INSITE Phase 2 Report 2024

INSITE Phase 2 Report 2024: Understanding the influence of man-made structures in the marine environment.

31st October 2024

Evidence for the effects of decommissioning man-made structures on marine ecosystems globally: a systematic map

Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Paul J. Somerfield, Michaela Schratzberger, Caroline Louise McNeill, Joana Nunes, Christine Pascoe, Stephen C. L. Watson, Murray S. A. Thompson, Elena Couce & Antony M. Knights.

1st November 2022

ICES Journal Of Marine Science Volume 77, Issue 3, May-June 2020

A themed set compilation of research relating to the impact of manmade installations and considerations for decommissioning.

May – June 2020

Marine stepping stones: Connectivity of Mytilus edulis populations between offshore energy installations

Joop W. P. Coolen, Arjen R. Boon, Richard Crooijmans, Hilde van Pelt, Frank Kleissen, Daan Gerla, Jan Beermann, Silvana N. R. Birchenough, Leontine E. Becking, Pieternella C. Luttikhuizen.

28th January 2020

Social network analysis as a tool for marine spatial planning: Impacts of decommissioning on connectivity in the North Sea.

Hannah Tidbury, Nick Taylor, Johan van der Molen, Luz Garcia, Paulette Posen, Andrew Gill, Susana Lincoln, Adrian Judd and Kieran Hyder.

14th January 2020

Oil and gas platforms as artificial substrates for epibenthic North Sea fauna: Effects of location and depth

Miriam Schuttera, Martijn Dorenbosch, Floor M.F.Driessen, Wouter Lengkeek, Oscar G.Bos, Joop W.P.Coolen.

November 2019

The Ecology of Infrastructure decommissioning in the North Sea: What we need to know and how to achieve it

A. M. Fowler, A-M Jørgensen, J. W. P. Coolen, D. O. B. Jones, J. C. Svendsen, R. Brabant, B. Rumes, S. Degraer.

3rd August 2019

Low genetic connectivity in a fouling amphipod among man-made structures in the southern North Sea

Pieternella C. Luttikhuizen, Jan Beermann, Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans, Robbert G. Jak, Joop W. P. Coolen.

18th April 2019

An efficient multi-objective optimisation method for use in the design of marine protected area networks.

Fox A. D., Corne D. W., Mayorga Adame C. G., Polton J. A., Henry L-A, Roberts J. M.

5th February 2019

Sensitivity of marine protected area network connectivity to atmospheric variability.

Fox A., Henry L-A, Corne D. W., Roberts J. M.

1st November 2016

Connectivity of larval stages of sedentary marine communities between hard substrates and offshore structures in the North Sea

Johan van der Molen, Luz María García-García, Paul Whomersley, Alexander Callaway, Paulette E. Posen and Kieran Hyder.

3rd October 2018

Distribution of the invasive Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935 and native Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) on artificial hard substrates in the North Sea: separation by habitat

Joop W. P. Coolen, Wouter Lengkeek, Steven Degraer, Francis Kerckhof, Roger J. Kirkwood and Han J. Lindeboom.

25th August 2016

North Sea Reefs: benthic biodiversity of artificial and rocky reefs in the southern North Sea

Joop W. P. Coolen.

15th March 2017

First record of Harmothoe aspera (Hansen, 1879) (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) in the Dutch North Sea

Martijn Spierings, Inês Maria Dias, Joop W.P Coolen, Babeth van der Welde and Joël Cuperus.

15th November 2017

Ocean sprawl facilitates dispersal and connectivity of protected species

Lea-Anne Henry, Claudia G. Mayorga-Adame, Alan D. Fox, Jeff A. Polton, Joseph S. Ferris, Faron McLellan, Chris McCabe, Tina Kutti and J. Murray Roberts.

16th August 2018

Data challenges and opportunities for environmental management of North Sea oil and gas decommissioning in an era of blue growth

Fiona Murray, Katherine Needham, Kate Gormley, Sally Rouse, Joop W.P.Coolen, David Billett, Jennifer Dannheim, Silvana N.R.Birchenough, Kieran Hyder, Richard Heard, Joseph S.Ferris, Jan M.Holstein, Lea-Anne Henry, Oonagh McMeel, Jan-Bart Calewaert, and J. Murray Roberts.

7th June 2018

Impact of an artificial structure on the benthic community composition in the southern North Sea: assessed by a morphological and molecular approach

Lise Klunder, Marc S S Lavaleye, Amalia Filippidi, Judith D L van Bleijswijk, Gert-Jan Reichart, Henk W van der Veer, Gerard C A Duineveld, Furu Mienis and Handling editor: Silvana Birchenough.

12th September 2018

Benthic biodiversity on old platforms, young wind farms, and rocky reefs

Joop W. P. Coolen, Babeth van der Weide, Joël Cuperus, Maxime Blomberg, Godfried W. N. M. Van Moorsel, Marco A. Faasse, Oscar G. Bos, Steven Degraer, Han J. Lindeboom and Handling editor: Joanna Norkko.

23rd July 2018

Structure in a sea of sand: fish abundance in relation to man-made structures in the North Sea

Serena R. Wright, Christopher P. Lynam, David A. Righton, Julian Metcalfe, Ewan Hunter, Ainsley Riley, Luz Garcia, Paulette Posen, Kieran Hyder and Handling editor: Steven Degraer.

26th October 2018

To what extent can decommissioning options for marine artificial structures move us toward environmental targets?

Antony M. Knights, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Louise B. Firth, Nicola Beaumont, Silvana Birchenough,
Jeremy Claisse, Joop W.P. Coolen, Andrea Copping, Michela De Dominicis, Steven Degraer, Michael Elliott, Paul G. Fernandes, Ashley M. Fowler, Matthew Frost, Lea-Anne Henry, Natalie Hicks, Kieran Hyder, Sylvia Jagerroos, Milton Love, Chris Lynam, Peter I. Macreadie, Dianne McLean, Joseph Marlow, Ninon Mavraki, Paul A. Montagna, David M. Paterson, Martin R. Perrow, Joanne Porter, Ann Scarborough Bull, Michaela Schratzberger, Brooke Shipley, Sean van Elden, Jan Vanaverbeke, Andrew Want, Stephen C.L. Watson, Thomas A. Wilding, Paul J. Somerfield.

23rd November 2023

Developing expert scientific consensus on the environmental and societal effects of marine artificial structures prior to decommissioning

Antony M. Knights, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Louise B. Firth, Todd Bond, Jeremy Claisse, Joop W.P. Coolen, Andrea Copping, Jennifer Dannheim, Michela De Dominicis, Steven Degraer, Michael Elliott, Paul G. Fernandes, Ashley M. Fowler, Matt Frost, Lea-Anne Henry, Natalie Hicks, Kieran Hyder, Sylvia Jagerroos, Daniel O.B. Jones, Milton Love, Christopher P. Lynam, Peter I. Macreadie, Joseph Marlow, Ninon Mavraki, Dianne McLean, Paul A. Montagna, David M. Paterson, Martin Perrow, Joanne Porter, Debbie J.F. Russell, Ann Scarborough Bull, Michaela Schratzberger, Brooke Shipley, Sean van Elden, Jan Vanaverbeke, Andrew Want, Stephen C.L. Watson, Thomas A. Wilding, Paul Somerfield.

14th February 2024

Elevated fish densities extend kilometres from oil and gas platforms

Joshua M. Lawrence , Douglas C. Speirs, Michael R. Heath, Toyonobu Fujii, Finlay Burns, Paul G. Fernandes.

6th May 2024

Structure size may affect fish density around oil platforms

Joshua M. Lawrence, Michael R. Heath, Douglas C. Speirs, Paul G. Fernandes.

4th July 2024

A global meta-analysis of ecological effects from offshore marine artificial structures

Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Paul J. Somerfield, Michaela Schratzberger, Murray S. A. Thompson, Louise B. Firth, Elena Couce, C. Louise McNeill, Joana Nunes, Christine Pascoe, Stephen C. L. Watson & Antony M. Knights.

22nd March 2024

Limited direct evidence is available for the effects of decommissioning man-made structures on marine ecosystems globally

Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Paul J. Somerfield, Michaela Schratzberger, Caroline Louise McNeill, Joana Nunes, Christine Pascoe, Stephen C. L. Watson, Murray S.A. Thompson, Elena Couce, Antony M. Knights.

November 2022

The global impact of offshore wind farms on ecosystem services

Stephen C.L. Watson, Paul J. Somerfield, Anaelle J. Lemasson, Antony M. Knights, Andrew Edwards-Jones, Joana Nunes, Christine Pascoe, Caroline Louise McNeill, Michaela Schratzberger, Murray S.A. Thompson, Elena Couce, Claire L. Szostek, Heather Baxter, Nicola J. Beaumont.

1st March 2024

The world must rethink plans for ageing oil and gas platforms

Antony Knights, Anaëlle Lemasson, Matthew Frost, Paul Somerfield.

7th March 2024

Oil and gas platforms degrade benthic invertebrate diversity and food web structure

Zelin Chen, Tom C. Cameron, Elena Couce, Clement Garcia, Natalie Hicks, Gareth E. Thomas, Murray S.A. Thompson, Corinne Whitby, Eoin J. O’Gorman.

15th June 2024

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