Methodologies for measuring and assessing potential changes in marine mammal behaviour, abundance or distribution arising from the construction, operation and decommissioning of offshore windfarms (May 2008)

COWRIE is pleased to announce the publication of the above report prepared by BioConsult SH.

The report describes impacts from offshore windfarms on marine mammals and defines the spatial and temporal scope of investigations in order to detect these impacts. The report reviews the standard methods used in studies on marine mammals and the statistical power of line transect surveys using aircrafts and ships and Static Acoustic Monitoring using T-PODs is analysed from datasets obtained in German studies.

The full report can be downloaded here.

A review of this report will take place over the next three months until the end of August 2008.

To review and leave feedback on this report, please download the report review form here and return to the COWRIE Secretariat (cowrie@naturebureau.co.uk)