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Jarvis, Christina M.

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An evaluation of the wildlife impacts of offshore wind development relative to fossil fuel power production.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	An evaluation of the wildlife impacts of offshore wind development relative to fossil fuel power production./
Author:	Jarvis, Christina M.
Description:	123 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-03, page: 1319.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International44-03.
Subject:	Environmental Sciences. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1430770
ISBN:	9780542458613

An evaluation of the wildlife impacts of offshore wind development relative to fossil fuel power production.
Jarvis, Christina M.

An evaluation of the wildlife impacts of offshore wind development relative to fossil fuel power production. - 123 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-03, page: 1319.

Thesis (M.M.P.)--University of Delaware, 2006.

Off the eastern coast of the United States lies a unique and untapped natural resource that has only recently been recognized: offshore wind energy. Hailed by many as a clean, virtually limitless source of renewable energy, offshore wind energy has great potential for reducing air pollution, lessening the United States' dependence on foreign oil supply, and mitigating the impacts of global climate change. The promises of offshore wind energy, however, are not without pitfalls. Potential adverse impacts on local and migrating wildlife species are frequently cited as an important issue of concern when considering the development and siting of an offshore wind facility. These concerns are not without merit: impacts to wildlife species may occur during all phases of offshore wind development, and include habitat alteration, habitat displacement, increased levels of underwater noise and vibration, and in some cases, mortality.

ISBN: 9780542458613Subjects--Topical Terms:

676987
Environmental Sciences.

An evaluation of the wildlife impacts of offshore wind development relative to fossil fuel power production.
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520 $a This research concludes that from a quantitative perspective, Brayton Point has a larger impact on wildlife species than Cape Wind. The former includes hundreds of birds killed by oil spills, thousands of acres of land disturbed, and billions of fish, fish larvae, and fish eggs killed annually by entrainment, impingement, and thermal discharge. The effects of acid precipitation and heavy metal contamination are also known to have long-lasting impacts on wildlife species, including habitat exclusion, physical impairment, and reduced breeding potential. While offshore wind facilities are not without their own set of adverse impacts on wildlife species, these impacts must not be viewed in isolation. It is only when the wildlife impacts of offshore wind development are compared relative to those from fossil fuel power production can they be truly understood. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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