The proportion of flatfish recruitment in the North Sea potentially affected by offshore windfarms
Understanding the influence of man-made infrastructures on fish population dynamics is an important issue for fisheries management. This is particularly the case because of the steady proliferation of offshore wind farms (OWFs). Several flatfish species are likely to be affected because areas with O...
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ftvliz:oai:oma.vliz.be:325454 2023-05-15T18:15:49+02:00 The proportion of flatfish recruitment in the North Sea potentially affected by offshore windfarms Barbut, L. Vastenhoud, B. Vigin, L. Degraer, S. Volckaert, F.A.M. Lacroix, G. 2020 application/pdf https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/375953.pdf en eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000562460200033 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz050 https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/375953.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess %3Ci%3EICES+J.+Mar.+Sci.%2FJ.+Cons.+int.+Explor.+Mer+77%283%29%3C%2Fi%3E%3A+1227-1237.+%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1093%2Ficesjms%2Ffsz050%22+target%3D%22_blank%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1093%2Ficesjms%2Ffsz050%3C%2Fa%3E Coastal zone management Pleuronectidae [Righteye flounders] ANE North Sea info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftvliz https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz050 2023-03-08T23:25:23Z Understanding the influence of man-made infrastructures on fish population dynamics is an important issue for fisheries management. This is particularly the case because of the steady proliferation of offshore wind farms (OWFs). Several flatfish species are likely to be affected because areas with OWFs in place or planned for show a spatial overlap with their spawning grounds. This study focuses on six commercially important flatfish species in the North Sea: common sole ( Solea solea ), European plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa ), turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus ), brill ( Scophtalmus rhombus ), European flounder ( Platichthys flesus ), and common dab ( Limanda limanda ). We used a particle-tracking model ( Larvae&Co ) coupled to a 3D hydrodynamic model to assess the effects of spatial overlap of OWFs with the species’ spawning grounds on the larval fluxes to known nursery grounds. An important overlap between planned areas of OWFs and flatfish spawning grounds was detected, with a resulting proportion of settlers originating from those areas varying from 2% to 16%. Our study suggests that European plaice, common dab, and brill could be the most affected flatfish species, yet with some important local disparities across the North Sea. Consequently, the study represents a first step to quantify the potential impact of OWFs on flatfish settlement, and hence on their population dynamics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Scophthalmus maximus Turbot Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Open Marine Archive (OMA) ICES Journal of Marine Science 77 3 1227 1237 |
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Understanding the influence of man-made infrastructures on fish population dynamics is an important issue for fisheries management. This is particularly the case because of the steady proliferation of offshore wind farms (OWFs). Several flatfish species are likely to be affected because areas with OWFs in place or planned for show a spatial overlap with their spawning grounds. This study focuses on six commercially important flatfish species in the North Sea: common sole ( Solea solea ), European plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa ), turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus ), brill ( Scophtalmus rhombus ), European flounder ( Platichthys flesus ), and common dab ( Limanda limanda ). We used a particle-tracking model ( Larvae&Co ) coupled to a 3D hydrodynamic model to assess the effects of spatial overlap of OWFs with the species’ spawning grounds on the larval fluxes to known nursery grounds. An important overlap between planned areas of OWFs and flatfish spawning grounds was detected, with a resulting proportion of settlers originating from those areas varying from 2% to 16%. Our study suggests that European plaice, common dab, and brill could be the most affected flatfish species, yet with some important local disparities across the North Sea. Consequently, the study represents a first step to quantify the potential impact of OWFs on flatfish settlement, and hence on their population dynamics. |
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Barbut, L. Vastenhoud, B. Vigin, L. Degraer, S. Volckaert, F.A.M. Lacroix, G. |
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Barbut, L. Vastenhoud, B. Vigin, L. Degraer, S. Volckaert, F.A.M. Lacroix, G. |
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The proportion of flatfish recruitment in the North Sea potentially affected by offshore windfarms |
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The proportion of flatfish recruitment in the North Sea potentially affected by offshore windfarms |
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The proportion of flatfish recruitment in the North Sea potentially affected by offshore windfarms |
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The proportion of flatfish recruitment in the North Sea potentially affected by offshore windfarms |
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The proportion of flatfish recruitment in the North Sea potentially affected by offshore windfarms |
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proportion of flatfish recruitment in the north sea potentially affected by offshore windfarms |
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