Marine mammals and seabirds in front of offshore wind energy

MINOS - Marine warm-blooded animals in North and Baltic Seas
2008
ISBN: 978-3-8351-0235-4
Verlag: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

The MINOS project examines whether large offshore wind energy plants in the German North and Baltic Seas impair or endanger harbour porpoises, seals or seabirds. The research results should make the necessary knowledge available, in order to be able to evaluate the future offshore wind park development. In the projects MINOS and MINOS+ - running time 2002 to 2008 - were therefore above all the preferential residence areas and migration routes of the endangered animal species investigated. Beyond that, hearing and acoustic sensitivity of harbour porpoises and seals were examined.

Zielgruppe

Research Institutes and biological bureaus
decision makers in politics
economical usergroups
NGOs of marine nature protection
national and international scientifically interested public, journalists, students at universities and colleges

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eskildsen, Kai

Wollny-Goerke, Katrin

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Windkraftanlagen, Wasserkraftanlagen
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Harbour porpoises; abundance estimates and seasonal distribution patterns - History of the German Baltic Sea harbour porpoise acoustic monitoring at the German Oceanographic Museum - How tolerant are harbour porpoises to underwater sound? - Determination of space and depth utilization of the Wadden Sea and adjacent offshore areas by harbour seals - Too loud to talk? Do wind turbines related sounds affect harbour seal communicaton? - Spatio-temporal patterns of inshore and offshore foraging in Great Cormorants in the southwestern Baltic Sea - Small-scale temporal variability of seabird distribution patterns in the south-eastern North Sea.

Über Autor(innen)

Katrin Wollny-Goerke
Kai Eskildsen, Landesamt für den Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer