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- Journal Article:
Brown and Simmonds
… There is currently an unprecedented expansion of marine renewable-energy developments, particularly in UK waters. Marine renewable-energy plants are also being developed in many other countries across Europe and … information, including inferences drawn from the impact of other human activities in the marine environment, indicates a significant risk of negative consequences, with the noise from …
- Report:
Scott-Hayward et al.
… Examines animal survey data for signs of changes in animal abundance and distribution following marine renewables development. The functions of this package can be used … Environmental Modelling (CREEM) at the University of St. Andrews, performed under contract for Marine Scotland … 2013-10-04 …
- Tethys Story:
… and increase participation by scientists and engineers examining environmental effects of marine renewable energy devices. This strategy resulted in a EWTEC high of 25 papers in 6 … et al. presented hydroacoustic results to better understand fish abundance and their vertical distribution near a tidal device in the US, and Viehman demonstrated the use of temporal analysis … al.; Roberts et al.); numerical modeling and tissue analysis to predict the risk to a marine mammal from tidal blade strike (Grear and Motley); the impact of electromagnetic field emissions …
- Report:
Macaulay et al.
… seek to reduce their reliance on energy from fossil fuels, developers are turning to the marine environment as a potential source of low carbon energy. This is leading to new types of … collision risk. These include: the density of animals in the area of interest, their depth distribution and underwater movements and the extent to which they can detect and avoid the … cetaceans in tidal rapid habitats. Harbour porpoises are the most commonly encountered marine mammal species in Northern European shelf waters (Hammond et al. 2013). They are listed under …
- Report:
Sotta et al.
… Brittany, specifically the département of Finistère. The purpose of MERiFIC, which stands for “marine energy in far peripheral and island communities”, is to study the development of marine renewable energies (MREs). Through various issues governing their development: Energy … establishing a shared work programme that includes methods of assessment for the presence and distribution of marine mammals. … 2014-02-01 …
- Conference Paper:
Bangley et al.
… Understanding the environmental effects of marine renewable energy devices is important for ensuring the responsible development of this new … tidal cycle [2]. However, Minas Basin hosts at least 85 fish species, including diadromous and marine fishes for which Minas Passage serves as an important migratory corridor [3]. This … can provide presence/absence data for the development of species-specific spatiotemporal distribution models and ultimately encounter rate models. Acoustic telemetry has become a …
- Report:
Henkel and Haxel
… for existing nearshore sound levels. Ambient noise is an important habitat component for marine mammals and fish that use sound for essential functions such as communication, navigation, … during their construction and operation present concerns for long-term consequences in marine habitats. Oregon’s dynamic nearshore environment presents significant challenges for … in the beginning of the project due to vessel time constraints) providing a spatial distribution of sound levels, comparisons of noise levels in varying levels of vessel traffic …
- Report:
Conley et al.
… environment (morphology, waves and current etc.) and flora and fauna as represented by marine mammals, seabirds, benthos and fish and shellfish. There is a concern that removal of energy from waves and currents in the marine environment may result in significant environmental impact, whether to the marine … species are subject to various levels of regulatory protection and monitoring of seabird distribution and behaviour is a universal component of wave energy EIA. A special and key feature …
- Report:
Wood et al.
… environmental effects of tidal turbines. One of these concerns is the risk of collision by marine mammals with spinning tidal turbines. Most estimates of marine mammal collision risk with tidal turbines have used either an Encounter Risk Model (ERM) which is …
- Report:
Lonergan and Hammond
… affecting the populations of cetaceans living in or using UK waters. Without knowing the distribution and abundance of these animals the ability to assess how any of these issues could … revised Joint Cetacean Protocol (JCP) Phase III report attempted to estimate the abundance and distribution of cetaceans from a disparate data set of dedicated and platform of opportunity …
- Conference Paper:
Bassett et al.
… route, and a transit area for many cetacean species. A key finding is that the statistical distribution of total sound pressure levels are dependent on tidal currents at the site. … to ambient noise levels at the site, with secondary contributions from rain, wind, and marine mammal vocalizations. Post-processed data from an AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver …
- Report:
Lonergan and Thompson
… The rate at which collisions can be expected to occur between marine mammals and tidal energy generation devices is potentially important to both the … a better estimate could be made by averaging the risks over an estimate of the likely joint distribution of animal speeds, directions and orientations throughout the tidal cycle. In …
- Report:
AECOM
… an onshore transformer substation, and buried power lines connecting to the local power distribution system (the Project). This Project is subject to a screening level Environmental … km from shore. The generators (with the possible exception of the Minas Basin Pulp and Power/ Marine Current Turbines unit) will be installed on gravity bases, rather than drilled … is rated to 1 MW and the total diameter is 10 m with a 4 m diameter open centre. The MBP&P/Marine Current Turbine unit is 1.0 - 1.2 MW and will consist of twin axial flow rotors …
- Research Study:
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and Fox
… project aims to address long term environmental concerns around the development of the marine renewable industry’s emerging technology, through targeted environmental monitoring … and engagement. The potential environmental impacts that can be associated with the marine energy sector are generally site specific making it difficult to draw conclusions about a … around the deployment locations. Marine acoustic sensors will be used to assess fish distribution and abundance near the devices and gain an understanding of fish attraction to …
- Report:
Pikesley et al.
… This report was compiled as part of the Marine Energy in Far Peripheral and Island Communities (MERiFIC) project. The MERiFIC project seeks to advance the adoption of marine energy across two regions of Cornwall and Finistère by developing 'toolkits' of … effects are minimised and positive effects are promoted, it is necessary to quantify species distribution and relative abundance, both spatially and temporally, over seasonal and annual time …
- Report:
Jacobson et al.
… to a variety of anthropogenic impacts including pollution, noise, and fishery interactions. Marine renewable energy projects currently in development in California have the potential to … monitoring strategies are necessary to establish baseline data prior to the installation of marine renewable energy structures, to determine the impacts of construction activities, and to … be required to characterize this relationship accurately. The data suggest that the spatial distribution of harbor porpoises shifts over periods of weeks and can be highly variable between …
- Journal Article:
Popescu et al.
The challenge of balancing biodiversity protection with economic growth is epitomized by the development of renewable and unconventional energy, whose adoption is aimed at stemming the impacts of global climate change, yet has outpaced our understanding of biodiversity impacts. We evaluated the potential conflict between biodiversity protection and future electricity generation from renewable…
- Report:
Menza et al.
… This report supports Washington-led marine spatial planning and responsible stewardship of natural and cultural resources by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Washington state agencies and the sanctuary continually seek the best available science to improve management of marine uses and stewardship of resources (Etheridge et al., 2010; Washington Department of Fish …
- Journal Article:
Chavez-Rosales et al.
… in the ocean and climate change have already produced a series of responses from the marine ecosystems. With the potential increment of future human activities, such as offshore … Fisheries Science Centers from 2010 to 2017. The models were based on observed species distribution as a function of 21 environmental covariates and compare species-specific core …
- Journal Article:
Suberg et al.
… economic, technological and policy drivers is behind a recent upsurge in the use of marine autonomous systems (and accompanying miniaturized sensors) for environmental mapping and … equipped with a single-frequency echosounder to collect information on zooplankton and fish distribution. The other glider carried a Passive Acoustic Monitoring system to detect and record … fish/cetacean detections within the water column. The broader implications of this study for marine ecosystem monitoring with submarine gliders are discussed. … 2014-09-01 …
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