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Robbins
… The purpose of this report is to provide a review of the bird and marine mammal observation data for the EMEC Billia Croo wave test site from 2009 to 2011. The primary … and environmental variables. This report can assist in understanding the spatial and temporal distribution of wildlife at the test site, and specifically enable identification of where and …
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Robbins
… The purpose of this report is to provide a review of the bird and marine mammal observation data for the EMEC Fall of Warness tidal test site from 2005 to 2011. The aims … and environmental variables. This report can assist in understanding the spatial and temporal distribution of wildlife at the test site, and specifically enable identification of where and …
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Adams et al.
… We assembled and tabulated information about marine bird and mammal research and monitoring programs that could provide data needed to support environmental … but the catalog for Alaska is not comprehensive. We included programs that assessed the distribution, abundance, or biology of marine birds (seabirds, waterbirds, or sea ducks) and …
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Thaxter and Burton
… protocols and standards on the use of high definition imagery technology for seabird and mammal surveys. Information on the trials of high definition imagery technology for survey were … to investigate what species assemblages are present, allowing population estimation and distribution, e.g. of a Round 3 development zone prior to collection of project-specific … detailed distribution data and accurate species identification to determine loss of habitat in marine Special Protection Areas (SPAs), or likely effect on onshore SPAs. Common Standards …
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Normandeau Associates Inc
… contract #M10PC00099, titled “Pilot Study of Aerial High-definition Surveys for Seabirds, Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles.” This project was awarded by BOEM (then Bureau of Ocean Energy … contract, were as follows: to develop and test a methodology for conducting surveys of birds, marine mammals, and sea turtles in the offshore environment using state of the art survey … the shoreline to 30 miles offshore and to test the utility of the technique for surveys of marine mammals and sea turtles, as well as birds.” These objectives were translated into a set of …
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Wilkinson and Quinn
… The demand for predictive distribution models for marine species has grown dramatically in recent years for the purposes of conservation and marine spatial planning. The aim of this report is to summarise the environmental predictor …
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Kuletz and Labunski
… Seabirds are wide-ranging upper trophic level foragers and good indicators of changes in marine ecosystems. Seabirds spend most of the year offshore, yet our data gaps are greatest for … sale areas and adjacent ocean planning areas, to provide current temporal and spatial data on marine birds and mammals, and submit the data to the North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database … as at least 12 public outreach and education venues and 7 websites. We have described seasonal distribution patterns of seabirds in offshore waters of Alaska, and identified ‘hotspots’ of …
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Degraer et al.
… anticipating an installed capacity ranging between 3.15 and 3.5 GW, has been designated in the marine spatial plan 2020-2026. With 523 km² reserved for offshore wind farms in Belgium, 344 km² … through the WinMon.BE environmental monitoring programme focusing on various aspects of the marine ecosystem components. Most environmental monitoring programmes for offshore wind farms are … of macrobenthic communities to the presence of offshore wind farms. Changes in species distribution patterns were identified for demersal fish, as exemplified for plaice Pleuronectes …
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Adams et al.
… Marine birds and mammals comprise an important community of meso- and upper-trophic-level … world’s four major eastern boundary currents and is characterized by an abundant and diverse marine ecosystem fuelled seasonally by wind-driven upwelling which supplies nutrient-rich water … inter-annual, and decadal cycles. Such oceanographic variability can influence patterns in the distribution, abundance, and habitat use among marine birds and mammals. Although there are an …
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Long
… The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) was established, in Orkney, in 2003 to enable the deployment and … requirements for development there, but also to help understand potential interactions between marine renewables related activity and wildlife. This study provides a comprehensive review of … influence of device installation, operation and related activity, upon marine wildlife distribution and abundance. Spatial and temporal variations in relation to wider environmental …
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Mills
… Information on winter marine bird and mammal distributions in Oregon coastal waters has been identified as a data need for marine spatial planning of ocean energy development. As part of the annual marine mammal surveys …
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Pembroke and Robinson Willmott
… cm at the sea surface and provides information on spatial and temporal abundances of birds, marine mammals, turtles, rays, sharks, large bony fishes, and fish shoals. Spatial patterns were …
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Pembroke and Robinson Willmott
… cm at the sea surface and provides information on spatial and temporal abundances of birds, marine mammals, turtles, rays, sharks, large bony fishes, and fish shoals. Spatial patterns were …
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Normandeau Associates Inc
… Authority (NYSERDA) embarked on a multi-year ultra-high–resolution aerial digital survey of marine resources in a 43,745.20 km2 (12,754.06 mi2) offshore planning area (OPA) in 2016. The OPA … others. Black-capped petrels and Audubon’s shearwaters showed no substantial differences in distribution among the seasons, but both species clustered near the shelf break and in the … followed by 1% whales and 1% seals; unidentified mammals consisted of 2% of the total mammal observations and based on size, most of these animals were dolphins or seals. Dolphins …
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Costa and Kendall
… energy projects in federal waters, and is required to evaluate potential human, coastal and marine impacts from these projects. BOEM partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric … Islands (MHI). The complexity of products from this assessment range from simple animal distribution maps to mathematical models depicting the predicted distributions of animals. … information on the physical and biological environment, benthic habitats, fishes, sea turtles, marine mammals and seabirds. The assessment focused on federal waters and taxa that were: (1) …
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Normandeau Associates Inc
… Authority (NYSERDA) embarked on a multi-year ultra-high resolution aerial digital survey of marine resources in a 43,745.20 km2 (12,754.06 mi2) offshore planning area (OPA) in 2016. The OPA … others. Black-capped petrels and Audubon’s shearwaters showed no substantial differences in distribution among the seasons, but both species clustered near the shelf break and in the … followed by 1% whales and 1% seals; unidentified mammals consisted of 1.5% of the total mammal observations and based on size, these animals were dolphins or seals. Dolphins were …
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Murray et al.
… a programme of Mapping of Environmental Considerations to support the spatial approach to marine planning. The aim of the work is to compile and present environmental evidence to support … in exploring potential future opportunities for sustainable use and management of the Welsh marine area. The objective of this initial phase of work was to produce maps of environmental … score, and potential impact score. To date, this work has brought together evidence on the distribution of around 170 habitats, species, and protected sites in Welsh waters. The evidence …
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Normandeau Associates Inc
… Authority (NYSERDA) embarked on a multi-year ultra-high resolution aerial digital survey of marine resources in a 43,745.20 km2 (12,754.06 mi2) offshore planning area (OPA) in 2016. The OPA … Black-capped petrels and Audubon’s shearwaters did not show any substantial differences in distribution among the seasons, but both species clustered near the shelf break and in the … followed by 1% whales and 0.5% seals; unidentified mammals consisted of 2% of the total mammal observations and based on size, these animals were either dolphins or seals. Dolphins were …
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Normandeau Associates Inc
… Authority (NYSERDA) embarked on a multi-year ultra-high resolution aerial digital survey of marine resources in a 43,745.20 km2 (12,754.06 mi2) offshore planning area (OPA) in 2016. The OPA … followed by 1% seals and 1% whales; unidentified mammals consisted of 2% of the total mammal observations and these animals were either dolphins or seals. Dolphins were abundant in … minke, and north Atlantic right whales were also found elsewhere in the OPA. No spatial distribution patterns by season were evident. Whales were most frequently traveling in an ESE to …
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Horne et al.
… study will inform the choice, deployment, and data analyses of acoustic instrumentation use at marine hydrokinetic (MHK) sites. Objectives Research objectives include evaluation of acoustic … through monitoring and characterization of animal densities and distributions at a proposed marine hydrokinetic site in Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, WA. More specifically, to describe spatio-temporal distributions of macro-invertebrate, fish, seabird, and marine mammal populations at the study site through a combination of efforts including: collecting …
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