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Long-Term Succession on Offshore Wind Farms and the Role of Species Interactions

Diversity, ISSN: 1424-2818, Vol: 15, Issue: 2
2023
  • 12
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 44
    Captures
  • 1
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    12
    • Citation Indexes
      11
    • Policy Citations
      1
      • Policy Citation
        1
  • Captures
    44
  • Mentions
    1
    • News Mentions
      1
      • News
        1

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New Data from Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Illuminate Research in Wind Farms (Long-Term Succession on Offshore Wind Farms and the Role of Species Interactions)

2023 MAR 02 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Energy Daily News -- New research on wind farms is the subject of

Article Description

The presence of biofouling communities in very large densities in offshore wind farms (OWFs) generates broad effects on the structure and functioning of the marine ecosystem, yet the mechanisms behind the temporal development of these communities remain poorly understood. Here, we use an 11-year series on biofouling fauna from OWFs installed in Belgian waters to determine succession patterns and to unravel the role of biological interactions in shaping community development. Our analysis shows that biological interactions, besides age and location, affect diversity patterns in OWFs. The abundance of foundation species, predators, and space occupiers was significantly related to richness and/or diversity. The trends in richness, diversity, and community composition suggest that no permanent stable climax is reached after 11 years, which can be linked to the dynamic and disturbance-prone environment of offshore fouling communities.

Bibliographic Details

Mirta Zupan; Bob Rumes; Jan Vanaverbeke; Steven Degraer; Francis Kerckhof

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Environmental Science; Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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