TY - CHAP
TI - Integrating Social and Ecological Research on the Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in North America
AU - ten Brink, T
AU - Dalton, T
AU - Livermore, J
T2 - Researching People and the Sea: Methodologies and Traditions
AB - This chapter discusses lessons learned from a socio-ecological study on the impacts of the first offshore wind farm in North America. The authors reflect on the combination of ecological data from demersal fish trawl and lobster surveys and qualitative social science data from interviews with commercial and recreational fishermen. They encountered several challenges in integrating the different research strands, arising from the temporal and spatial ranges of data, mismatch in focal fish species, and research framing. Despite these challenges, an integrated approach led to more comprehensive capture of impacts and guidance on how to design better biological studies. Early stage collaboration during research design, aligned goals, and comprehensive planning are all key to more integrated data collection and analysis within interdisciplinary studies of marine and fisheries domains.
CY - Cham, Switzerland
DA - 2021/02//
PY - 2021
SP - 239
EP - 258
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-59601-9_11
U1 - University of Rhode Island
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Attraction
KW - Avoidance
KW - Habitat Change
KW - Fish
KW - Invertebrates
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Fisheries
KW - Social & Economic Data
ER -