Marine renewable energy (MRE) harnesses energy from the ocean and provides a low-
carbon sustainable energy source for national grids and remote uses. The international …

The sprawl of marine construction is one of the most extreme human modifications to global
seascapes. Nevertheless, its global extent remains largely unquantified compared to that on …

Macroalgal cultivation is expanding rapidly, and promises to contribute significantly towards
future food and energy security, sustainable livelihoods, ecosystem services and habitat …

The expanding marine renewable energy industry will increase the prevalence of
electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from power cables in coastal waters. Assessments of …

Although sustainable marine technology brings benefits to economic development, it also
affects the marine environment due to the changes in the behavior of marine animals or …

The blue growth agenda has spurred an accelerating exploitation and continued
development of the coastal and marine environment. This is also driven by the increasing …

Environmental impacts from wave energy generators on the local mobile mega-and
macrofauna community have been investigated in the Lysekil project by Uppsala University …

A novel system was developed to deploy settlement panels to monitor biofouling growth in
situ and evaluate antifouling coatings at depths representative of operational conditions of …

Detecting the effects of introduced artificial structures on the marine environment relies upon
research and monitoring programs that can provide baseline data and the necessary …

Although colonization of artificial structures by epibenthic communities is well-documented
overall, our understanding of colonization processes is largely limited to low-energy …