Knowledge Base

The Knowledge Base provides access to documents and information about the environmental effects of wind and marine renewable energy, supporting the OES-Environmental and WREN initiatives. Relevant documents from around the world are compiled into a user-friendly table that displays all content available in Tethys. Results can be narrowed using the keyword filters on the right, or with search terms entered in the text box, including targeted searches (e.g., org:DOE, author:copping). Content may also be sorted alphabetically by clicking on column headers. Some entries will appear on the next page.

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Title	Author	Date Sort ascending	Content Type	Technology	Stressor	Receptor
Summer Distribution of Semi-Domesticated Reindeer Relative to a New Wind-Power Plant	Colman, J.; Eftestol, S.; Tsegaye, D.; et al.	December 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Habitat Change, Avoidance
Strategic Joint Industry Project No.1: Bird avoidance behavior and collision impact monitoring at Offshore Windfarms	Marine Scotland Science; Scottish Government; UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC); et al.	December 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Avoidance, Collision	Birds
Environmental Effects of Hydrokinetic Turbines on Fish: Desktop and Laboratory Flume Studies	Jacobson, P.; Amaral, S.; Castro-Santos, T.; et al.	December 2012	Report	Marine Energy	Habitat Change, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction	Fish
Horns Rev 2 Offshore Wind Farm Bird Monitoring Program 2010-2012	Skov, H.; Leonhard, S.; Heinänen, S.; et al.	December 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Habitat Change, Collision, Avoidance	Birds
Is a Wind-Power Plant Acting as a Barrier for Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) Movements?	Colman, J.; Efestol, S.; Tsegaye, D.; et al.	December 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Habitat Change, Avoidance
Bird and Bat Collision Risks & Wind Energy Facilities	Willmott, J.; Allison Costello, E.; Gordon, C.; et al.	December 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind	Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement	Bats, Birds
Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project Near-Turbine Monitoring and Mitigation Plan	Snohomish County PUD	November 2012	Report	Marine Energy, Tidal	Attraction, Avoidance	Fish, Marine Mammals
Bird Migration Monitoring in the AES Geo Power Wind Park Territory, Kaliakra Region, in Autumn 2012, and Analysis of Potential Impact after Three Years' Operation	Zehtindjiev, P.; Whitfield, D.	November 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Habitat Change, Collision, Avoidance	Birds
Bat Mortalities at a Wind Energy Facility in North Dakota	Bicknell, L.; Gilliam, E.	November 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Attraction, Avoidance, Collision	Bats
Impacts of wind farms on swans and geese: a review	Rees, E.	November 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy	Avoidance, Collision, Displacement	Birds, Waterfowl
Wind development and wildlife mitigation in Wyoming: a primer	Jakle, A.	October 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Avoidance, Collision	Bats, Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds, Passerines, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Wildlife from Wind Energy Development in Arizona	Arizona Game and Fish Department	October 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change	Bats, Birds
Baseline investigations of bats and birds at wind turbine test Centre Asterild	Therkildsen, O.; Elmeros, M.; Kahlert, J.; et al.	September 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Displacement, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction	Birds, Bats
A Habitat-Based Wind-Wildlife Collision Model with Application to the Upper Great Plains Region	Forcey, G.	August 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Collision, Avoidance, Attraction	Birds, Bats
Radar Monitoring of Migrating Pink-Footed Geese: Behavioural Responses to Offshore Wind Farm Development	Plonczkier, P.; Simms, I.	August 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Collision, Avoidance	Birds
The Effect of Wind Power on Birds and Bats - A Synthesis	Rydell, J.; Engstrom, H.; Hedenstrom, A.; et al.	August 2012	Report	Wind Energy	Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change	Bats, Birds
Cumulative Effects of Wind Farms in the Dutch North Sea on Bird Populations	Poot, M.; van Horssen, P.; Collier, M.; et al.	June 2012	Conference Paper	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Avoidance, Collision, Displacement	Birds
Assessing the Impact of Marine Wind Farms on Birds through Movement Modelling	Masden, E.; Reeve, R.; Desholm, M.; et al.	May 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Avoidance, Collision	Birds
A Review of Flight Heights and Avoidance Rates of Birds in Relation to Offshore Wind Farms	Cook, A.; Johnson, A.; Wright, L.; et al.	May 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Collision, Avoidance	Birds
Pre-Construction Avian and Bat Survey Report	Tetra Tech Inc.	May 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change	Bats, Birds, Physical Environment
Sounds of Western North Atlantic Fishes- Data Rescue	Rountree, R.; Perkins, P.; Kenny, R.; et al.	April 2012	Journal Article	Marine Energy	Avoidance, Noise	Fish
Research Priorities for Wind Energy and Migratory Wildlife	Piorkowski, M.; Farnsworth, A.; Fry, M.; et al.	April 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy	Displacement, Collision, Avoidance	Birds, Bats
Criterion Wind Project Avian Protection Plan	Young, D.; Tidhar, D.	March 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Displacement, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction	Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions, Birds, Bats
Greater impacts of wind farms on bird populations during construction than subsequent operation: results of a multi-site and multi-species analysis	Pearce-Higgins, J.; Stephen, L.; Douse, A.; et al.	March 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Habitat Change, Displacement, Collision, Avoidance	Birds
Best Management Practices for siting, developing, operating, and monitoring renewable energy in the Intermountain West: A Conservationist's Guide	Jones, A.	March 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Habitat Change, Displacement, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction	Terrestrial Mammals, Raptors, Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions, Ground-Nesting Birds, Birds, Bats
Griffon Vulture Mortality at Wind Farms in Southern Spain: Distribution of Fatalities and Active Mitigation Measures	de Lucas, M.; Ferrer, M.; Bechard, M.; et al.	March 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Habitat Change, Collision, Avoidance	Raptors, Birds
A Review of Methods to Monitor Collisions or Micro-Avoidance of Birds with Offshore Wind Turbines - Part 2: Feasibility Study of Systems to Monitor Collisions	Collier, M.; Dirksen, S.; Krijgsveld, K.	February 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Avoidance, Collision	Birds
Behavioral responses of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) to experimental fishing gear in a coastal environment	Kot, B.; Sears, R.; Nowacek, D.; et al.	February 2012	Journal Article		Avoidance	Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Vulnerability of Scottish Seabirds to Offshore Wind Turbines	Furness, B.; Wade, H.	February 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change	Birds, Raptors, Seabirds, Waterfowl
Weak Relationship Between Risk Assessment Studies and Recorded Mortality in Wind Farms	Ferrer, M.; Lucas, M.; Janss, G.; et al.	February 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy	Displacement, Collision, Avoidance	Raptors, Birds
Avian and Bat Protection Plan for the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility	Ocotillo Express	February 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change	Bats, Birds, Raptors
Big Blue Wind Energy Project Avian and Bat Protection Plan	Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST)	January 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change	Bats
Birds and Wave & Tidal Stream Energy: An Ecological Review	McCluskie, A.; Langston, R.; Wilkinson, N.	January 2012	Report	Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave	Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Collision, Habitat Change, Noise	Birds, Raptors, Seabirds, Shorebirds
Interactions with Offshore Wind Energy: Birds and Bats	Island Institute	January 2012	Presentation	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Habitat Change, Collision, Changes in Flow, Avoidance, Attraction	Seabirds, Birds, Bats
Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: Heading for an Understanding of Environmental Impacts	Degraer, S.; Brabant, R.; Rumes, B.	January 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Attraction, Avoidance, Habitat Change, Noise	Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Physical Environment
Habitat Use, Disturbance and Collision Risks for Bewick's Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii Wintering Near a Wind Farm in the Netherlands	Fijn, R.; Krijgsveld, K.; Tijsen, W.; et al.	January 2012	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind	Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change	Birds, Waterfowl
The Interaction of Pelagic, Migratory and Protected Fishes with Marine Renewable Energy Projects: Recent Studies and Knowledge Gaps	Nelson, P.	January 2012	Presentation	Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind	Avoidance, EMF, Habitat Change	Fish, Pelagic Fish