2018 MEMOIRS on the Marine Environment ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS SERIES OF OFFSHORE WIND FARMS IN THE BELGIAN PART OF THE NORTH SEA Edited by ASSESSING AND MANAGING Steven Degraer Robin Brabant EFFECT SPHERES OF INFLUENCE Bob Rumes Laurence Vigin SCIENTIFIC REPORTS SCIENTIFIC REPORTS MEMOIRS on the Marine Environment 2018 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF OFFSHORE WIND FARMS IN THE BELGIAN PART OF THE NORTH SEA ASSESSING AND MANAGING EFFECT SPHERES OF INFLUENCE Edited by Steven Degraer Robin Brabant Bob Rumes Laurence Vigin Published by: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) Operational Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature) Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology (ATECO) Marine Ecology and Management (MARECO) Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium www.naturalsciences.be odnature.naturalsciences.be Revision and layout: Charlotte Gérard (RBINS) Cover illustration: Installation of wind turbine foundations in the Nobelwind wind farm © Bob Rumes (RBINS) Printed by: Peeters (Belgium) Legal deposit: D/2018/0339/5 ISBN: 978-9-0732-4242-5 Reproduction of parts of the report is possible, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is clearly acknowledged. This report should be cited as: Degraer, S., Brabant, R., Rumes, B. & Vigin, L. (eds). 2018. Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: Assessing and Managing Effect Spheres of Influence. Brussels: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management, 136 p. Edited by: Steven Degraer (
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