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Linking ecosystem services with epibenthic biodiversity change following installation of offshore wind farms

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dc.creator Causon, Paul D.
dc.creator Gill, Andrew B.
dc.date 2018-10-22T09:12:21Z
dc.date 2018-10-22T09:12:21Z
dc.date 2018-09-01
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:39:07Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:39:07Z
dc.identifier Paul D. Causon and Andrew B. Gill. Linking ecosystem services with epibenthic biodiversity change following installation of offshore wind farms. Environmental Science and Policy, Volume 89, November 2018, Pages 340-347
dc.identifier 1462-9011
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.08.013
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13554
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182409
dc.description The growing awareness of climate change and the recognised need to secure energy production has been a driving force behind the expansion of the offshore wind industry across the world. Benefits from offshore wind farms (OWFs) may extend further than low CO2 energy production. Wind turbine substructures introduce hard surfaces that are rapidly colonised by epibenthic marine organisms, altering biomass and biodiversity within the local ecosystem. Biodiversity plays a critical role in supporting ecosystem processes and functions that maintain ecosystem services. As offshore wind development continues to grow and modify marine habitats, changes in biodiversity could affect the provision of ecosystem services. In this context, this review sets out to capture the current understanding of epibenthic biodiversity change following the installation of OWFs and attempt to link these changes in biodiversity with marine ecosystem services through the associated processes and functions.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject Benthic ecology
dc.subject Biodiversity
dc.subject Biofouling
dc.subject Ecosystem services
dc.subject Epibenthic colonisation
dc.subject Offshore wind farms
dc.title Linking ecosystem services with epibenthic biodiversity change following installation of offshore wind farms
dc.type Article


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