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Title | Author | Date | Content Type Sort descending | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
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Assessing the Impact of Windfarms in Subtidal, Exposed Marine Areas | Dahlgren, T.; Schläppy, M.; Saskov, A.; et al. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Ecosystem Processes | |
Toward an Ecosystem Approach of Marine Renewable Energy: The Case of the Offshore Wind Farm of Courseulles-sur-Mer in the Bay of Seine | Niquil, N.; Raoux, A.; Haraldsson, M.; et al. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
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 | |
An integrated conceptual model to characterize the effects of offshore wind farms on ecosystem services | Baulaz, Y.; Mouchet, M.; Niquil, N.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | |
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 | |
Windfarms, fishing and benthic recovery: Overlaps, risks and opportunities | Dunkley, F.; Solandt, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
Wind energy expansion and birds: Identifying priority areas for impact avoidance at a national level | Balotari-Chiebao, F.; Santangeli, A.; Piirainen, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Habitat Change | Birds, Ecosystem Processes | |
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 | |
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 | |
Quantifying the differences in avian attack rates on reptiles between an infrastructure and a control site | Law, C.; Lancaster, L.; Hall, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Reptiles | |
Evidence for the effects of decommissioning man-made structures on marine ecosystems globally: a systematic map | Lemasson, A.; Somerfield, P.; Schratzberger, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Offshore wind farms are projected to impact primary production and bottom water deoxygenation in the North Sea | Daewel, U.; Akhtar, N.; Christiensen, N.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
Design, production, and validation of the biological and structural performance of an ecologically engineered concrete block mattress: A Nature-Inclusive Design for shoreline and offshore construction | Sella, I.; Hadary, T.; Rella, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates | |
Sustainable wind energy planning through ecosystem service impact valuation and exergy: A study case in south-central Chile | Martínez-Martínez, Y.; Dewulf, J.; Aguayo, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Changes in Flow, Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
Minimizing habitat conflicts in meeting net-zero energy targets in the western United States | Wu, G.; Jones, R.; Leslie, E.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
The association of windmills with conservation of pollinating insects and wild plants in homogeneous farmland of western Poland | Pustkowiak, S.; Banaszak-Cibicka, W.; Mielczarek, L.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Evaluating anthropogenic landscape alterations as wildlife hazards, with wind farms as an example | Law, P.; Fuller, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
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 | |
The Design, Production and Validation of the Biological and Structural Performance of an Ecologically Engineered Concrete Block Mattress – A Nature Inclusive Design for Shoreline and Offshore construction | Sella, I.; Hadary, T.; Rella, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates, Physical Environment | |
An Analysis of the Efficacy of Four Artificial Reef Designs in Tropical Waters | Brock, R.; Norris, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates | |
Atlantic deepwater ecosystem observatory network: Patterns of acoustic backscatter and community structure of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf | Miksis-Olds, J.; Warren, J.; Blair, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Displacement, Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Functional ecology of fish: current approaches and future challenges | Villéger, S.; Brosse, S.; Mouchet, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Human Dimensions | |
Capturing threshold responses of marine benthos along gradients of natural and anthropogenic change | Couce, E.; Engelhard, G.; Schratzberger, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, 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.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Effects of habitat factors on the plant diversity on naturally-restored wind farm slopes | Wang, P.; Yu, H.; Xiao, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Benchmarking Marine Energy Technologies Through LCA: Offshore Floating Wind Farms in the Mediterranean | Pulselli, R.; Maccanti, M.; Bruno, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment | |
Evidence that offshore wind farms might affect marine sediment quality and microbial communities | Wang, T.; Ru, X.; Deng, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, 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.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Physical Environment | |
Habitat Engineering by Decadal-Scale Bioturbation around Shipwrecks on the Great Barrier Reef Mid-Shelf | Stieglitz, T. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment | |
Benthic and Fish Aggregation Inside an Offshore Wind Farm: Which Effects on the Trophic Web Functioning? | Raoux, A.; Tecchio, S.; Pezy, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Invertebrates | |
Ecological Risk as a Tool for Evaluating the Effects of Offshore Wind Farm Construction in the North Sea | Nunneri, C.; Lenhart, J.; Burkhard, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Water Quality | |
A Sustainability Index of Potential Co-Location of Offshore Wind Farms and Open Water Aquaculture | Benassai, G.; Mariani, P.; Stenberg, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions | |
Marine Mammals Trace Anthropogenic Structures at Sea | Russell, D.; Brasseur, S.; Thompson, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy | Habitat Change | Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals, Ecosystem Processes | |
Predicting the Large-Scale Consequences of Offshore Wind Turbine Array Development on a North Sea Ecosystem | van der Molen, J.; Smith, H.; Lepper, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Ecosystem Processes | |
On the Effect of Structure-Induced Resistance and Mixing on Inflows into the Baltic Sea: A Numerical Model Study | Rennau, H.; Schimmels, S.; Burchard, H. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Water Quality, Physical Environment | |
The large-scale impact of offshore wind farm structures on pelagic primary productivity in the southern North Sea | Slavik, K.; Lemmen, C.; Zhang, W.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Invertebrates | |
Contributions of marine infrastructures to marine planning and protected area networking | Shabtay, A.; Portman, M.; Carmel, Y. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy | Habitat Change | Marine Spatial Planning, Human Dimensions, Ecosystem Processes | |
Offshore Wind Farm Artificial Reefs Affect Ecosystem Structure and Functioning: A Synthesis | Degraer, S.; Carey, D.; Coolen, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates | |
Renewables-To-Reefs? Decommissioning Options for the Offshore Wind Power Industry | Smyth, K.; Christie, N.; Burdon, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Human Dimensions, Ecosystem Processes | |
Predicting the trends of vertebrate species richness as a response to wind farms installation in mountain ecosystems of northwest Portugal | Santos, M.; Bastos, R.; Travassos, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Bird-Community Shifts in Relation to Wind Farms: A Case Study Comparing a Wind Farm, Croplands, and Secondary Forests in Southern Mexico | Villegas-Patraca, R.; Macgregor-Fors, I.; Ortiz-Martinez, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Birds | |
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.; et al. | 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.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Invertebrates | |
Fouling Assemblages on Offshore Wind Power Plants and Adjacent Substrata | Wilhelmsson, D.; Malm, T. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates | |
Ecosystem Based Modeling and Indication of Ecological Integrity in the German North Sea - Case Study Offshore Wind Parks | Burkhard, B.; Opitz, S.; Lenhart, H.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Cumulative effects of marine renewable energy and climate change on ecosystem properties: Sensitivity of ecological network analysis | Noguès, Q.; Raoux, A.; Araignous, E.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Fish, Human Dimensions, Climate Change | |
Challenges of future energy landscapes in Germany — a nature conservation perspective | Ponitka, J.; Boettner, S. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
The Effects of Landscape Modifications on the Long-Term Persistence of Animal Populations | Nabe-Nielsen, J.; Sibly, R.; Forchhammer, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes | |
Artificial Reef Effect in Relation to Offshore Renewable Energy Conversion: State of the Art | Langhamer, O. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Physical Environment | |
Sustainable energy planning for remote islands and the waste legacy from renewable energy infrastructure deployment | Kouloumpis, V.; Yan, X. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Chemicals, Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Water Quality, Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment, Social & Economic Data |
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