8f34e105-bc90-411f-aacd-8e791d997172 English series series 2026-02-05T11:23:01 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota environment structure Engineering parameters SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Man-made structures SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Habitat characterisation SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Research The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision Research and Development Activity The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision Buildings GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision 1 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision unknown 2022-12-01T00:00:00 2023-06-30T00:00:00 -16 4 47 64 TCE-3902 Marine Data Exchange 2023, Cefas, Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme (OWEC), Nature Inclusive Cable Enhancement Programme (NICE) Nature Inclusive Cable Enhancement Programme (NICE) 2022-12-01T00:00:00 creation 2023-10-31T17:13:04 publication 2023-09-30T00:00:00 revision English This report forms part of the Phase 1 of the delivery for the Nature Inclusive Cable Enhancement and Protection (NICE) project. The NICE project is a project led by Cefas and in partnership with Accelerating Reef Creation (ARC) Marine, that is funded under the Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Evidence and Change (OWEC) Programme. In summary, the NICE protection project aims to provide evidence on the potential ecological impacts (focused on benthic epifauna), of NID technologies for cable protection, compared to existing ‘standard’ cable protection technologies. Once published, there will be no limitations on public access. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. otherRestrictions Once published, there will be no constraints on access and use. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. otherRestrictions The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk custodian Cefas Data Manager Cefas Cefas Data Manager datamanager@cefas.co.uk originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor The Crown Estate enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk owner notPlanned Documents https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-3902/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08T00:00:00 publication Conformity with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 was either not relevant to this dataset or not a requirement of the Marine Data Exchange for the creation and submission of this dataset ; therefore, conformity has not been assessed and cannot be declared True series 4.1 Search Strategy 4.1.1 Identification of Relevant Evidence Sources Relevant evidence sources were obtained through searches of journal databases (Web of Science, Science Direct, Directory of Open Access Journals), searching Google Scholar, and searching websites of relevance to the review topic, including The Crown Estate Marine Data Exchange, European Subsea Cables Association, Tethys offshore wind and marine renewable knowledge base, the Carbon Trust’s UK Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme and the International Cable Protection Committee. Sources advised by the Project Advisory Group (PAG) members and members of the project delivery team were also reviewed. 4.1.2 Search Terms / Parameters for the Search String Search strings were modified to the respective key search database: • Web of Science - *benth* AND (cabl* OR renewabl*) AND *diversity. • Science Direct - (benthic OR benthos OR epibenthos) AND (cable OR cabling OR renewable) AND (diversity). • Google Scholar and Directory of Open Access Journals: o 'benthic and renewable and cable and diversity' o 'cable protection and interaction and benthic' o 'nature inclusive design and offshore wind' • Searches of relevant organisational websites (The Crown Estate Marine Data Exchange, European Subsea Cables Association, Tethys offshore wind and marine renewable knowledge base) using terms 'benthic', 'renewable' , 'cable' and 'diversity'. 4.1.3 Search Inclusion Criteria Only articles, reports or websites written in English and available electronically were included. If a conference article or thesis had a more recent journal version, then the journal article was included.Research and studies from the UK, from across Europe and globally were included, where relevant. Studies were also required to be within coastal shelf seas and on the Continental Shelf (and not in areas of High Seas and in deeper waters of >2,000 metres (m)). To capture the expansion of the OSW sector and developing knowledge, studies from the last 11 years (2012-2023) were used. The primary focus of the review was offshore renewables (fixed and floating wind), but we have sought to include literature from wave and tidal energy, telecommunication and interconnector cabling sectors, and subsea protection systems utilised in the oil and gas sector. This is due to the breadth and depth of studies for these sectors that are likely of relevance to this review. Subtidal infauna (taxa living with the seabed) and invertebrate epifauna (taxa living on or attached to the seafloor / structures) were the primary focus of this review. However, where studies also included data on benthic fish taxa and macroalgae, this information has been mentioned for completeness in this review. The review scope excluded intertidal marine species and habitats, pelagic fish, elasmobranchs, marine mammals and seabirds. 4.2 Searches The search strategy involved an initial step of searching key scientific databases, Google Scholar and organisational websites, using the applicable search string / terms (see 4.1.1.). Located articles / reports were screened for relevance by title and abstract (using inclusion criteria in section 4.1.2.). This was combined with a snow-balling approach where the citation list of the reviewed article / report (the starting set of articles) evaluated to identify additional relevant articles / reports to be obtained and reviewed. A full review of the relevant articles / reports was then conducted, with key information about the studies (e.g., location, type of cable protection, survey methods, ecological response metrics etc) and key results and conclusions, were extracted and included in this report. The Crown Estate Marine Data Advisor +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-11-29 revision WGS 84