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

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dc.contributor.authorCauson, Paul D.
dc.contributor.authorGill, Andrew B.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-22T09:12:21Z
dc.date.available2018-10-22T09:12:21Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-01
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationPaul 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 340-347en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1462-9011
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.08.013
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13554
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectBenthic ecologyen_UK
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_UK
dc.subjectBiofoulingen_UK
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen_UK
dc.subjectEpibenthic colonisationen_UK
dc.subjectOffshore wind farmsen_UK
dc.titleLinking ecosystem services with epibenthic biodiversity change following installation of offshore wind farmsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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