Offshore wind farm effects on ocean fronts and seabirds

海上风电场对海滨和海鸟的影响

• 批准号: 2755127
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Heriot-Watt University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2755127
• 关键词: Offshore; wind; farm; effects; ocean

Offshore windfarms (OWFs) will have important consequences for marine ecosystems, although indirect effects are virtually unknown. For instance, OWF construction and operation may impact ocean front formation, which are important foraging habitats for some species (Scales et al. 2014a). Our project unites ecologists and remote sensing scientists to understand how OWF may alter ocean fronts and how this impacts seabird foraging behaviour. We will examine this in tracked northern gannets (Morus bassanus), a species which forages facultatively at ocean fronts (Scales et al. 2014; Cox et al. 2016). Our objectives are as follows:Objective 1. To test for changes in ocean fronts before and after wind farm construction, focussing on remotely sensed front mapping of the North Sea.Objective 2. Quantify gannet foraging success in relation to ocean fronts.Objective 3. Using a Before After Control Impact (BACI) design, compare gannet foraging success in relation to ocean fronts between two colonies, one with wind farm in construction/operation (Bass Rock) and one with no wind farms during the study (Grassholm).This interdisciplinary project is at the interface of remote-sensing science and marine ecology/conservation while also exploiting computational science and by expanding linkages between marine spatial planning.

海上风电场（OWF）将对海洋生态系统产生重要影响，尽管间接影响几乎未知。例如，OWF的建设和运营可能会影响海洋前沿的形成，这是一些物种的重要觅食栖息地（Scales等人，2014 a）。我们的项目将生态学家和遥感科学家联合起来，以了解OWF如何改变海洋前沿以及这如何影响海鸟觅食行为。我们将在跟踪的北方塘鹅（Morus dalanus）中研究这一点，这是一种在海洋前沿觅食的物种（Scales et al. 2014;考克斯et al. 2016）。我们的目标如下：目标1。测试风电场建设前后海洋锋面的变化，重点是北海的遥感锋面测绘。量化塘鹅觅食成功与海洋前沿。目标3。使用前后控制影响（BACI）设计，比较塘鹅觅食成功的两个殖民地之间的海洋前线，一个风电场正在建设/运营这一跨学科项目是遥感科学和海洋生态/养护的接口，同时还利用计算科学，并通过扩大海洋空间规划之间的联系。