The offshore wind farm and ecology

You can find the pre-construction baseline measurements of Offshore Windpark Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ) below.

Final report pelagic fish

Final report parcel 5 seabirds

Final report marine mammals

Final report demersal fish

Final report benthos

You can find the baseline measurements regarding underwater noise below.

Characteristics underwater noise OWEZ-exploitation

Baseline measurements underwater noise part 1 (text & graphs 1-8)

Baseline measurements underwater noise part 2 (graphs 9-13)

Baseline measurements underwater noise part 3 (graphs 14-17)

Baseline measurements underwater noise part 4 (graphs 18-23)

Underwater noise and impacts of pile-driving

You can find the reports with regards to the impact of the offshore wind farm on soil life.

Interim-report Benthos densities

Interim-report Benthos recruitment

Interim-report hard substrate

Interim-report 2 Benthos densities

Final report Benthos recruitment

Hard substrate, final report

Benthos, final report

You can find the reports with regards to the impact of the offshore wind farm on fish.

Interim-report pelagic fish

Interim-report demersal fish

Residence time cod and sole in the wind farm

Final report OWEZ fish

You can find the reports with regards to the impact of the offshore wind farm on marine mammals.

Report baseline research marine mammals

Hearing characteristics of harbour seal

Interim-report harbour porpoises

Interim-report harbour seals

Report research harbour porpoises during construction

Habitat preferences of harbour seals in the Dutch coastal area: analysis and estimation of the effects of offshore wind farms

Opinion document report harbour porpoises

Final report harbour porpoises

Additional analysis of the box core sampling dataset

You can find the reports with regards to the impact of the offshore wind farm on birds.

Bird research during construction

Interim-report local birds 2008

Interim-report fly paths birds

Interim-report local birds 2009

Interim-report 2 fly paths birds

Cumulative effects OWEZ on seabirds

Local birds in and around Offshore Windpark Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ)

Fly paths birds at offshore gas platform K14

Final report fly paths birds

Final report OWEZ-bird studies

You can find the reports with regards to the impact of the offshore wind farm on the public opinion and environment.

Risks for shipping and consequential damage

Report baseline research public opinion

Report research public opinion Summer 2006

Report research public opinion 2007

Report research public opinion 2008

This research summarises the different researches about the impact of the Offshore Windpark Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ) on the fauna in and around the offshore wind farm.

Short term effects of an offshore wind farm on different fauna groups