Measuring sensitivity of two OSPAR indicators for a coastal food web model under offshore wind farm construction
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| Date | 2019-01 | ||||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Raoux Aurore1, 2, Lassalle Géraldine3, Pezy Jean-Philippe2, Tecchio Samuele1, Safi Georges1, Ernande Bruno 4, Mazé Camille5, Le Loc'h François5, Lequesne Justine6, Girardin Valérie7, Dauvin Jean-Claude2, Niquil Nathalie1 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, Biologie des ORganismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques BOREA (MNHN, UPMC, UCBN, CNRS-7208, IRD-207) CS 14032, 14000 Caen, France 2 : Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, UMR M2C (UCBN, UR, CNRS-6143), 24 rue des Tilleuls, 14000 Caen Cedex, France 3 : IRSTEA, UR EABX (Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Changes), 50 avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas Cedex, France 4 : IFREMER, Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques, 150 quai Gambetta, BP 699, 62321 Boulogne sur Mer, France 5 : Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin, UMR 6539 LEMAR (CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer), Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France 6 : Centre Henri Becquerel, Unité de recherche clinique, Rue d'Amiens, CS 11517, 76038 Rouen Cedex 1, France 7 : Normandie Université UNICAEN, UMR 6139, Laboratoire de Mathématiques Nicolas Oresme, BP 5186, 14032 Caen, France |
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| Source | Ecological Indicators (1470-160X) (Elsevier BV), 2019-01 , Vol. 96 , N. Part 1 , P. 728-738 | ||||||||||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.014 | ||||||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Ecopath with Ecosim, Ecological Network Analysis, Reef effect, Reserve effect, Mean Trophic Level, Marine renewable energy | ||||||||||||
| Abstract | A combination of modelling tools was applied to simulate the impacts of the future Courseulles-sur-mer offshore wind farm (OWF) construction (Bay of Seine, English Channel) on the ecosystem structure and functioning. To do so, food-web models of the ecosystem under three scenarios were constructed to investigate the effect caused by the OWF of added substrate (reef effect), fishing restriction (reserve effect), and their combined effect. Further, Ecological Network Analysis indices and Mean Trophic Level were derived to investigate their suitability for detecting changes in the ecosystem state. Our analysis suggests changes in the ecosystem structure and functioning after the OWF construction, the ecosystem maturity was predicted to increase, but no alterations in its overall resilience capacity. |
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