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| Title | Author* | Date** | Type of Content |
Technology Types |
Stressors | Receptors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Risk Evaluation System - An Approach to Ranking Risk of Ocean Energy Development on Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Copping, A., et al. | January 2015 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals |
| Ecological best practice in decommissioning: a review of scientific research | Fortune, I., Paterson, D. | September 2018 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy |
| Oceanographic and biological influences on recruitment of benthic invertebrates to hard substrata on the Oregon shelf | Meyer, K., Li, Y., Young, C. | August 2018 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| Anthropogenic disturbance facilitates a non-native species on offshore oil platforms | Viola, S., et al. | July 2018 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| Colonization of an Artificial Hard Substrate by Mytilus edulis in the German Bight | Joschko, T., et al. | October 2008 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| Fish densities associated with structural elements of oil and gas platforms in southern California | Meyer-Gutbrod, E., et al. | October 2019 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish |
| Connectivity of larval stages of sedentary marine communities between hard substrates and offshore structures in the North Sea | van der Molen, J., et al. | October 2018 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes |
| Creation of microhabitats (tidepools) in ripraps with climax communities as a way to mitigate negative effects of artificial substrate on marine biodiversity | Ostale-Valriberas, E., et al. | September 2018 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| Ocean sprawl facilitates dispersal and connectivity of protected species | Henry, L., et al. | August 2018 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| Contributions of marine infrastructures to marine planning and protected area networking | Shabtay, A., Portman, M., Carmel, Y. | June 2018 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning |
| Corridors for aliens but not for natives: effects of marine urban sprawl at a regional scale | Airoldi, L., et al. | July 2015 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| Marine Mammals Trace Anthropogenic Structures at Sea | Russell, D., et al. | July 2014 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds |
| Individual Consistency in the Foraging Behaviour of Northern Gannets: Implications for Interactions with Offshore Renewable Energy Developments | Soanes, L., et al. | March 2013 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds |
| Epibenthic Colonization of Concrete and Steel Pilings in a Cold-Temperate Embayment: A Weld Experiment | Andersson, M., et al. | March 2009 | Journal Article | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates |
| Marine Renewable Energy Development: Assessing the Benthic Footprint at Multiple Scales | Miller, R., et al. | October 2013 | Journal Article | Marine Energy general, Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Use of Anthropogenic Sea Floor Structures by Australian Fur Seals: Potential Positive Ecological Impacts of Marine Industrial Development? | Arnould, J., et al. | July 2015 | Journal Article | Marine Energy general, Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds |
| Temporal Variation in Environmental Conditions and the Structure of Fish Assemblages around an Offshore Oil Platform in the North Sea | Fujii, T. | July 2015 | Journal Article | Marine Energy general, Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Fish |
| An Integrated Visual Impact Assessment Model for Offshore Windfarm Development | Depellegrin, D., Blažauskas, N., Egarter-Vigl, L. | September 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Human Dimensions, Visual Impacts |
| Oil and gas platforms as artificial substrates for epibenthic North Sea fauna: Effects of location and depth | Schutter, M., et al. | November 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates |
| Patterns of migrating soaring migrants indicate attraction to marine wind farms | Skov, H., et al. | December 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Birds, Raptors |
| Seabirds and Offshore Wind Farms in European Waters: Avoidance and Attraction | Dierschke, V., Furness, R., Garthe, S. | October 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds |
| Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and Wind Farms: A Case Study in the Dutch North Sea | Scheidat, M., et al. | June 2011 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Marine Mammals |
| Soaring Migratory Birds Avoid Wind Farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Southern Mexico | Villegas-Patraca, R., Cabrera-Cruz, S., Herrera-Alsina, L. | March 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Habitat Change | Birds |
| Displacement of seabirds by an offshore wind farm in the North Sea | Welcker, J., Nehls, G. | July 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds |
| Spatial Factors Affecting Statistical Power in Testing Marine Fauna Displacement | Lapeña, B., et al. | October 2011 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds |
| Low genetic connectivity in a fouling amphipod among man-made structures in the southern North Sea | Luttikhuizen, P., et al. | April 2019 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| The large-scale impact of offshore wind farm structures on pelagic primary productivity in the southern North Sea | Slavik, K., et al. | May 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Invertebrates |
| Changes in Fish Communities on a Small Spatial Scale, an Effect of Increased Habitat Complexity by an Offshore Wind Farm | van Hal, R., Griffioen, A., van Keeken, O. | May 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish |
| Assessing larval connectivity for marine spatial planning in the Adriatic | Bray, L., Kassis, D., Hall-Spencer, J. | April 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning |
| Recreational Use of Offshore Wind Farms: Experiences and Opinions of Sea Anglers in the UK | Hooper, T., Hattam, C., Austen, M. | April 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data |
| Renewables-To-Reefs? Decommissioning Options for the Offshore Wind Power Industry | Smyth, K., et al. | January 2015 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions |
| Predicting the Large-Scale Consequences of Offshore Wind Turbine Array Development on a North Sea Ecosystem | van der Molen, J., et al. | August 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment |
| A Sustainability Index of Potential Co-Location of Offshore Wind Farms and Open Water Aquaculture | Benassai, G., et al. | July 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions |
| 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., et al. | July 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment |
| The Ecology of Benthopelagic Fishes at Offshore Wind Farms: A Synthesis of 4 Years of Research | Reubens, J., Degraer, S., Vincx, M. | January 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish |
| The Co-Location of Offshore Windfarms and Decapod Fisheries in the UK: Constraints and Opportunities | Hooper, T., Austen, M. | January 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries |
| Offshore Wind Farms as Productive Sites or Ecological Traps for Gadoid Fishes? - Impact on Growth, Condition Index and Diet Composition | Reubens, J., et al. | September 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Fish |
| Habitat Engineering by Decadal-Scale Bioturbation around Shipwrecks on the Great Barrier Reef Mid-Shelf | Stieglitz, T. | March 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment |
| Negative Long Term Effects on Harbour Porpoises from a Large Scale Offshore Wind Farm in the Baltic - Evidence of Slow Recovery | Teilmann, J., Carstensen, J. | December 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans |
| Study on the Marine Growth Effect on the Dynamic Response of Offshore Wind Turbines | Shi, W., et al. | July 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | N/A |
| Human pressures on UK seabed habitats: a cumulative impact assessment | Foden, J., Rogers, S., Jones, A. | May 2011 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment |
| Aggregation and Feeding Behaviour of Pouting (Trisopterus luscus) at Wind Turbines in the Belgian Part of the North Sea | Reubens, J., Degraer, S., Vincx, M. | February 2011 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Attraction, Habitat Change | Fish |
| The Nature Of Scour Development And Scour Protection At Offshore Windfarm Foundations | Whitehouse, R., et al. | November 2010 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment |
| Early Development of the Subtidal Marine Biofouling on a Concrete Offshore Windmill Foundation on the Thornton Bank (Southern North Sea): First Monitoring Results | Kerckhof, F., et al. | November 2010 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| The Habitat-Creation Potential of Offshore Wind Farms | Elliott, M., Wilson, J. | February 2009 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | N/A |
| Fouling Assemblages on Offshore Wind Power Plants and Adjacent Substrata | Wilhelmsson, D., Malm, T. | September 2008 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates |
| Avian Issues for Offshore Wind Development | Allison, T., Jedrey, E., Perkins, S. | June 2008 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds, Waterfowl |
| Ecological Risk as a Tool for Evaluating the Effects of Offshore Wind Farm Construction in the North Sea | Nunneri, C., et al. | February 2008 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Water Quality |
| Assessing the Impacts of Wind Farms on Birds | Drewitt, A., Langston, R. | March 2006 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds |
| Information Needs to Support Environmental Impact Assessments of the Effects of European Marine Offshore Wind Farms on Birds | Fox, A., et al. | March 2006 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment |
| The Influence Of Offshore Windpower On Demersal Fish | Wilhelmsson, D., Malm, T., Öhman, M. | March 2006 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates |
| Offshore Windmill Farms: Threats to or Possibilities for the Marine Environment | Petersen, J., Malm, T. | March 2006 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| Inshore-Offshore Comparison of Parasite Infestation in Mytilus edulis: Implications for Open Ocean Aquaculture | Buck, B., et al. | April 2005 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries |
| Birds and Offshore Wind Farms: A Hot Topic in Marine Ecology | Exo, K., Hüppop, O., Garthe, S. | April 2003 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds |
| Unstructured Grid Modelling of Offshore Wind Farm Impacts on Seasonally Stratified Shelf Seas | Cazenave, P., Torres, R., Allen, J. | June 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Habitat Change | Physical Environment |
| Computationally Efficient Modelling of Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction of Offshore Wind Turbines on Gravity Footings | Damgaard, M., Andersen, L., Ibsen, L. | August 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment |
| Repeated Mapping of Reefs Constructed by Sabellaria spinulosa Leuckart 1849 at an Offshore Wind Farm Site | Pearce, B., et al. | July 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| Bat activity during autumn relates to atmospheric conditions: implications for coastal wind energy development | Smith, A., McWilliams, S. | December 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Land-Based Wind, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Bats |
| Assessing Vulnerability of Marine Bird Populations to Offshore Wind Farms | Furness, R., Wade, H., Masden, E. | April 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Dynamic Device, Static Device | Birds |
| Diel Variation in Feeding and Movement Patterns of Juvenile Atlantic Cod at Offshore Wind Farms | Reubens, J., et al. | May 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Fish |
| Ecosystem Based Modeling and Indication of Ecological Integrity in the German North Sea - Case Study Offshore Wind Parks | Burkhard, B., et al. | August 2009 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Ecosystem |
| Epifauna Dynamics at an Offshore Foundation - Implications of Future Wind Power Farming in the North Sea | Krone, R., et al. | April 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Fish And Sessile Assemblages Associated With Wind-turbine Constructions In The Baltic Sea | Andersson, M., Öhman, M. | June 2010 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates, Fish |
| Local Effects of Blue Mussels Around Turbine Foundations in an Ecosystem Model of Nysted Off-Shore Wind Farm, Denmark | Maar, M., et al. | August 2009 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates, Nearfield Habitat |
| Postdevelopment Experiments to Detect Anthropogenic Disturbances: The Case of Sea Ducks and Wind Parks | Guillemette, M., Larsen, J. | June 2002 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Birds, Waterfowl |
| Seasonal Distribution Of Harbour Porpoises And Possible Interference Of Offshore Wind Farms In The German North Sea | Gilles, A., Scheidat, M., Siebert, U. | May 2009 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Noise, Static Device | Marine Mammals |
| Wind Turbines and Coastal Recreation Demand | Landry, C., et al. | January 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Socio-economics, Recreation |
| Impacts of Offshore Wind Farm Construction on Harbour Porpoises: Acoustic Monitoring of Echolocation Activity using Porpoise Detectors (T-PODs) | Carstensen, J., Henriksen, O., Teilmann, J. | January 2006 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Noise, Static Device | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans |
| Effects of an Offshore Wind Farm on Temporal and Spatial Patterns in the Demersal Fish Community | Bergström, L., Sundqvist, F., Bergström, U. | June 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Fish |
| Energy Profiling of Demersal Fish: A Case-Study in Wind Farm Artificial Reefs | De Troch, M., et al. | December 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Fish |
| The Potential of Offshore Wind Farms to Act as Marine Protected Areas | Ashley, M., Mangi, S., Rodwell, L. | March 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates, Fish |
| 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. | February 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Nearfield Habitat |
| Habitat Use and Selection of Black Scoters in Southern New England and Siting of Offshore Wind Energy Facilities | Loring, P., et al. | March 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Birds |
| Diversity of Demersal and Megafaunal Assemblages Inhabiting Sandbanks of the Irish Sea | Atalah, J., et al. | June 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates, Fish |
| Impact of Secondary Hard Substrate on the Distribution and Abundance of Aurelia aurita in the Western Baltic Sea | Janßen, H., et al. | October 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Mobile Demersal Megafauna at Artificial Structures in the German Bight - Likely Effects of Offshore Wind Farm Development | Krone, R., et al. | July 2013 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates, Fish |
| Geological and Geotechnical Characterisation for Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations: A Case Study of the Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm | Le, T., et al. | July 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | N/A |
| Upper Ocean Response to Large Wind Farm Effect in the Presence of Surface Gravity Waves | Paskyabi, M., Fer, I. | January 2012 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Energy Removal, Static Device | Nearfield Habitat |
| Impact Hypothesis for Offshore Wind Farms: Explanatory Models for Species Distribution at Extremely Exposed Rocky Areas | Schläppy, M., Saskov, A., Dahlgren, T. | July 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Multi-Criteria Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures | Lozano-Minguez, E., Kolios, A., Brennan, F. | November 2011 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | N/A |
| Benthic biodiversity on old platforms, young wind farms, and rocky reefs | Coolen, J., et al. | July 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Invertebrates |
| Benthic and Fish Aggregation Inside an Offshore Wind Farm: Which Effects on the Trophic Web Functioning? | Raoux, A., et al. | January 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates, Ecosystem |
| Mobile Demersal Megafauna at Common Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations in the German Bight (North Sea) Two Years after Deployment - Increased Production Rate of Cancer pagurus | Krone, R., et al. | February 2017 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Do man-made structures and water depth affect the diel rhythms in click recordings of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)? | Brandt, M., et al. | July 2014 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Marine Mammals |
| Co-location of passive gear fisheries in offshore wind farms in the German EEZ of the North Sea: A first socio-economic scoping | Stelzenmüller, V., et al. | December 2016 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | Socio-economics, Fishing |
| Environmental benefits of leaving offshore infrastructure in the ocean | Fowler, A., et al. | July 2018 | Journal Article | Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | Static Device | N/A |
