Seabirds & offshore wind farms: Monitoring results 2009

• Main Authors: Vanermen, N., Stienen, E.W.M., Onkelinx, T., Courtens, W., Van de walle, M., Verstraete, H.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Impacts; Marine birds; Monitoring; Turbines; ANE; Belgium; Hinder Banks; Bligh Bank; Zeeland Banks; Thornton Bank; Thornton; Black-legged Kittiwake; common guillemot; Razorbill
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=197321

In 2009, we refined the statistical set-up for the assessment of displacement effects on seabirds by wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea, more precisely at the Thorntonbank and Bligh Bank. The observed seabird densities were modelled through quasilikelihood estimation. The resulting mode...