Resources

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 Unpublished Report to the California Ocean Protection Council.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.

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)

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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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.

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.