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Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with US Department of Commerce (DOC).

Total: 25

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
NMFS West Coast Offshore Wind Energy Strategic Science Plan National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Seabirds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning
BOEM and NOAA North Atlantic Right Whale and Offshore Wind Strategy BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs, US Department of Commerce (DOC), NOAA Fisheries Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
A management-focused population viability analysis for North Atlantic right whales Runge, M., Linden, D., Hostetler, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Entanglement, Noise, Vessel Strike Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Habitat-based density estimates for cetaceans in the California Current Ecosystem based on 1991–2018 survey data Becker, E., Forney, K., Miller, D. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Documenting fish response to seismic surveying and establishing a baseline soundscape for reefs in Onslow Bay, North Carolina Paxton, A., Voss, C., Peterson, C. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change, Noise Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Invertebrates
Modeling At-Sea Density of Marine Birds to Support Atlantic Marine Renewable Energy Planning Winship, A., Kinlan, B., White, T. Report Marine Energy Birds
Technical Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammal Hearing: Underwater Acoustic Thresholds for Onset of Permanent and Temporary Threshold Shifts National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Report Noise Marine Mammals
Modeling At-Sea Occurrence and Abundance of Marine Birds to Support Atlantic Marine Renewable Energy Planning: Phase 1 Report Kinlan, B., Winship, A., White, T. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Seabirds, Birds
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Science Review of Artificial Reefs Broughton, K. Report Habitat Change
A Biogeographic Assessment of Seabirds, Deep Sea Corals and Ocean Habitats of the New York Bight: Science to Support Offshore Spatial Planning Menza, C., Kinlan, B., Dorfman, D. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Invertebrates
Spatial Trends in Coastal Socio-economics National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Webpage Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
The California Ocean Uses Atlas Marine Conservation Biology Institute, NOAA's Marine Protected Areas Center Webpage Marine Spatial Planning, Human Dimensions
Maine Coastal Plan Maine State Planning Office Report Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
Environmental Effects of Tidal Energy Development: Proceedings of a Scientific Workshop Polagye, B., Van Cleve, B., Copping, A. Workshop Article Marine Energy, Tidal
Progress Denied: A Study on the Potential Economic Impact of Permitting Challenges Facing Proposed Energy Projects Pociask, S., Fuhr, J. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
The Application Of Observing System Data In California Current Ecosystem Assessments Brown, J., Pavia, R., King, C. Report Marine Energy Ecosystem Processes
Testing and validation of automated whistle and click detectors using PAMGUARD 1.0 Yack, T., Barlow, J., Rankin, S. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Avoidance, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise Marine Mammals
Ecological Effects of Wave Energy Development in the Pacific Northwest Boehlert, G., McMurray, G., Tortorici, C. Workshop Article Marine Energy, Wave
Differentiating Serious and Non-Serious Injury of Marine Mammals: Report of the Serious Injury Technical Workshop Andersen, M., Forney, K., Cole, T. Report Marine Mammals
Impacts to Marine Fisheries Habitat from Nonfishing Activities in the Northeastern United States Johnson, M., Boelke, C., Chiarella, L. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Community Profiles for West Coast and North Pacific Fisheries Northwest Fisheries Science Center Report Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Large Whale Ship Strike Database Jensen, A., Silber, G. Report Vessel Strike Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
The 40 MWe OTEC Plant at Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaii: A Case Study of Potential Biological Impacts Harrison, J. Report Marine Energy, OTEC
The Potential Impact of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) on Fisheries Myers, E., Hoss, D., Matsumoto, W. Report OTEC, Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Final Environmental Impact Statement National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Report Marine Energy, OTEC Chemicals, Habitat Change, Noise Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment

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