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Quantification of turbid wakes in offshore wind farms using satellite remote sensing (2025)
Journal Article
Lecordier, E. M., Gernez, P., Mazik, K., York, K., & Forster, R. M. (2025). Quantification of turbid wakes in offshore wind farms using satellite remote sensing. Science of the Total Environment, 967, Article 178814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178814

The offshore wind (OSW) industry is expanding globally, particularly in areas of shallow water such as the North Sea. The environmental impacts of large-scale offshore development are not yet well understood. Satellite remote sensing has shown an inc... Read More about Quantification of turbid wakes in offshore wind farms using satellite remote sensing.

The biological and physical controls on phytoplankton blooms off the north-east coast of the UK (2024)
Thesis
Hill, D. The biological and physical controls on phytoplankton blooms off the north-east coast of the UK. (Thesis). The University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866477

The North Sea is a highly productive temperate coastal shelf sea which contains important fisheries that provides protein to the global market. This study investigated the biological and physical controls on the different spring bloom events in North... Read More about The biological and physical controls on phytoplankton blooms off the north-east coast of the UK.

Seasonal growth dynamics and blue carbon storage of the intertidal seagrass Zostera noltei (2024)
Thesis
Jackson, A. J. Seasonal growth dynamics and blue carbon storage of the intertidal seagrass Zostera noltei. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4742950

The primary objective of this study was to assess the carbon assimilation potential of a bed of the intertidal seagrass, Zostera noltei, at Spurn Point on the East Yorkshire coastline at the mouth of the Humber Estuary. This population of seagrass, p... Read More about Seasonal growth dynamics and blue carbon storage of the intertidal seagrass Zostera noltei.

Monopile-induced turbulence and sediment redistribution form visible wakes in offshore wind farms (2024)
Journal Article
Bailey, L. P., Dorrell, R. M., Kostakis, I., McKee, D., Parsons, D., Rees, J., Strong, J., Simmons, S., & Forster, R. (2024). Monopile-induced turbulence and sediment redistribution form visible wakes in offshore wind farms. Frontiers in Earth Science, 12, Article 1383726. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1383726

Offshore wind farms are becoming an increasingly common feature in the marine environment as a renewable energy source. There is a growing body of evidence on the effects of wind farms on the seabed and its organisms. However, an important and unders... Read More about Monopile-induced turbulence and sediment redistribution form visible wakes in offshore wind farms.

Plausible 2050 offshore wind locations in the North Sea (2023)
Data
Waldman, S., Munro, P., & Forster, R. (2023). Plausible 2050 offshore wind locations in the North Sea. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7109882

This dataset contains a set of points representing plausible locations for offshore wind turbines to have been built in the North Sea by the years 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050, based off the national ambitions announced up to August 2022.
The dat... Read More about Plausible 2050 offshore wind locations in the North Sea.

Assessing the Welfare of Technicians during Transits to Offshore Wind Farms (2023)
Journal Article
Uzuegbunam, T. D., Forster, R., & Williams, T. (2023). Assessing the Welfare of Technicians during Transits to Offshore Wind Farms. Vibration, 6(2), 434-448. https://doi.org/10.3390/vibration6020027

Available decision-support tools rarely account for the welfare of technicians in maintenance scheduling for offshore wind farms. This creates uncertainties, especially since current operational limits might make a wind farm accessible but the vibrat... Read More about Assessing the Welfare of Technicians during Transits to Offshore Wind Farms.

Understanding space and habitat use of the Near Threatened Eurasian Curlew to inform the value of habitat restoration schemes for the species' conservation (2023)
Thesis
Mander, L. Understanding space and habitat use of the Near Threatened Eurasian Curlew to inform the value of habitat restoration schemes for the species' conservation. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4320699

Intertidal habitats and terrestrial habitats connected to estuaries are subject to multiple anthropogenic pressures including the indirect effect of climate change (i.e., sea-level rise). To build sustainable coastal defences and create intertidal ha... Read More about Understanding space and habitat use of the Near Threatened Eurasian Curlew to inform the value of habitat restoration schemes for the species' conservation.

Human Factors in the Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms (2022)
Thesis
Uzuegbunam, T. D. Human Factors in the Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4192750

Current maintenance planning strategies and decision support tools used in the operations and maintenance of offshore wind farms rarely account for the welfare of technicians and their ability to do work upon arrival. This create... Read More about Human Factors in the Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms.

Individual, sexual and temporal variation in the winter home range sizes of GPS-tagged Eurasian Curlews Numenius arquata (2022)
Journal Article
Mander, L., Nicholson, I., Green, R. M., Dodd, S. G., Forster, R. M., & Burton, N. H. (2022). Individual, sexual and temporal variation in the winter home range sizes of GPS-tagged Eurasian Curlews Numenius arquata. Bird Study, 69(1-2), 39-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2022.2144129

Capsule: Eurasian Curlews Numenius arquata were faithful to foraging and roosting areas on their coastal wintering grounds, including a habitat creation site. Home range sizes were greater at night than during the day, and showed high inter-individua... Read More about Individual, sexual and temporal variation in the winter home range sizes of GPS-tagged Eurasian Curlews Numenius arquata.