Predicting the large-scale consequences of offshore wind turbine array development on a North Sea ecosystem

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-72

  van der Molen, Johan ^a   Smith, Helen C M ^b   Lepper, Paul ^c   Limpenny, Sian ^a   Rees, Jon ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marine ecosystem; Model; Noise; Wave; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND TURBINE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; NOISE; PREDICTION; SHELF SEA; WIND FARM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84904250430     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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