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Using a shore bird (red knot) fitted with geolocators to evaluate a conceptual risk model focusing on offshore wind

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  • Burger, Joanna
  • Niles, Lawrence J.
  • Porter, Ronald R.
  • Dey, Amanda D.
  • Koch, Stephanie
  • Gordon, Caleb

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With a worldwide increase in energy needs, many countries are increasing their development of renewable sources, such as wind and solar. We examined possible risk to a migrating and wintering shorebird (red knots Calidris canutus rufa) along the Atlantic Coast of the United States by developing a conceptual model of assessment endpoints, stressors, exposure, and effects characterization, and testing the applicability of knots fitted with geolocators to provide data for salient aspects of exposure and risk for coastal and offshore development. Birds were fitted with geolocators in Delaware Bay (New Jersey) and Monomoy Refuge (Massachusetts) in 2009, and recaptured at the same locations in 2010. The knots recaptured in Delaware Bay were long-distance migrants that spent less time along the Atlantic Coast (<7%, N=3), while the knots recaptured in Monomoy spent over half of the year migrating, at stopovers, and wintering along the Atlantic Coast (>60%, N=6 with one-year cycle). The continuous record of geolocators provides useful data for a risk evaluation about: (1) high use areas for this shorebird (2) migration, staging and wintering areas, (3) possible foraging times while at stopovers, (4) synchrony of arrival and departure times, (5) weight or condition following a yearly cycle, and (6) direction of movements over the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (AOCS), a potential risk consideration with respect to offshore wind development. All knots crossed the AOCS at least twice during long-distance flights, and more often on shorter flights. The knots captured at Monomoy spent over 60% of their cycle while migrating, at stopovers, and while wintering along the Atlantic coast, suggesting the importance of this region to conservation of knots.

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  • Burger, Joanna & Niles, Lawrence J. & Porter, Ronald R. & Dey, Amanda D. & Koch, Stephanie & Gordon, Caleb, 2012. "Using a shore bird (red knot) fitted with geolocators to evaluate a conceptual risk model focusing on offshore wind," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 370-377.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:43:y:2012:i:c:p:370-377
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.006
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    1. Jesse R. Conklin & Phil F. Battley & Murray A. Potter & James W. Fox, 2010. "Breeding latitude drives individual schedules in a trans-hemispheric migrant bird," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 1(1), pages 1-6, December.
    2. Burger, Joanna & Gordon, Caleb & Lawrence, J. & Newman, James & Forcey, Greg & Vlietstra, Lucy, 2011. "Risk evaluation for federally listed (roseate tern, piping plover) or candidate (red knot) bird species in offshore waters: A first step for managing the potential impacts of wind facility development," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 338-351.
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