Strategic priorities for assessing ecological impacts of marine renewable energy devices in the Pentland Firth (Scotland, UK)

Marine Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-642

  Shields, Mark A ^a   Dillon, Lora Jane ^a   Woolf, David K ^a   Ford, Alex T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic; Environmental impact assessment; Marine renewable energy; Pelagic; Pentland Firth

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BENTHOS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE POLICY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TIDAL POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; PENTLAND FIRTH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 63349098878     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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