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- Report:
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 …
- Journal Article:
Goyert et al.
… energy development on the US Atlantic Continental Shelf has brought attention to the need for marine spatial planning efforts to reduce potential conflict between wind turbines and marine animals, including seabirds. We evaluated the effects of marine mammals, fishes, and habitat characteristics on the distribution and relative abundance of marine birds off the coast of Delaware, Maryland, and …
- Journal Article:
Horne et al.
… Marine hydrokinetic energy sites have the potential to impact distributions, dynamics, and abundances of macroinvertebrates, fish, and marine mammals (i.e., nekton). Potential impacts include changes in aggregation, avoidance, and … and the application of monitoring technologies is complicated by extreme flows at marine hydrokinetic energy sites. An echosounder, multibeam sonar, and acoustic camera will be …
- Book Chapter:
Benjamins et al.
… containing ephemeral flow structures that change across multiple spatiotemporal scales. Marine mammals and seabirds (marine megafauna) often frequent such sites but increasingly these locations are targeted for … tidal phases, current strengths and flow structures, likely in response to tidally-forced prey distribution and behaviours. Occupancy patterns, distributions and foraging behaviours are …
- Report:
Melvin and Cocjhrane
… levels delineated seasonally complex and sometimes contrasting patterns of vertical fish distribution in the Channel and in the shallower test site area, patterns which appeared to be … low noise full water column (approx. 50 m) profile of fish backscatter including an apparent marine mammal detection. The unit is low cost, self-contained, and engineered for autonomous operation …
- Journal Article:
Benjamins et al.
… Marine habitat heterogeneity underpins species distribution and can be generated through interactions between physical and biological drivers at … scales. Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is used worldwide to study potential impacts of marine industrial activities on cetaceans, but understanding of animals’ site use at small …
- Report:
Hasselman et al.
… The OES-Environmental 2020 State of the Science Report: Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Development Around the World builds on and serves as an update and a … content reflects the most current and pertinent published information about interactions of marine renewable energy (MRE) devices and associated infrastructure with the animals and habitats … environments for monitoring purposes and are also used to quantify fish abundance and distribution. Optical cameras are used to monitor the distribution of marine animals in the …
- Report:
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 …
- Journal Article:
Wilson et al.
… 1. This study investigated the distribution of a population of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus resident in the Moray … this species. 2. Boat-based surveys and photo-identification techniques were used to study the distribution and movements of individually recognizable dolphins over a 3-year period. 3. … suggests that competition between individuals or social groupings may shape spatial distribution in this population. 7. Individuals exhibited rapid movements across the population's …
- Workshop Article:
Polagye et al.
… As the marine energy industry explores the potential for generating significant power from waves and tidal currents, there is a need to ensure that energy converters do not cause harm to the marine environment, including marine animals that may interact with these new technologies in … marine renewable energy converters (MECs) near the converters (“nearfield”) determining the distribution and habitat use of marine animals in the vicinity of MECs (“distribution and habitat …
- Event:
Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK 2018… Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) is an international conference series hosted across the Highlands and … wave farm on sediment transport and morphodynamics Qingping Zou, Heriot-Watt University The distribution of turbulent mixing around a tidal energy test site Charles Greenwood, University of … empirical data with probability distributions from a numerical 4-D model to assess marine mammal collision risk with marine renewable energy devices Ross Culloch, Marine Scotland Science …
- Journal Article:
Robinson et al.
… selection, movements and feeding ecology of the animals utilising this North Sea region, distribution data from the southern coastline of the outer Moray Firth were subsequently examined with respect to the marine physiography of the area, specifically the environmental variables water depth, slope, …
- Event:
Stornoway, Scotland, UK 2014… Modelling Session 8 - Overview Posters Workshop Papers The EIMR (Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables) conference was held April 30 - May 1 2014 on the Isle of Lewis in the … Consenting; Society & People - Chair: Sandy Kerr New Perspectives on Fisheries: Combining the Distribution of Inshore and Offshore Commercial Fisheries in Scotland Andronikos Kafas, Marine … Analysis (PVA) to Assess the Potential for Long Term Impacts from Piling Noise on Marine Mammal Populations - A Case Study from the Scottish East Coast Kate Grellier presenting for Ruth …
- Journal Article:
Wilding et al.
… Marine renewable energy developments (MREDs) are rapidly expanding in size and number as society … not reduce current or future delivery of ecosystem services. The benthos underpins crucial marine ecosystem services yet, in relation to MREDs, is currently poorly monitored: current … particularly in terms of fisheries and biodiversity and, via trophic linkages, change the distribution of fish, birds and mammals. The production of DRIPy data should be eliminated and …
- Journal Article:
Cox et al.
… complex environments, which likely influences the spatio-temporal distributions of marine megafauna such as marine mammals. As such, understanding natural patterns in habitat use by these animals is … assess the impacts of anthropogenically induced disturbances, such as those associated with marine renewable energy installations (MREIs). This study uses a five year (2009–2013) passive …
- Report:
Polagye et al.
… uncertainties is the effect that the noise generated by tidal turbines might have on fish and marine mammals. Consequently, it is desirable to better understand these interactions through … noise to evaluate the effectiveness of studies to characterize turbine noise and the marine mammal response to this noise. Because both turbine noise and ambient noise vary in time, the description is probabilistic. The time distribution of turbine noise is derived from measurements of a similar tidal turbine and …
- Report:
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 …
- Research Study:
Mackenzie et al.
The project considered the potential to improve the quality of wildlife surveys through making use of modern statistical modelling methods, particularly density surface modelling techniques (DSM) and developed a ‘best practice’ guidance document and a modelling software package (and associated training) for use in environmental assessments at the project level of proposed offshore energy…
- Event:
Rotterdam, Netherlands 2024… The Detection, Classification, Localisation and Density Estimation ( DCLDE ) of marine mammals workshop is held on a biannual basis. During this workshop the participants share … their recent insights into algorithms and technology for automated acoustic monitoring of marine mammals. The workshop is open to anyone with an interest in the topic (such as … datasets are that they provide a challenging dataset for researchers in this field of marine mammal research to develop and compare novel techniques for this purpose. These novel techniques …
- Report:
International Whaling Commission
… research programmes and workshops on environmental subjects. Recently it started to consider marine renewable energy developments noting that they are increasing rapidly worldwide and that … of the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology. The main recommendations from the workshop are: 1. Strategy to minimise risk … International collaboration will be required to determine population structure, status, distribution and procedures for assessing impacts. The Committee can assist with design and …
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