Effects and management implications of emerging marine renewable energy technologies
Copping, A. , Wood, D. , Rumes, B.
May 2025
Journal Article
Marine Energy , OTEC , Salinity Gradient
Chemicals , EMF , Entanglement , Habitat Change , Noise
Bats , Birds , Fish , Marine Mammals , Reptiles , Sea Turtles
Assessment tool addresses implementation challenges of ecosystem-based management principles in marine spatial planning processes
Galparsoro, I. , Montero, N. , Mandiola, G.
January 2025
Journal Article
Human Dimensions , Marine Spatial Planning
Life on every stone: Characterizing benthic communities from scour protection layers of offshore wind farms in the southern North Sea
Zupan, M. , Coolen, J. , Mavraki, N.
October 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Physical Environment
Answering the key stakeholder questions about the impact of offshore wind farms on marine life using hypothesis testing to inform targeted monitoring
Cresci, A. , Degraer, S. , Zhang, G.
May 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Changes in Flow , EMF , Habitat Change , Noise
Human Dimensions , Stakeholder Engagement
Developing expert scientific consensus on the environmental and societal effects of marine artificial structures prior to decommissioning
Knights, A. , Lemasson, A. , Firth, L.
February 2024
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Physical Environment , Human Dimensions , Social & Economic Data
To what extent can decommissioning options for marine artificial structures move us toward environmental targets?
Knights, A. , Lemasson, A. , Firth, L.
January 2024
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Human Dimensions , Legal & Policy
Co-location of fisheries and offshore wind farms: Current practices and enabling conditions in the North Sea
Bonsu, P. , Letschert, J. , Yates, K.
January 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Human Dimensions , Fisheries
European plaice movements show evidence of high residency, site fidelity, and feeding around hard substrates within an offshore wind farm
Buyse, J. , Reubens, J. , Hostens, K.
November 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction
Fish , Demersal Fish , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
Vision paper: Decommissioning offshore windparks in the Belgian part of the North Sea
Van Maele, T. , Desplenter, N. , Van Aken, I.
August 2023
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Birds , Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Marine Mammals , Human Dimensions
EDEN 2000: Exploring Options For A Nature-Proof Development of Offshore Wind Farms Inside A Natura 2000 Area
Degraer, S. , Brabant, R. , Vanaverbeke, J.
June 2023
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
EMF
Fish , Invertebrates , Marine Mammals , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
A wind of change for soft-sediment infauna within operational offshore windfarms
Lefaible, N. , Braeckman, U. , Degraer, S.
June 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Invertebrates , Physical Environment
Offshore Wind Energy and Marine Biodiversity in the North Sea: Life Cycle Impact Assessment for Benthic Communities
Li, C. , Coolen, J. , Scherer, L.
April 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Physical Environment
Impacts of human activities on the supply of marine ecosystem services: A conceptual model for offshore wind farms to aid quantitative assessments
Van de Pol, L. , Van der Biest, K. , Taelman, S. E.
March 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes
Increased food availability at offshore wind farms affects trophic ecology of plaice Pleuronectes platessa
Buyse, J. , Hostens, K. , Degraer, S.
March 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Physical Environment
Long-Term Succession on Offshore Wind Farms and the Role of Species Interactions
Zupan, M. , Rumes, B. , Vanaverbeke, J.
February 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction
Invertebrates
Functional trait responses to different anthropogenic pressures
Festjens, F. , Buyse, J. , De Backer, A.
February 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Invertebrates
Organic matter processing in a [simulated] offshore wind farm ecosystem in current and future climate and aquaculture scenarios
Voet, H. , Vlaminck, E. , van Colen, C.
January 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Changes in Flow , Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Invertebrates , Human Dimensions
Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: Progressive Insights in Changing Species Distribution Patterns Informing Marine Management
Degraer, S. , Brabant, R. , Rumes, B.
January 2023
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Collision , Displacement , Habitat Change
Birds , Seabirds , Fish , Invertebrates , Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: Getting ready for offshore wind farm expansion in the North Sea
Degraer, S. , Brabant, R. , Rumes, B.
December 2022
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Collision , Habitat Change , Noise
Birds , Seabirds , Fish , Invertebrates , Marine Mammals , Cetaceans , Physical Environment , Human Dimensions , Marine Spatial Planning
International assessment of priority environmental issues for land-based and offshore wind energy development
Green, R. , Gill, E. , Hein, C.
September 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Avoidance , Collision , Displacement , Habitat Change , Noise
Bats , Birds , Fish , Marine Mammals , Physical Environment
Generalized changes of benthic communities after construction of wind farms in the southern North Sea
Coolen, J. , Vanaverbeke, J. , Dannheim, J.
August 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Fish , Demersal Fish , Invertebrates
Offshore wind farms affect the spatial distribution pattern of plaice Pleuronectes platessa at both the turbine and wind farm scale
Buyse, J. , Hostens, K. , Degraer, S.
June 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Attraction , Habitat Change
Fish
Small suspension-feeding amphipods play a pivotal role in carbon dynamics around offshore man-made structures
Mavraki, N. , Coolen, J. , Kapasakali, D.
June 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction
Ecosystem Processes , Invertebrates
From plate to plug: The impact of offshore renewables on European fisheries and the role of marine spatial planning
Stelzenmüller, V. , Letschert, J. , Gimpel, A.
April 2022
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Human Dimensions , Fisheries , Marine Spatial Planning
Climate change effects on the ecophysiology and ecological functioning of an offshore wind farm artificial hard substrate community
Voet, H. , van Colen, C. , Vanaverbeke, J.
March 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Physical Environment , Invertebrates , Human Dimensions
Effects of pile driving sound on local movement of free-ranging Atlantic cod in the Belgian North Sea Auteurs
van der Knaap, I. , Slabbekoorn, H. , Moens, T.
January 2022
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change , Noise
Fish
The Relation between Migratory Activity of Pipistrellus Bats at Sea and Weather Conditions Offers Possibilities to Reduce Offshore Wind Farm Effects
Brabant, R. , Laurent, Y. , Poerink, B.
December 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Collision
Bats
Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: Attraction, avoidance and habitat use at various spatial scales
Degraer, S. , Brabant, R. , Rumes, B.
December 2021
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Avoidance , Displacement , Habitat Change , Noise
Birds , Seabirds , Fish , Invertebrates , Marine Mammals
An echosounder view on the potential effects of impulsive noise pollution on pelagic fish around windfarms in the North Sea
Kok, A. , Bruil, L. , Berges, B.
December 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Noise
Fish , Pelagic Fish
Short Science Summary: Offshore Wind Farms as Stepping Stones for Non-indigenous Species
WREN , Rumes, B. , Kerckhof, F.
November 2021
Summary
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Benthos Workgroup Report for the State of the Science Workshop on Wildlife and Offshore Wind Energy 2020: Cumulative Impacts
Degraer, S. , Hutchison, Z. , LoBue, C.
July 2021
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Physical Environment
Offshore Windfarm Footprint of Sediment Organic Matter Mineralization Processes
De Borger, E. , Ivanov, E. , Capet, A.
June 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Physical Environment , Invertebrates
Offshore Wind Farm Footprint on Organic and Mineral Particle Flux to the Bottom
Ivanov, E. , Capet, A. , Borger, E.
June 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Changes in Flow
Physical Environment , Sediment Transport
Offshore wind farms and the attraction-production hypothesis: insights from a combination of stomach content and stable isotope analyses
Mavraki, N. , Degraer, S. , Vanaverbeke, J.
March 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Attraction , Habitat Change
Fish , Demersal Fish , Pelagic Fish
Setting the Context for Offshore Wind Development Effects on Fish and Fisheries
Gill, A. , Degraer, S. , Lipsky, A.
December 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Changes in Flow , EMF , Habitat Change , Noise
Human Dimensions , Fisheries , Stakeholder Engagement
Offshore Wind Farm Artificial Reefs Affect Ecosystem Structure and Functioning: A Synthesis
Degraer, S. , Carey, D. , Coolen, J.
December 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Invertebrates
Offshore Wind Energy and Benthic Habitat Changes: Lessons from Block Island Wind Farm
Hutchison, Z. , Bartley, M. , Degraer, S.
December 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Fish , Invertebrates , Physical Environment
Enabling Renewable Energy While Protecting Wildlife: An Ecological Risk-Based Approach to Wind Energy Development Using Ecosystem-Based Management Values
Copping, A. , Gorton, A. , May, R.
November 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Land-Based Wind , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Collision , Habitat Change
Bats , Birds , Fish , Marine Mammals , Human Dimensions , Social & Economic Data , Stakeholder Engagement
Organic matter assimilation by hard substrate fauna in an offshore wind farm area: a pulse-chase study
Mavraki, N.
August 2020
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Physical Environment
IEA Wind White Paper on A Risk-Based Approach for Addressing Wind and Wildlife Interactions Using Ecosystem-Based Management Values
Copping, A. , Gorton, A. , May, R.
August 2020
Report
Wind Energy