Environmental impact assessment of offshore wind farms: A simulation-based approach

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1110-1118

  Pérez Lapeña, Blanca ^a   Wijnberg, Kathelijne M ^a   Hulscher, Suzanne J M H ^a   Stein, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Geostatistics; Impact assessment; Offshore construction; Seabirds; Spatial simulation; Survey design

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOCORRELATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEABIRD; WIND FARM;

AVES;

EID: 77956127100     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01850.x     Document Type: Article

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