The co-location of offshore windfarms and decapod fisheries in the UK: Constraints and opportunities

Marine Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 295-300

  Hooper, Tara ^a   Austen, Melanie ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial reef effects; Cancer pagurus; Co location; Homarus gammarus; Offshore wind energy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; CANCER; COASTAL ZONE; CRAB; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FISHERY; HABITAT USE; LAND USE LOCATION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; WIND FARM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CANCER PAGURUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAMMARUS; HOMARUS GAMMARUS;

EID: 84883463598     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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