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WINMON: Impact of offshore wind farms on the marine environment in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
Citation
Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO); Marine Biology Research Group (Ugent-Marbiol); Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO); Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC): WINMON: Impact of offshore wind farms on the marine environment in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5963
Contact: Belgisch Marien Data Centrum (IRScNB/KBIN-BMDC), more ; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (UGent-MARBIOL), more ; Instituut voor landbouw-, visserij en voedingsonderzoek (LV-ILVO), more ; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (LNE-INBO), more

Availability: The data can be made available upon request, please use contact information.

Description
Data on the Belgian offshore wind farm environmental programme (WinMon.be). Within this monitoring programme, RBINS and its partners assess the extent of the anticipated impacts onto the marine ecosystem and aim at revealing the processes behind these impacts. The first objective is tackled through basic monitoring, focusing on the a posteriori, resultant impact quantification, while the second monitoring objective is covered by the targeted or process monitoring, focusing on the cause-effect relationships of a priori selected impacts.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos > Epibenthos, Biology > Benthos > Macrobenthos, Biology > Birds, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries)
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Environmental impacts, Offshore wind farms, Renewable energy, Sediment, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, Belgium, Zeeland Banks, Thornton Bank, ANE, Bligh Bank, Arthropoda, Clupeiformes, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Gadiformes, Mollusca, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, Rajiformes, Scorpaeniformes, Syngnathiformes, Zeiformes

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Zeeland Banks, Thornton Bank [Marine Regions]
ANE, Bligh Bank [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 2005 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Arthropoda [WoRMS]
Clupeiformes [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Gadiformes [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Perciformes [WoRMS]
Pleuronectiformes [WoRMS]
Rajiformes [WoRMS]
Scorpaeniformes [WoRMS]
Syngnathiformes [WoRMS]
Zeiformes [WoRMS]

Parameters
Bird density
Epibenthos density Methodology
Fish density Methodology
Fish length Methodology
Fish measurements Methodology
Grain size distribution
Macrobenthos biomass Methodology
Macrobenthos density Methodology
Median grain size
Organic matter (OM)
Sediment characteristics
Epibenthos density: Beam trawling
A beam trawl net was towed for 25-minutes at a towing speed of 2 knots. The beam trawl has following characteristics: 4m beam trawl (measured between inside edges of shoes); vertical opening 0.6 m; cod-end mesh size of 25 mm.
Fish density: Beam trawling
A beam trawl net was towed for 25-minutes at a towing speed of 2 knots. The beam trawl has following characteristics: 4m beam trawl (measured between inside edges of shoes); vertical opening 0.6 m; cod-end mesh size of 25 mm.
Fish length: Beam trawling
A beam trawl net was towed for 25-minutes at a towing speed of 2 knots. The beam trawl has following characteristics: 4m beam trawl (measured between inside edges of shoes); vertical opening 0.6 m; cod-end mesh size of 25 mm.
Fish measurements: Beam trawling
A beam trawl net was towed for 25-minutes at a towing speed of 2 knots. The beam trawl has following characteristics: 4m beam trawl (measured between inside edges of shoes); vertical opening 0.6 m; cod-end mesh size of 25 mm.
Macrobenthos biomass: Van Veen
Macrobenthos density: Van Veen

Contributors
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Departement Beheer van het Mariene Ecosysteem; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium; Belgisch Marien Data Centrum (BMDC), moredata manager
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), moredata owner
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Landbouw en Visserij; Instituut voor landbouw-, visserij en voedingsonderzoek (ILVO), moredata owner
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), moredata owner

Related datasets
(Partly) included in:
SUMES project. D3.3: SUMES ES-model: A quantative marine ecosystem services model (supporting files), more
SUMES project. D4.3: Identification and selection of Risk Assessment indicators and the coupling with the SDES model (supporting files), more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Degraer, S. et al. (2022). Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Getting ready for offshore wind farm expansion in the North Sea. Memoirs on the Marine Environment. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management: Brussels. ISBN 978-9-0732-4267-8. 106 pp., more
Degraer, S. et al. (2021). Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Attraction, avoidance and habitat use at various spatial scales. Memoirs on the Marine Environment. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management: Brussels. ISBN 978-9-0732-4254-8. 104 pp., more
Degraer, S. et al. (2020). Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Empirical evidence inspiring priority monitoring, research and management. Memoirs on the Marine Environment. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management: Brussels. ISBN 978-9-0732-4252-4. 131 pp., more
Degraer, S. et al. (2019). Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: making a decade of monitoring, research and innovation. Memoirs on the Marine Environment. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management Section: Brussels. ISBN 978-9-0732-4249-4. 134 pp., more
Degraer, S. et al. (2018). Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: assessing and managing effect spheres of influence. Memoirs on the Marine Environment. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management Section: Brussels. ISBN 978-9-0732-4242-5. 136 pp., more
Degraer, S. et al. (2017). Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: A continued move towards integration and quantification. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management Section: Brussels. ISBN 978-9-0732-4237-1. 146 pp., more
Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) (2016). Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Environmental impact monitoring reloaded. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management Section: Brussels. ISBN 978-90-8264-120-2. ix, 287 pp., more
Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) (2015). WinMon Activity Report 2013-2014. Operational Directorate Natural Environment: Brussel. 39 pp., more
Degraer, S. (2014). Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Learning from the past to optimize future monitoring programmes, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) (2014). Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 164-168, more
Degraer, S.; Brabant, R.; Rumes, B. (Ed.) (2013). Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Learning from the past to optimise future monitoring programmes. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management Section: Brussels. ISBN 978-90-9027-928-2. 239 pp., more
Degraer, S.; Brabant, R.; Rumes, B. (Ed.) (2012). Offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Heading for an understanding of environmental impacts. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models, Marine Ecosystem Management Unit: Brussel. 155 + annexes pp., more
Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) (2011). Offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Selected findings from the baseline and targeted monitoring. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models. Marine Ecosystem Management Unit: Brussels. 157 pp., more
Degraer, S.; Brabant, R.; Rumes, B. (Ed.) (2010). Offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Early environmental impact assessment and spatio-temporal variability. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models. Marine Ecosystem Management Unit: Brussel. III, 212 pp., more
Degraer, S.; Brabant, R. (2009). Offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: State of the art after two years of environmental monitoring. Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models, Marine Ecosystem Management Unit/Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences: Brussel. 287 + annexes pp., more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2018-06-14
Information last updated: 2024-03-18
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