Benthic effects of offshore renewables: identification of knowledge gaps and urgently needed research

The effects of temporary exclusion of activity due to wind farm construction on a lobster (Homarus gammarus) fishery suggests a potential management approach

(2018) Michael Roach et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

OUP accepted manuscript

(2018)   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Disturbance of harbour porpoises during construction of the first seven offshore wind farms in Germany

(2018) MJ Brandt et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Understanding the effects of electromagnetic field emissions from Marine Renewable Energy Devices (MREDs) on the commercially important edible crab, Cancer pagurus (L.)

(2018) Kevin Scott et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Global Carbon Cycling on a Heterogeneous Seafloor

(2018) Paul V.R. Snelgrove et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Disturbance of harbour porpoises during construction of the first seven offshore wind farms in Germany

(2018) MJ Brandt et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Linking ecosystem services with epibenthic biodiversity change following installation of offshore wind farms

(2018) Paul D. Causon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Who really matters: Influence of German Bight key bioturbators on biogeochemical cycling and sediment turnover

(2017) Alexa Wrede et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Changes in fish communities on a small spatial scale, an effect of increased habitat complexity by an offshore wind farm

(2017) R. van Hal et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Mobile demersal megafauna at common offshore wind turbine foundations in the German Bight (North Sea) two years after deployment - increased production rate of Cancer pagurus

(2017) R. Krone et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Pelagic effects of offshore wind farm foundations in the stratified North Sea

(2017) Jens Floeter et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Turning off the DRIP (‘Data-rich, information-poor’) – rationalising monitoring with a focus on marine renewable energy developments and the benthos

(2017) Thomas A. Wilding et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

The implications of energy systems for ecosystem services: A detailed case study of offshore wind

(2017) Tara Hooper et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Assessing the cumulative environmental effects of marine renewable energy developments: Establishing common ground

(2017) Edward Willsteed et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Good or bad vibrations? Impacts of anthropogenic vibration on the marine epibenthos

(2017) Louise Roberts et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Offshore exposure experiments on cuttlefish indicate received sound pressure and particle motion levels associated with acoustic trauma

(2017) Marta Solé et al.   Scientific Reports

Short-term effects of fishery exclusion in offshore wind farms on macrofaunal communities in the Belgian part of the North Sea

(2016) Delphine A. Coates et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

A review of crustacean sensitivity to high amplitude underwater noise: Data needs for effective risk assessment in relation to UK commercial species

(2016) Nathan J. Edmonds et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine Fouling Assemblages on Offshore Gas Platforms in the Southern North Sea: Effects of Depth and Distance from Shore on Biodiversity

(2016) Tim van der Stap et al.   PLoS One

Anthropogenic sources of underwater sound can modify how sediment-dwelling invertebrates mediate ecosystem properties

(2016) Martin Solan et al.   Scientific Reports

In situ observations of suspended particulate matter plumes at an offshore wind farm, southern North Sea

(2015) Matthias Baeye et al.   GEO-MARINE LETTERS

Offshore wind park monitoring programmes, lessons learned and recommendations for the future

(2015) Han Lindeboom et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Succession and seasonal dynamics of the epifauna community on offshore wind farm foundations and their role as stepping stones for non-indigenous species

(2015) Ilse De Mesel et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

The quest for a mechanistic understanding of biodiversity–ecosystem services relationships

(2015) Clare Duncan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Climate change and marine benthos: a review of existing research and future directions in the North Atlantic

(2015) Silvana N.R. Birchenough et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change

Hypoxia in the Baltic Sea: Biogeochemical Cycles, Benthic Fauna, and Management

(2014) Jacob Carstensen et al.   AMBIO

Temporal structure of sound affects behavioural recovery from noise impact in European seabass

(2014) Y.Y. Neo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Marine mammals trace anthropogenic structures at sea

(2014) Deborah J.F. Russell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Effects of offshore wind farms on marine wildlife—a generalized impact assessment

(2014) Lena Bergström et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Rapid macrobenthic recovery after dredging activities in an offshore wind farm in the Belgian part of the North Sea

(2014) Delphine A. Coates et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

The ecology of benthopelagic fishes at offshore wind farms: a synthesis of 4 years of research

(2014) J. T. Reubens et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Effects of a 5-year trawling ban on the local benthic community in a wind farm in the Dutch coastal zone

(2014) Magda J. N. Bergman et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Effects of man-made structures on sedimentary oxygenation: Extent, seasonality and implications for offshore renewables

(2014) Thomas A. Wilding   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Mobile demersal megafauna at artificial structures in the German Bight – Likely effects of offshore wind farm development

(2013) R. Krone et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Marine renewable energy development: assessing the Benthic Footprint at multiple scales

(2013) Raeanne G Miller et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Trophic look at soft-bottom communities — Short-term effects of trawling cessation on benthos

(2013) Jennifer Dannheim et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Diel variation in feeding and movement patterns of juvenile Atlantic cod at offshore wind farms

(2013) Jan T. Reubens et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Re-established stony reef attracts harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena

(2013) L Mikkelsen et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Effects of an offshore wind farm on temporal and spatial patterns in the demersal fish community

(2013) L Bergström et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Energy profiling of demersal fish: A case-study in wind farm artificial reefs

(2013) Marleen De Troch et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Enrichment and shifts in macrobenthic assemblages in an offshore wind farm area in the Belgian part of the North Sea

(2013) Delphine A. Coates et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Aggregation at windmill artificial reefs: CPUE of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and pouting (Trisopterus luscus) at different habitats in the Belgian part of the North Sea

(2012) J.T. Reubens et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Potential interactions between diadromous fishes of U.K. conservation importance and the electromagnetic fields and subsea noise from marine renewable energy developments

(2012) A. B. Gill et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

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

(2012) Roland Krone et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Artificial Reef Effect in relation to Offshore Renewable Energy Conversion: State of the Art

(2012) Olivia Langhamer   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Short-term ecological effects of an offshore wind farm in the Dutch coastal zone; a compilation

(2011) H J Lindeboom et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Diet composition and resource partitioning in two small flatfish species in the German Bight

(2011) S. Schückel et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Integrated modelling tools to support risk-based decision-making in marine spatial management

(2011) V Stelzenmüller et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Management of the marine environment: Integrating ecosystem services and societal benefits with the DPSIR framework in a systems approach

(2011) Jonathan P. Atkins et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental and Ecological Effects of Ocean Renewable Energy Development – A Current Synthesis

(2011) George Boehlert et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Aggregation and feeding behaviour of pouting (Trisopterus luscus) at wind turbines in the Belgian part of the North Sea

(2010) J.T. Reubens et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Fish and sessile assemblages associated with wind-turbine constructions in the Baltic Sea

(2010) Mathias H. Andersson et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Local effects of blue mussels around turbine foundations in an ecosystem model of Nysted off-shore wind farm, Denmark

(2009) Marie Maar et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Colonisation of fish and crabs of wave energy foundations and the effects of manufactured holes – A field experiment

(2009) Olivia Langhamer et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Rebuilding Global Fisheries

(2009) B. Worm et al.   SCIENCE

Patches of the mussel Mytilus sp. are islands of high biodiversity in subtidal sediment habitats in the Baltic Sea

(2008) P Norling et al.   Aquatic Biology

Relationships between suspended particulate material, light attenuation and Secchi depth in UK marine waters

(2008) M.J. Devlin et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Fouling assemblages on offshore wind power plants and adjacent substrata

(2008) Dan Wilhelmsson et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Fish assemblages and rapid colonization after enlargement of an artificial reef off the Algarve coast (Southern Portugal)

(2008) Francisco Leitão et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Chaos in a long-term experiment with a plankton community

(2008) Elisa Benincà et al.   NATURE