Epifauna dynamics at an offshore foundation - Implications of future wind power farming in the North Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Krone, Roland ^a   Gutow, Lars ^a   Joschko, Tanja J ^b   Schröder, Alexander ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c Lower Saxony Water Management Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Mytilusation'; Artificial habitats; Benthic ecology; Biofouling; Environmental impact; German Bight; Habitat creation; Offshore structures

Indexed keywords

'MYTILUSATION; ARTIFICIAL HABITATS; BENTHIC ECOLOGIES; GERMAN BIGHT; HABITAT CREATION;

BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; DRILLING PLATFORMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOLLUSCS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; SUBSTRATES;

FOUNDATIONS;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOFOULING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT CREATION; MOLLUSC; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; WIND POWER; ZOOBENTHOS;

AMPHIPODA; ANTHOZOA; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFAUNA DYNAMICS; JASSA; MACROBENTHOS; MACROZOOBENTHOS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WIND POWER;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NORTH SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STEEL; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

AMPHIPODA; ANTHOZOA; JASSA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84875368790     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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