Literature Database

Bang, J.; Ma, C.; Tarantino, E.; Vela, A.; Yamane, D. (2019). Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Floating Offshore Wind Energy in California. Report by University of California Santa Barbara.

Bell, A.; von der Au, M.; Regnery, J.; Schmid, M.; Meermann, B.; Reifferscheid, G.; Ternes, T.; Buchinger, S. (2020). Does galvanic cathodic protection by aluminum anodes impact marine organisms?. Environmental Sciences Europe , 32(157).

Gall, B. L., Graham, I. M., Merchant, N. D., & Thompson, P. M. (2021). Broad-Scale Responses of Harbor Porpoises to Pile-Driving and Vessel Activities During Offshore Windfarm Construction. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 735.

Comparative Study of Aerial Survey Techniques (AT-22-03)

Brodie, J.; Kohut, J.; Zemeckis, D. (2021). Identifying Ecological Metrics and Sampling Strategies for Baseline Monitoring During Offshore Wind Development

Calambokidis J, Kratofil MA, Palacios DM, Lagerquist BA, Schorr GS, Hanson MB, Baird RW, Forney KA, Becker EA, Rockwood RC and Hazen EL (2024) Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters - West Coast Region. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1283231. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1283231

Duffy, O.; Chumbinho, R.; Coca, I.; Breslin, J. (2023). Impact of geophysical and geotechnical site investigation surveys on fish and shellfish (Report No. BD00722001). Report by BlueWise Marine. Report for Wind Energy Ireland.

Ellison WT., Southall BL, Clark CW, Frankel AF. 2012. A new context-based approach to assess marine mammal behavioral responses to anthropogenic sounds. Conservation Biology. 26:21-28.

Farr, H., Ruttenberg, B., Walter, R. K., Wang, Y. H., & White, C. (2021). Potential environmental effects of deepwater floating offshore wind energy facilities. Ocean & Coastal Management, 207, 105611.

Floeter, J., van Beusekom, J.E., Auch, D., Callies, U., Carpenter, J., Dudeck, T., Eberle, S., Eckhardt, A., Gloe, D., Hänselmann, K. and Hufnagl, M., 2017. Pelagic effects of offshore wind farm foundations in the stratified North Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 156, pp.154-173.

Harnois, V.; Smith, H.; Benjamins, S.; Johanning, L. (2015). Assessment of Entanglement Risk to Marine Megafauna due to Offshore Renewable Energy Mooring Systems. International Journal of Marine Energy, 11, 27-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijome.2015.04.001

Harsanyi, P.; Scott, K.; Easton, B.; Ortiz, G.; Chapman, E.; Piper, A.; Rochas, C.; Lyndon, A. (2022). The Effects of Anthropogenic Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) on the Early Development of Two Commercially Important Crustaceans, European Lobster, Homarus gammarus (L.) and Edible Crab, Cancer pagurus (L.). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(5), 18.

Hestetun, J.; Ray, J.; Murvoll, K.; Kjølhamar, A.; Dahlgren, T. (2023). Environmental DNA reveals spatial patterns of fish and plankton diversity at a floating offshore wind farm. Environmental DNA, Early View, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.450

Holdman, A.; Tregenza, N.; Van Parijs, S.; DeAngelis, A. (2023). Acoustic ecology of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) between two U.S. offshore wind energy areas. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 0, 1-11.https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad150https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad150

Hutchison, Z.; Gill, A.; Sigray, P.; He, H.; King, J. (2020). Anthropogenic electromagnetic fields (EMF) influence the behaviour of bottom-dwelling marine species. Scientific Reports, 10, 4219 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60793-x

ICF. 2020. Comparison of Environmental Effects from Different Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Headquarters, Sterling, VA. OCS Study BOEM 2020-041. 42 pp

Karama, K. S., Matsushita, Y., Inoue, M., Kojima, K., Tone, K., Nakamura, I., & Kawabe, R. (2021). Movement pattern of red seabream Pagrus major and yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata around Offshore Wind Turbine and the neighboring habitats in the waters near Goto Islands, Japan. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 6(3), 300-308.

Klinck, H.; Fregosi, S.; Matsumoto, H.; Turpin, A.; Mellinger, D.; Erofeev, A.; Barth, J.; Shearman, R.; Jafarmardar, K.; Stelzer, R. (2015). Mobile Autonomous Platforms for Passive-Acoustic Monitoring of High-frequency. Paper presented at World Robotic Sailing championship and International Robotic Sailing Conference, Åland Islands.

Kordan, M.; Yakan, S. (2024). The effect of offshore wind farms on the variation of the phytoplankton population. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 69 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103358

Michel, M.; Guichard, B.; Béesau, J.; Samaran, F. (2024). Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing marine mammals population in European waters: Workshop conclusions and perspectives. Paper presented at 34th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Galicia, Spain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105983

Mooney, T.; Andersson, M.; Stanley, J. (2020). Acoustic Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on Fishery Resources: An Evolving Source and Varied Effects Across a Wind Farm’s Lifetime. Oceanography, 33(4), 82-95. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2020.408

Birds, Bats, and Beyond: Networked Wildlife Tracking along the Pacific Coast of the U.S. (PC‐22‐03)

Seabird and Marine Mammal Surveys Near Potential Renewable Energy Sites Offshore Central and Southern California (PC-17-01)

Offshore Acoustic Bat Study along the California Coastline (PC-19-03)

Peschko, V., Mercker, M., & Garthe, S. (2020). Telemetry reveals strong effects of offshore wind farms on behaviour and habitat use of common guillemots (Uria aalge) during the breeding season. Marine Biology, 167(8), 1-13.

Rockwood, R.C., L. Salas, J. Howar, N. Nur and J. Jahncke. 2024. Using Available Data and Information to Identify Offshore Wind Energy Areas Off the California Coast. Unpublished Report to the California Ocean Protection Council. Point Blue Conservation Science (Contribution No. 12758). 95 pp.

Peschko, V., Mendel, B., Müller, S., Markones, N., Mercker, M. and Garthe, S., 2020. Effects of offshore windfarms on seabird abundance: Strong effects in spring and in the breeding season. Marine Environmental Research, 162, p.105157.

Putman, N.; Scanlan, M.; Pollock, A.; O'Neil, J.; Couture, R.; Stoner, J.; Quinn, T.; Lohmann, K.; Noakes, D. (2018). Geomagnetic field influences upward movement of young Chinook salmon emerging from nests. Biology Letters, 14(2)

Raghukumar, K.; Chartrand, C.; Chang, G.; Cheung, L.; Roberts, J. (2022). Effect of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines on Atmospheric Circulation in California. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2022.863995

Raghukumar, Kaus, Tim Nelson, Grace Chang, Chris Chartrand, Lawrence Cheung, Jesse Roberts, Michael Jacox, and Jerome Fiechter. 2020. A Numerical Modeling Framework to Evaluate Effects of Offshore Wind Farms on California’s Coastal Upwelling Ecosystem. Publication Number: CEC-500-2024-006.

Characterization of the Distribution, Movements, and Foraging Habitat of Endangered Leatherback Turtles in Designated Critical Habitat off the U.S. West Coast (PC-23-04)

Development of Computer Simulations to Assess Entanglement Risk to Whales and Leatherback Sea Turtles in Offshore Floating Wind Turbine Moorings, Cables, and Associated Derelict Fishing Gear Offshore California (PC-19-x07)

Reubens, J.T., Vandendriessche, S., Zenner, A.N., Degraer, S. and Vincx, M., 2013. Offshore wind farms as productive sites or ecological traps for gadoid fishes?–Impact on growth, condition index and diet composition. Marine environmental research, 90, pp.66-74.

Risch, D.; Favill, G.; Marmo, B.; van Geel, N.; Benjamins, S.; Thompson, P.; Wittich, A.; Wilson, B. (2023). Characterisation of underwater operational noise of two types of floating offshore wind turbines. Report by Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS). Report for Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub.

Rockwood, R.; Adams, J.; Silber, G.; Jahncke, J. (2020). Estimating effectiveness of speed reduction measures for decreasing whale-strike mortality in a high-risk region. Endangered Species Research, 43, 145–166.

Rockwood, R.C., L. Salas, J. Howar, N. Nur and J. Jahncke. 2024. Using Available Data and Information to Identify Offshore Wind Energy Areas Off the California Coast. Unpublished Report to the California Ocean Protection Council. Point Blue Conservation Science (Contribution No. 12758). 95 pp.

Rueda-Bayona, J. G., Eras, J. J. C., & Chaparro, T. R. (2022). Impacts generated by the materials used in offshore wind technology on Human Health, Natural Environment and Resources. Energy, 261, 125223.

The Environmental Status of Artificial Structures Offshore California (PC-20-02)

(SEER) U.S. Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research. 2022. Benthic Disturbance from Offshore Wind Foundations, Anchors, and Cables. Report by National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy, Wind Energy Technologies Office. Available at https://tethys.pnnl.gov/seer.

(SEER) U.S. Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research. 2022. Presence of Vessels: Effects of Vessel Collision on Marine Life. Report by National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy, Wind Energy Technologies Office. Available at https://tethys.pnnl.gov/seer.

(SEER) U.S. Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research. 2022. Risk to Marine Life from Marine Debris & Floating Offshore Wind Cable Systems. Report by National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy, Wind Energy Technologies Office. Available at https://tethys.pnnl.gov/seer.

(SEER) U.S. Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research. 2022. Introduction of New Offshore Wind Farm Structures: Effects on Fish Ecology. Report by National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy, Wind Energy Technologies Office. Available at https://tethys.pnnl.gov/seer.

(SEER) U.S. Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research. 2022. Presence of Vessels: Effects of Vessel Collision on Marine Life. Report by National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy, Wind Energy Technologies Office. Available at https://tethys.pnnl.gov/seer.

Siedersleben, S. K., Lundquist, J. K., Platis, A., Bange, J., Bärfuss, K., Lampert, A., ... & Emeis, S. (2018). Micrometeorological impacts of offshore wind farms as seen in observations and simulations. Environmental Research Letters, 13(12), 124012.

Slavik, K., Lemmen, C., Zhang, W., Kerimoglu, O., Klingbeil, K. and Wirtz, K.W., 2019. The large-scale impact of offshore wind farm structures on pelagic primary productivity in the southern North Sea. Hydrobiologia, 845(1), pp.35-53.

Thomsen, F.; Stober, U.; Sarnocinska-Kot, J. (2023). Hearing Impact on Marine Mammals Due to Underwater Sound from Future Wind Farms. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, , 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_163-1

Vallejo, G.C., Grellier, K., Nelson, E.J., McGregor, R.M., Canning, S.J., Caryl, F.M. and McLean, N., 2017. Responses of two marine top predators to an offshore wind farm. Ecology and Evolution, 7(21), pp.8698-8708.

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Wang, L., Wang, B., Cen, W., Xu, R., Huang, Y., Zhang, X., ... & Zhang, Y. (2023). Ecological impacts of the expansion of offshore wind farms on trophic level species of marine food chain. Journal of Environmental Sciences.

Watson, S. C., Somerfield, P. J., Lemasson, A. J., Knights, A. M., Edwards-Jones, A., Nunes, J., ... & Beaumont, N. J. (2024). The global impact of offshore wind farms on ecosystem services. Ocean & Coastal Management, 249, 107023.

Weiser, E.; Overton, C.; Douglas, D.; Casazza, M.; Flint, P. (2024). Geese migrating over the Pacific Ocean select altitudes coinciding with offshore wind turbine blades. Journal of Applied Ecology, Early View https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14612

Wilber, D. H., Carey, D. A., & Griffin, M. (2018). Flatfish habitat use near North America's first offshore wind farm. Journal of Sea Research, 139, 24-32.

Wyman, M. T., Klimley, A. P., Battleson, R. D., Agosta, T. V., Chapman, E. D., Haverkamp, P. J., ... & Kavet, R. (2018). Behavioral responses by migrating juvenile salmonids to a subsea high-voltage DC power cable. Marine Biology, 165(8), 1-15.