Effects of the alpha ventus offshore test site on distribution patterns, behaviour and flight heights of seabirds

Mendel, Bettina; Kotzerka, Jana; Sommerfeld, Julia; Schwemmer, Henriette; Sonntag, Nicole; Garthe, Stefan

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-02462-8_11

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“…Displacement of guillemots has been reported from earlier analyses for OWEZ and PAWP (Leopold et al 2013); Blighbank and Thorntonbank (Vanermen et al 2014), Alpha Ventus (Mendel et al 2014);…”

Section: Earlier Analyses Of These Datasupporting

confidence: 54%

Common Guillemots and offshore wind farms: an ecological discussion of statistical analyses conducted by Alain F. Zuur

Leopold¹

2018

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Common Guillemots and offshore wind farms: an ecological discussion of statistical analyses conducted by Alain F. Zuur

Leopold¹

2018

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“…The compilation of Beiersdorf and Wollny-Goerke (2014) provides information on ecological impacts resulting from offshore wind energy installations on the seabed and its associated organisms (Gutow et al 2014). In addition, information on potential impacts on the pelagic habitat including invertebrates, ichthyofauna (Krägefsky 2014) and mammals (Dähne et al 2014;Skov et al 2014) as well as on avifauna and bat fauna (Damian and Merck 2014;Hill et al 2014;Mendel et al 2014) is available (Krause 2014;Kühn and Schneehorst 2014). A similar collection of information regarding the impact of oil rigs on the environment exists (e.g.…”

Section: Environmental Impactsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epilogue—Pathways Towards Sustainable Ocean Food Production

Buck

Langan

2017

Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean

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While there is a great deal of global interest in the development of combined uses of open ocean installations, for commercial scale multi-use platforms for food and energy production and other potential applications, the transition from concept to reality has yet to come to fruition. While much is known about the economics, environmental, political and societal effects of individual production sectors, there are many unknowns and challenges with regard to economics, engineering, liability and social aspects of multi-use. Mutually agreed upon principles, such as those articulated in the Bremerhaven Declaration, and EU directives and grant funding opportunities to advance research and development indicate that progress, although measured, is being made. The development of true commercial-scale multi-use offshore platforms will require investment in demonstration projects and multi-national cooperation and collaboration across public and private sectors.

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“…If birds are repelled from a wind farm that is located in a feeding or wintering ground, this can be considered a loss of habitat [65] [70]. Such avoidance and habitat loss have been observed in the German North Sea wind farm "Alpha Ventus" [71], although no population-level effects have yet been established [72]. Among affected species are loons (Gavia spp.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In these studies, the vast majority of birds took a longer route, extending their flight with up to a few kilometers (longer detours during daytime than during night). At the "Alpha Ventus" wind farm, however, most migrating birds flew across the wind farm and it was concluded that there is no significant barrier effect [72]. At the "Alpha Ventus" migrating birds typically flew below the rotors; in other studies migrating birds entering the wind farms have tended to fly in a straight line between turbine rows [69].…”

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Offshore Wind Power for Marine Conservation

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Perry²,

Gullström³

2016

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The seas of northern Europe are strongly affected by human activities and there is a great need for improved marine conservation. The same region is also the current hotspot for offshore wind power development. Wind farms can have negative environmental impacts during construction, but during the operational phase many organisms are attracted to the foundations and thereby may also find refuge from fisheries. Given the recent implementation of marine spatial planning in Europe and elsewhere, this is a critical time to address potential compatibility and synergies between marine conservation and wind power. This review concludes that offshore wind farms can be at least as effective as existing marine protected areas in terms of creating refuges for benthic habitats, benthos, fish and marine mammals. The degree of advantage for these organisms depends on the location of the wind farm and the level of imposed fishing restriction. Under certain conditions wind farms may even be more efficient means of conservation than ordinary marine protected areas. However, offshore wind farms can be negative for several species of seabirds, essentially as occupying preferred feeding or wintering grounds. In areas important to these seabirds wind farms may not comply with conservation. The results bring important messages to marine spatial planning as some but not all wind farms can be spatially combined with, and even synergistic to, marine conservation.

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Effects of the alpha ventus offshore test site on distribution patterns, behaviour and flight heights of seabirds

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

Common Guillemots and offshore wind farms: an ecological discussion of statistical analyses conducted by Alain F. Zuur

Common Guillemots and offshore wind farms: an ecological discussion of statistical analyses conducted by Alain F. Zuur

Epilogue—Pathways Towards Sustainable Ocean Food Production

Offshore Wind Power for Marine Conservation

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