TY - JOUR
TI - Wind Energy Plants and Possible Effects on Samandağ Sea Turtles
AU - Yalçın-Özdilek, S
AU - Yalçın, S
T2 - Marine Turtle Newsletter
AB - Wind energy plants in offshore and onshore locations have grown dramatically over the past decade in various parts of the world, including the Mediterranean. The advantages of renewable energy are well known on a global scale; however, possible impacts of renewable energy sources on the local environment must nevertheless be considered. Among other things Yalcin-Ozdilek and Yalcin shares that the protected areas of Samandag beach include the dune and open sandy zones, the planned positions of the turbines are just off the beach, in the nearshore area, where nesting females and hatchling have to traverse to get on and/or off the nesting area of Samandag.
DA - 2012/04//
PY - 2012
VL - 133
SP - 7
EP - 9
UR - http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/archives/mtn133/mtn133p7.shtml?nocount
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Floating Offshore Wind
KW - EMF
KW - Habitat Change
KW - Reptiles
ER -