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- Report:
Thompson et al.
… This report is designed to fulfil requirements MR1 and MR2 within the Marine Mammal Scientific Support Research Programme MMSS/001/11. The report describes the current state of knowledge of effects of offshore renewable energy generators on marine mammals and then identifies a prioritised list of research gaps. A total of 28 specific …
- Report:
Simpson and Woodward
… 1.1 By 2020 the percentage of Scotland's energy coming from renewable sources will increase. Studies have identified that there … affect wildlife populations. The surveys presented here will help to find out how one area of marine development, the west coast of Lewis, is used by waterbirds and marine mammals. Areas close to the Isle of Lewis have already been identified as being important …
- Report:
Northridge
… used in environmental impact assessments of the potential impacts on cetacean populations of marine renewable energy developments in Scottish waters. The advice takes account of and where … species, which can be found in areas of search for renewable developments identified in Marine Scotland Scoping Studies for wind (2011), wave (2012) and tidal stream (2012) energy, and …
- Report:
Marmo et al.
… types is then compared to curves representing the hearing and behavioural response of marine species likely to come into contact with off-shore wind farms in Scottish Waters. The marine species examined are minke whales, harbour porpoise, grey seals, harbour seals, bottlenose … was placed on the three different foundation types and the variation of the sound field in the marine environment around each foundation was modelled to a distance of 40 m from the foundation. …
- Report:
Robinson et al.
… increased need to make in-situ measurements of underwater noise for the assessment of risk to marine life. Although not intended as a standard, these guidelines address the need for a common …
- Report:
McDonald et al.
Offshore renewable developments have the potential to impact on seabirds by displacing individuals from foraging habitats. The impact of displacement is particularly important for breeding seabirds that, as central place foragers, are constrained to obtain food within a certain distance from the breeding colony. The current worst case scenario is that displacement causes 100% mortality,…
- Journal Article:
Heath et al.
… Seawater turbidity due to suspended particulate material (SPM) is an important property of a marine ecosystem, determining the underwater light environment and many aspects of biological … properties at a site. We implement the model for a number of sites off the east coast of Scotland where we have extensive data sets to enable numerical parameter optimisation. The model …
- Report:
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
… Energy ORJIP (Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme), the Offshore Wind ORJIP, MEW (Marine Energy Wales), SPORRAN (Scottish Offshore Renewables Research Framework, now ScotMER – Scottish Marine Environmental Research), PRIMaRE (Peninsular Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy) and using information sources such as outputs from recent workshops (eg. …
- Presentation:
De Dominicis et al.
… energy extraction need to be evaluated against the potential climate change impacts on the marine environment. Here, we present how hypothetical very large tidal stream arrays and a …
- Journal Article:
De Dominicis et al.
… array of tidal stream turbines was designed for the Pentland Firth (UK), a strait between Scotland and the Orkney Islands, which has very fast tidal currents. The practical power resource …
- Journal Article:
Bailey et al.
… recent literature and our experience with assessing impacts of offshore wind developments on marine mammals and seabirds, and make recommendations for future monitoring and assessment as … to consider the population level consequences and cumulative impacts of these activities on marine species. Strategically targeted data collection and modeling aimed at answering questions …
- Report:
Malcolm et al.
… to which offshore renewables could make a substantial contribution. However, the new marine energy industries must develop on a sustainable basis, ensuring that environmental impacts … available on sea trout migration suggests predominantly inshore and local use of the marine environment, although wider ranging migrations have been observed from some rivers. No … migratory routes can be discerned for either juvenile or adult sea trout. European eels in Scotland are part of a single European population for which there is considerable uncertainty …
- Report:
Thaxter et al.
… impacts of climate change by generating 100% of electricity using renewable energy. However, Scotland also hosts internationally important populations of seabirds during the breeding season …
- Journal Article:
Brookes et al.
… Marine construction projects, such as offshore wind farms and port developments often use … techniques that produce significant levels of noise underwater, which could have effects on marine wildlife. Marine Scotland is the government body responsible for regulating these activities in Scottish waters …
- Report:
Royal Haskoning
… by Royal Haskoning with input from SMRU Ltd , Natural Research Ltd and Graham Sounders Marine Ecology on behalf of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and Marine Scotland (MS). They provide guidance, options and detailed protocols for the conduct of site …
- Journal Article:
Harding et al.
Anthropogenic noise is a recognized global pollutant, affecting a wide range of nonhuman animals. However, most research considers only whether noise pollution has an impact, ignoring that individuals within a species or population exhibit substantial variation in responses to stress. Here, we first outline how intrinsic characteristics (e.g., body size, condition, sex, and…
- Conference Paper:
Waggitt et al.
Tidal stream turbines could have several direct impacts upon pursuit-diving seabirds foraging within tidal stream environments (mean horizontal current speeds > 2 ms−1), including collisions and displacement. Understanding how foraging seabirds respond to temporally variable but predictable hydrodynamic conditions immediately around devices could identify when interactions…
- Journal Article:
Schmitt et al.
This paper presents the first noise measurements of a quarter-scale subsea tidal kite (anchored to the sea floor by a tether and flying in a figure-eight configuration in the water column) operating in field conditions. Challenges in the measurement and post-processing of the data are detailed. Results are presented for three operating conditions of the kite: (1) varying turbine rotations per…
- Report:
Newton et al.
… evidence exists of the biology of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) as they enter the marine habitat or of the factors which influence their subsequent survival and migration. This is … is no estimate of mortality of migrating smolts in estuaries or the marine environment within Scotland. Smolt distribution at sea has previously been inferred from the recapture of fish in … they enter the open ocean. Indeed, the first priority research need listed by Marine Scotland Science (MSS) in its national monitoring strategy for diadromous fish is “What routes and depths …
- Book Chapter:
Risch et al.
… turbines (Atlantis AR1500 and Andritz AHH1500) at the MeyGen project site, Pentland Firth, Scotland, UK. Underwater turbine noise may be important for acoustically sensitive marine mammals to detect turbines and avoid collision, but it may also negatively affect them, as … recorded from the Atlantis turbine. The results show that harbor seals (and probably other marine mammal species) will be able to detect operating tidal turbines at distances that are …
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