Consequences of a cumulative perspective on marine environmental impacts: Offshore wind farming and seabirds at North Sea scale in context of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-224

  Busch, Malte ^a   Kannen, Andreas ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^b   Jessopp, Mark ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES; FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; HABITAT LOSS; INITIAL ESTIMATE; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; OFFSHORE WINDS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANS NATIONALS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSERVATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; HABITAT LOSS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SEABIRD; WIND FARM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870204756     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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