Review of offshore wind farm impact monitoring and mitigation with regard to marine mammals

Ursula K. Verfuss; Carol E. Sparling; Charlie Arnot; Adrian Judd; Michael Coyle

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_147

Review of offshore wind farm impact monitoring and mitigation with regard to marine mammals

Ursula K. Verfuss^*
, Carol E. Sparling
, Charlie Arnot
, Adrian Judd
, Michael Coyle

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Monitoring and mitigation reports from 19 UK and 9 other European Union (EU) offshore wind farm (OWF) developments were reviewed, providing a synthesis of the evidence associated with the observed environmental impact on marine mammals. UK licensing conditions were largely concerned with mitigation measures reducing the risk of physical and auditory injury from pile driving. At the other EU sites, impact monitoring was conducted along with mitigation measures. Noise-mitigation measures were developed and tested in UK and German waters in German government-financed projects. We highlight some of the review’s findings and lessons learned with regard to noise impact on marine mammals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1175-1182
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_147
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Name	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume	875
ISSN (Print)	0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)	2214-8019

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SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

Impact monitoring
Licensing procedure
Marine mammals
Mitigation
Offshore wind farm

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