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Project Reports

Report 001: Using modelled sandeel distribution maps to characterise spatio-temporal variation in the occurrence and foraging behaviour of harbour porpoises around offshore windfarms
Report 002: Changes in the occurrence of harbour porpoises following the construction of Moray Firth offshore windfarms
Report 003: PrePARED – The First Two Years
Report 004: Harbour porpoise responses to the installation of XXL monopiles without noise abatement; implications for noise management in the Southern North Sea
Report 005: Ensuring transferability: an evidence bridge approach
Report 006: Similarity assessment for offshore wind farms within UK marine habitats
Report 007: Challenges and solutions for offshore wind farm cumulative effects assessments (CEAs) for marine mammals
Report 008: Predicted and observed responses to harbour porpoises to pile driving noise at Moray West offshore wind farm
Report 009: Offshore wind farm cumulative effects assessments – Case Study 1: Including projects without an EIA
Report 010: Harbour porpoise population response to windfarm construction, service traffic and changes in prey availability
Report 011: SeabORD v2.0: An Individual-Based Model for estimating demographic impacts for breeding seabirds arising from offshore windfarm sub-lethal effects
Report 012: A framework for parameterising simulations of seabird foraging trips
Report 013: Offshore Wind Farm Cumulative Effects Assessments – Case Study 2: EIA vs As Built
Report 014: Diel patterns in fish abundance and responses to bait within a commercial wind farm

Webinars

Report 006: Similarity assessment for offshore wind farms within UK marine habitat
Report 007: Challenges and solutions for offshore wind farm cumulative effects assessments (CEAs) for marine mammals
Webinar for CEA Case Studies 1 & 2 – 7th October. Register here

Output Summaries

Summary 1: Project Summary
Summary 2: Sandeels and Harbour Porpoises (Report 001)
Summary 3: Assessing harbour porpoise occurrence and the reef effect of operational windfarms (Report 002)
Summary 4: Harbour porpoise responses to the installation of monopiles without noise abatement (Report 004)
Summary 5: Measuring the energetic content of prey around offshore wind farms
Summary 6: Site and species dependent effects of offshore wind farms on fish populations
Summary 7: The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish
Summary 8: Fine-scale proximity to offshore wind turbine foundations increases biomass of demersal fish species
Summary 9: Harbour porpoise population response to windfarm construction, service traffic, and changes in prey availability (Report 010)

Peer-reviewed

Haddock and flatfish around Baited Remote Underwater Video system
Site and species dependent effects of offshore wind farms on fish populations (Anthony W.J. Bicknell, Samuel Gierhart, Matthew J. Witt)
The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation (Anthony W.J. Bicknell, Samuel Gierhart, Matthew Newton, Robert Main, Paul Thompson, Matthew J. Witt)
Fine-scale proximity to offshore wind turbine foundations increases biomass of benthic fish species (Anthony W.J.Bicknell, Samuel Gierhart, Mario Lambrette, Matthew J.Witt)
Predicting demographic impacts from sublethal cumulative effects of offshore renewable developments on breeding seabirds (Christopher J Pollock, Adam Butler, Deena C Mobbs, Francis Daunt, Kate R Searle)

This is currently available as a preprint but is also in review at Journal of Applied Ecology.

Harbour porpoise responses to pile driving are better predicted by distance to source than by energy-based received sound levels (Paul M. Thompson, Aude Benhemma-Le Gall, Barbara Cheney, Virginia Iorio-Merlo, Oihane Fernandez-Betelu, Isla M. Graham)

This is currently available as preprint but is also in review at Journal of Applied Ecology.

Measurements of Noise Levels and Porpoise Disturbance During Pile-Driving at Moray West Wind Farm: Comparison with Model Predictions Used in Regulatory Assessments (Paul Thompson, Aude Benhemma-Le Gall, Robert Lee, Simon Stephenson, Tim Mason, and Nuria Abad Oliva)
Evidence of predation events by marine mammals at offshore wind farms (Anthony W. J. Bicknell, Robert Main, Samuel Gierhart, Paul Thompson, Gordon Hastie, Philippa F. C. Wright, Matthew J. Witt)
Acoustic Array Configurations for Dose-Response Studies: Impact Gradient Designs Influence Predictions of Noise Impacts on Cetaceans (Gordon D. Hastie, Madalina Matei, Aude Benhemma-Le Gall, Alex Brown, Isla Graham, Paul Thompson & Cormac Booth)
Modelling habitat selection using tracking data from central place foraging species: A practical guide for ecologists (Ana Couto, Phil J. Bouchet, Katherine F. Whyte, Thomas Cornulier, Esther L. Jones)
Quantifying prey energetic quality: energy density and size-energy relationships for marine fish and cephalopods (Philippa Wright, Cormac Booth, Katherine Whyte, Laura Oller, Charlie Cooper, Thomas Regnier, Sophie Smout, Gordon Hastie)

This paper is currently available as a preprint and is under review at Scientific Reports.

Posters

Poster summarising PrePARED background, goals and target taxa (fish, birds and mammals)
Conference on Wind energy and Wildlife impacts (CWW) 2023 – PrePARED
Seabird Group Conference 2024 – Cumulative Effects case study with SeabORD
International Statistical Ecology Conference (ISEC) 2024 – Using telemetry data for estimating animal resource selection.
North-East Scotland Ecology Network (NESEN) 2024 – Quantifying the effects of offshore wind development on seabird-prey dynamics
R-INLA past, present, future workshop 2025 – Comparing modelling approaches for estimating resource selection in central place foragers species

Project Background

Screenshot of Project Initiation Plan cover page
Original Project Proposal
Project Summary Leaflet
Introductory slides

Project Videos

PrePARED
Workstream B
Workpackage 3: Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) surveys
Day in the life of a PrePARED Fisheries Acoustician
Workpackage 7: Biological realism
ScotMER Symposium 2024: PrePARED BRUV Analysis
NYSERDA State of the Science Conference 2024
Workpackage 6: Habitat Similarity Assessment
ScotMER Symposium 2025: Predator-prey distributions and behaviour around offshore wind farms, and use in UK impact assessments

Progress Reports

2022
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2022 Q1 Progress Report
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2022 Q2 Progress Report
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2022 Q3 Progress Report
2022 Annual Progress Report
2023
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2023 Q1 Progress Report
Screenshot of report cover for Quarterly report: Q2 2023
2023 Q2 Progress Report
PrePARED front page of Quarterly report: Q3 2023
2023 Q3 Progress Report
2023 Annual Progress Report
2024
2024 Q1 Progress Report
2024 Q2 Progress Report
2024 Q3 Progress Report
2024 Q4 Progress Report
2024 Annual Progress Report
2025
2025 Q1 Progress Report
2025 Q2 Progress Report
2025 Annual Progress Report
2026

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