Data from: Avoidance of windfarms by harbour seals is limited to pile driving activities
As part of global efforts to reduce dependence on carbon-based energy sources there has been a rapid increase in the installation of renewable energy devices. The installation and operation of these devices can result in conflicts with wildlife. In the marine environment, mammals may avoid wind farm...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::42e3373e9ccd03dd97a119762ab19e05 2023-05-15T17:58:55+02:00 Data from: Avoidance of windfarms by harbour seals is limited to pile driving activities Russell, Debbie J. F. Hastie, Gordon D. Thompson, David Janik, Vincent M. Hammond, Philip S. Scott-Hayward, Lindesay A. S. Matthiopoulos, Jason Jones, Esther L. McConnell, Bernie J. Russell, Debbie J.F. Scott-Hayward, Lindesay A.S. 2017-04-01 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9r0gv undefined unknown http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9r0gv https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9r0gv lic_creative-commons oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:93837 oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:93837 10.5061/dryad.9r0gv 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 Life sciences medicine and health care CReSS disturbance marine renewables marine spatial planning pinnipeds renewable energy SALSA spatially adaptive smoothing underwater noise North Sea Phoca vitulina envir demo Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2017 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9r0gv 2023-01-22T16:51:37Z As part of global efforts to reduce dependence on carbon-based energy sources there has been a rapid increase in the installation of renewable energy devices. The installation and operation of these devices can result in conflicts with wildlife. In the marine environment, mammals may avoid wind farms that are under construction or operating. Such avoidance may lead to more time spent travelling or displacement from key habitats. A paucity of data on at-sea movements of marine mammals around wind farms limits our understanding of the nature of their potential impacts. Here, we present the results of a telemetry study on harbour seals Phoca vitulina in The Wash, south-east England, an area where wind farms are being constructed using impact pile driving. We investigated whether seals avoid wind farms during operation, construction in its entirety, or during piling activity. The study was carried out using historical telemetry data collected prior to any wind farm development and telemetry data collected in 2012 during the construction of one wind farm and the operation of another. Within an operational wind farm, there was a close-to-significant increase in seal usage compared to prior to wind farm development. However, the wind farm was at the edge of a large area of increased usage, so the presence of the wind farm was unlikely to be the cause. There was no significant displacement during construction as a whole. However, during piling, seal usage (abundance) was significantly reduced up to 25 km from the piling activity; within 25 km of the centre of the wind farm, there was a 19 to 83% (95% confidence intervals) decrease in usage compared to during breaks in piling, equating to a mean estimated displacement of 440 individuals. This amounts to significant displacement starting from predicted received levels of between 166 and 178 dB re 1 μPa(p-p). Displacement was limited to piling activity; within 2 h of cessation of pile driving, seals were distributed as per the non-piling scenario. Synthesis and ... Dataset Phoca vitulina Unknown |
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Life sciences medicine and health care CReSS disturbance marine renewables marine spatial planning pinnipeds renewable energy SALSA spatially adaptive smoothing underwater noise North Sea Phoca vitulina envir demo Russell, Debbie J. F. Hastie, Gordon D. Thompson, David Janik, Vincent M. Hammond, Philip S. Scott-Hayward, Lindesay A. S. Matthiopoulos, Jason Jones, Esther L. McConnell, Bernie J. Russell, Debbie J.F. Scott-Hayward, Lindesay A.S. Data from: Avoidance of windfarms by harbour seals is limited to pile driving activities |
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As part of global efforts to reduce dependence on carbon-based energy sources there has been a rapid increase in the installation of renewable energy devices. The installation and operation of these devices can result in conflicts with wildlife. In the marine environment, mammals may avoid wind farms that are under construction or operating. Such avoidance may lead to more time spent travelling or displacement from key habitats. A paucity of data on at-sea movements of marine mammals around wind farms limits our understanding of the nature of their potential impacts. Here, we present the results of a telemetry study on harbour seals Phoca vitulina in The Wash, south-east England, an area where wind farms are being constructed using impact pile driving. We investigated whether seals avoid wind farms during operation, construction in its entirety, or during piling activity. The study was carried out using historical telemetry data collected prior to any wind farm development and telemetry data collected in 2012 during the construction of one wind farm and the operation of another. Within an operational wind farm, there was a close-to-significant increase in seal usage compared to prior to wind farm development. However, the wind farm was at the edge of a large area of increased usage, so the presence of the wind farm was unlikely to be the cause. There was no significant displacement during construction as a whole. However, during piling, seal usage (abundance) was significantly reduced up to 25 km from the piling activity; within 25 km of the centre of the wind farm, there was a 19 to 83% (95% confidence intervals) decrease in usage compared to during breaks in piling, equating to a mean estimated displacement of 440 individuals. This amounts to significant displacement starting from predicted received levels of between 166 and 178 dB re 1 μPa(p-p). Displacement was limited to piling activity; within 2 h of cessation of pile driving, seals were distributed as per the non-piling scenario. Synthesis and ... |
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Russell, Debbie J. F. Hastie, Gordon D. Thompson, David Janik, Vincent M. Hammond, Philip S. Scott-Hayward, Lindesay A. S. Matthiopoulos, Jason Jones, Esther L. McConnell, Bernie J. Russell, Debbie J.F. Scott-Hayward, Lindesay A.S. |
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Data from: Avoidance of windfarms by harbour seals is limited to pile driving activities |
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