0641f678-1ef8-4e6a-a073-33a21cff3a52 eng series ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd 02380711840 Medina Chambers, Town Quay Medina Chambers, Town Quay Southampton SO14 2AQ United Kingdom enquiries@abpmer.co.uk http://www.abpmer.co.uk pointOfContact 2018-04-04 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.5 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP 2008-2009, ECON Ecological Consulting Ltd., Quantifying the relative use of coastal waters by breeding terns: towards effective tools for planning and assessing the ornithological impact of offshore wind farms 2007-10-01 publication 2007-01-01 creation 3225 http://data.offshorewind.co.uk/ The potential impact of the development of offshore wind farms (OWFs) upon seabird populations is a key issue within the current debate on sustainable energy provision. Terns, (Sterna spp. and Sternula albifrons), especially when on their breeding grounds, have emerged as sensitive receptors in many consented and planned OWF projects. To date, information on the interaction of terns with OWFs has remained scant due to a lack of understanding of the foraging ecology of terns especially at specific sites and the inability of standard assessment tools to define the relative use of specific areas by foraging terns. The current project aimed to advance the use of a series of methodological and assessment tools, some of which were initially developed in the Greater Wash SEA area (funded by Centrica/AMEC) with others developed specifically in this project. In essence, this involved a move towards an individual-based approach. ECON Ecological Consultancy Ltd +44 (0)1603 720 477 Unit 7, Octagon Buisness Park Little Plumstead Norwich NR13 5FH United Kingdom e.skeate@econ-ecology.com http://www.econ-ecology.com/ originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX United Kingdom enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk custodian notPlanned pdf Research Research and Development Activity The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15T02:00:03 revision Bird counts Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2017-10-18 revision 104 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network no conditions apply eng biota environment -9.33312855790775 2.68743327033997 49.0399981037863 60.7672028638749 2008 2009 dataset The current project aimed to advance the use of a series of methodological and assessment tools, some of which were initially developed in the Greater Wash SEA area (funded by Centrica/AMEC) with others developed specifically in this project. In essence, this involved a move towards an individual-based approach. Techniques included: 1) the development of visual tracking of foraging birds from colonies using a high-powered rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB – Fig. A), 2) use of both observation at colonies and boat-based colony transects immediately offshore of a colony to estimate flight bearing and passage rate of outbound and inbound birds, 3) development of individual-based simulation modelling to determine foraging patterns of birds derived from flight bearing and distance relationships, 4) detailed observation of type and rate of provisions delivered to chicks, 5) development of a energy balance model to predict the optimality of different provisioning strategies for both chicks and adults and how far adults could travel from colonies in energetic terms and 6) the use of data generated by visual tracking in collision risk modelling. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/278/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site.