K.; Yang, T. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
Long-term impact on the breeding birds of a semi-offshore island-based wind farm in Åland, Northern Baltic Sea | Tanskanen, A.; Yrjola, R.; Oja, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Attraction, Displacement | Birds, Shorebirds | |
Floating offshore wind turbine aerodynamics: Trends and future challenges | Micallef, D.; Rezaeiha, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | ||
The species-specificity of energy landscapes for soaring birds, and its consequences for transferring suitability models across species | Scacco, M.; Arrondo, E.; Donazar, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow, Collision | Birds, Raptors | |
Can the development of offshore renewable energy projects and their shore connection have an effect on the evolution of the coastline? | Henry, S.; Cartier, A.; Duperrent, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of the Block Island Wind Farm | National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Habitat Change | Marine Mammals, Physical Environment | |
Impacts of accelerating deployment of offshore windfarms on near-surface climate | Akhtar, N.; Geyer, B.; Schrum, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
Balancing future renewable energy infrastructure siting and associated habitat loss for migrating whooping cranes | Ellis, K.; Pearse, A.; Brandt, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment | |
Columbian sharp-tailed grouse brood success and chick survival in a wind-energy landscape | Proett, M.; Roberts, S.; Messmer, T. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement | Birds | |
Meteorological aspects of offshore wind energy: Observations from the Vindeby wind farm | Barthelmie, R.; Courtney, M.; Højstrup, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Habitat Change | Physical Environment | |
Reef effect of offshore structures on the occurrence and foraging activity of harbour porpoises | Fernandez-Betelu, O.; Graham, I.; Thompson, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans | |
Considerations on environmental, economic, and energy impacts of wind energy generation: Projections towards sustainability initiatives | Msigwa, G.; Ighalo, J.; Yap, P-S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Changes in Flow, Noise | Birds, Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | |
Underwater Visual Records of Marine Megafauna Around Offshore Anthropogenic Structures | Todd, V.; Lazar, L.; Williamson, L.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds, Reptiles | |
Using Artificial-Reef Knowledge to Enhance the Ecological Function of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations: Implications for Fish Abundance and Diversity | Glarou, M.; Zrust, M.; Svendsen, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish | |
Evaluating the fish aggregation effect of wind turbine facilities by using scientific echo sounder in Nanlong wind farm area, western Taiwan | Huang, T.; Lu, H.; Lin, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction | Fish, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Evaluating receiver contributions to acoustic positional telemetry: a case study on Atlantic cod around wind turbines in the North Sea | van der Knaap, I.; Slabbekoorn, H.; Winter, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Habitat Change | Fish, Pelagic Fish | |
Three-dimensional analysis of bat flight paths around small wind turbines suggests no major collision risk or behavioral changes | Hochradel, K.; Hartmann, S.; Reers, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow, Collision | Bats | |
Effects of magnetic fields related to submarine power cables on the behaviour of larval rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Jakubowska, M.; Greszkiewicz, M.; Fey, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Attraction, EMF | Fish | |
Local climatic and environmental effects of an onshore wind farm in North China | Luo, L.; Zhuang, Y.; Duan, Q.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | ||
Offshore Wind Power for Marine Conservation | Hammar, L.; Perry, D.; Gullström, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Offshore wind farm design with the Coral Reefs Optimization algorithm | Salcedo-Sanz, S.; Gallo-Marazuela, D.; Pastor-Sánchez, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction | Invertebrates | |
Impact of Offshore Wind Farms on Marine Ecosystems, Pelagic Species and Fishing | Negro, V.; del Campo, J.; Luengo Frades, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Displacement | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Pelagic Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Recreation & Tourism | |
On the Potential Impact of Lake Erie Wind Farms on Water Temperatures and Mixed‐Layer Depths: Some Preliminary 1‐D Modeling Using COHERENS | Afsharian, S.; Taylor, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Water Quality | |
Costs and consequences of wind turbine wake effects arising from uncoordinated wind energy development | Lundquist, J.; DuVivier, K.; Kaffine, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow | Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions | |
Anthropogenic disturbance facilitates a non-native species on offshore oil platforms | Viola, S.; Page, H.; Zaleski, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Invertebrates | |
Echolocation activity of migratory bats at a wind energy facility: testing the feeding-attraction hypothesis to explain fatalities | Reimer, J.; Baerwald, E.; Barlay, R. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction | Bats | |
Resource Availability May Not Be a Useful Predictor of Migratory Bat Fatalities or Activity at Wind Turbines | Bennett, V.; Hale, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Attraction | Bats | |
Bat flight height monitored from wind masts predicts mortality risk at wind farms | Roemer, C.; Disca, T.; Coulon, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Attraction | Bats | |
Impact of wind facilities on bats in the Neotropics | Rodríguez-Durán, A.; Feliciano-Robles, W. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Attraction | Bats | |
Attraction of nocturnally migrating birds to artificial light: The influence of colour, intensity and blinking mode under different cloud cover conditions | Rebke, M.; Dierschke, V.; Weiner, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Lighting | Birds | |
Evaluation of the nearshore impact of a hybrid wave-wind energy farm | Diaconu, S.; Onea, F.; Rusu, E. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
Acoustic mirrors as sensory traps for bats | Greif, S.; Zsebok, S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Collision, Avoidance, Attraction | Bats |
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