Assessing the sensitivity of seabird populations to adverse effects from tidal stream turbines and wave energy devices
<qd> Furness, R. W., Wade, H. M., Robbins, A. M. C., and Masden, E. A. 2012. Assessing the sensitivity of seabird populations to adverse effects from tidal stream turbines and wave energy devices. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: . </qd>Tidal turbines and wave energy devices may aff...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:icesjms:69/8/1466 2023-05-15T15:27:57+02:00 Assessing the sensitivity of seabird populations to adverse effects from tidal stream turbines and wave energy devices Furness, Robert W. Wade, Helen M. Robbins, Alexandra M. C. Masden, Elizabeth A. 2012-09-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/69/8/1466 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss131 en eng Oxford University Press http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/69/8/1466 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss131 Copyright (C) 2012, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea/Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer Articles TEXT 2012 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss131 2012-08-24T19:57:06Z <qd> Furness, R. W., Wade, H. M., Robbins, A. M. C., and Masden, E. A. 2012. Assessing the sensitivity of seabird populations to adverse effects from tidal stream turbines and wave energy devices. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: . </qd>Tidal turbines and wave energy devices may affect seabird populations through collision mortality, disturbance and habitat loss. Given the pressures to harness tidal and wave energy, especially in Scottish waters, there is an urgent need to assess population-level impacts on seabird species. With a lack of deployed devices to monitor in areas of importance for seabirds, our approach uses data from scientific literature on seabird ecology and conservation importance likely to influence population vulnerability to “wet renewables” in Scottish waters. At this stage however, we can only infer likely interactions with tidal and wave devices. We identify black guillemot, razorbill, European shag, common guillemot, great cormorant, divers and Atlantic puffin as the species most vulnerable to adverse effects from tidal turbines in Scottish waters. We identify divers as the species most vulnerable to adverse effects from wave energy devices in Scottish waters. Wave energy devices seem likely to represent a lesser hazard to seabirds than tidal turbines, and both forms of energy capture seem likely to represent a lower hazard to seabirds than offshore wind farms (wind-power plants). The indices developed here for Scottish seabird populations could be applied to populations elsewhere. This approach will help in identifying likely impacts of tidal and wave energy deployments on seabirds, and in optimizing deployment of resources for compulsory environmental monitoring. Text Atlantic puffin Black guillemot common guillemot Razorbill HighWire Press (Stanford University) Furness ENVELOPE(-55.000,-55.000,-61.033,-61.033) ICES Journal of Marine Science 69 8 1466 1479 |
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<qd> Furness, R. W., Wade, H. M., Robbins, A. M. C., and Masden, E. A. 2012. Assessing the sensitivity of seabird populations to adverse effects from tidal stream turbines and wave energy devices. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: . </qd>Tidal turbines and wave energy devices may affect seabird populations through collision mortality, disturbance and habitat loss. Given the pressures to harness tidal and wave energy, especially in Scottish waters, there is an urgent need to assess population-level impacts on seabird species. With a lack of deployed devices to monitor in areas of importance for seabirds, our approach uses data from scientific literature on seabird ecology and conservation importance likely to influence population vulnerability to “wet renewables” in Scottish waters. At this stage however, we can only infer likely interactions with tidal and wave devices. We identify black guillemot, razorbill, European shag, common guillemot, great cormorant, divers and Atlantic puffin as the species most vulnerable to adverse effects from tidal turbines in Scottish waters. We identify divers as the species most vulnerable to adverse effects from wave energy devices in Scottish waters. Wave energy devices seem likely to represent a lesser hazard to seabirds than tidal turbines, and both forms of energy capture seem likely to represent a lower hazard to seabirds than offshore wind farms (wind-power plants). The indices developed here for Scottish seabird populations could be applied to populations elsewhere. This approach will help in identifying likely impacts of tidal and wave energy deployments on seabirds, and in optimizing deployment of resources for compulsory environmental monitoring. |
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