Overview
Ecological research at the first offshore wind test field in the German North Sea
Impacts of an offshore wind farm on marine biodiversity - conditions, challenges, results and perspectives
With the focus on benthic communities, fish, birds and marine mammals
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Main section
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Keywords
About this book
At present and over the next few years, large-scale windfarms are being installed far off the coast of Germany in the North and Baltic Sea, making a major contribution to electricity generation from renewable energy sources. One of the German government’s aims is to ensure the environmentally sound and sustainable development of offshore wind energy. Germany’s first offshore test site, alpha ventus, was therefore accompanied from the construction phase to the first years of operation by an intensive environmental research programme, the StUKplus project, financed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and coordinated by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency. Marine and ecological aspects have been researched there for more than five years to improve the level of knowledge about the ecological impacts of offshore windfarms.
This book provides a broad, richly illustrated overview of applied and new research methods and monitoring techniques. It summarises the key research findings on the impacts on benthic communities, fish, marine mammals and birds, also taking into account underwater sound and sediment measurements. Interpreting the results in the sense of lessons learned, new challenges and perspectives are discussed for future sustainable offshore development in German waters.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Scientists of renowned research institutes, environmental consultancies and federal authorities, edited by Anika Beiersdorf and Katrin Wollny-Goerke
Published by
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecological Research at the Offshore Windfarm alpha ventus
Book Subtitle: Challenges, Results and Perspectives
Editors: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02462-8
Publisher: Springer Spektrum Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-02462-8Published: 04 April 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 201
Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations, 205 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Renewable and Green Energy, Marine & Freshwater Sciences