Seabird aggregative patterns: A new tool for offshore wind energy risk assessment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 84-91

  Christel, Isadora ^a,b   Certain, Grégoire ^c,d   Cama, Albert ^a,b   Vieites, David R ^b,e   Ferrer, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment; Larus audouinii; Larus michahellis; Seabirds; Sterna hirundo; Strategic environmental assessment; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

LARUS AUDOUINII; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; SEABIRDS; STERNA HIRUNDO; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

WIND POWER;

AERIAL SURVEY; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WIND POWER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POWER PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SPAIN; WIND;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

LARUS AUDOUINII; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 84872492274     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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