Effects of offshore wind farms on marine wildlife - A generalized impact assessment

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bergström, Lena ^a   Kautsky, Lena ^b   Malm, Torleif ^b   Rosenberg, Rutger ^c   Wahlberg, Magnus ^d   Åstrand Capetillo, Nastassja ^b   Wilhelmsson, Dan ^e  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

environmental impact; marine ecology; marine spatial planning; offshore wind farm; surveillance programme

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; CONSTRUCTION PHASE; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS; MARINE ECOLOGY; MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD WEB; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL PLANNING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION; WIND FARM;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84898063496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/034012     Document Type: Article

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