title: Effects of Offshore Wind Farms on the Early Life Stages of Dicentrarchus labrax.
abstract: Anthropogenically generated underwater noise in the marine environment is ubiquitous, comprising both intense impulse and continuous noise. The installation of offshore wind farms across the North Sea has triggered a range of ecological questions regarding the impact of anthropogenically produced underwater noise on marine wildlife. Our interest is on the impact on the "passive drifters," i.e., the early life stages of fish that form the basis of fish populations and are an important prey for pelagic predators. This study deals with the impact of pile driving and operational noise generated at offshore wind farms on Dicentrarchus labrax (sea bass) larvae.
authors.affiliation: Bio-Environmental Research Group, Animal Sciences, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, 8400, Oostende, Belgium. Elisabeth.Debusschere@ugent.be.|Marine Biology Section, Biology Department, University of Ghent, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. Elisabeth.Debusschere@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Debusschere
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Technology, Research Group Acoustics, University of Ghent, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. Bert.Decoensel@intec.ugent.be.
authors.forename: Bert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: De Coensel
authors.affiliation: Bio-Environmental Research Group, Animal Sciences, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, 8400, Oostende, Belgium. Sofie.Vandendriessche@ilvo.vlaanderen.be.
authors.forename: Sofie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vandendriessche
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Technology, Research Group Acoustics, University of Ghent, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. Dick.Botteldooren@intec.ugent.be.
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Botteldooren
authors.affiliation: Bio-Environmental Research Group, Animal Sciences, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, 8400, Oostende, Belgium. Kris.Hostens@ilvo.vlaanderen.be.
authors.forename: Kris
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hostens
authors.affiliation: Marine Biology Section, Biology Department, University of Ghent, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. Magda.Vincx@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Magda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vincx
authors.affiliation: Management Unit of North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. Steven.Degraer@mumm.ac.be.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Degraer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000254:growth & development*; D001530:Belgium; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D009659:North Sea; D014919:Wind
keywords: Continuous noise; Dicentrarchus labrax; Offshore wind farms; Pile driving