2015-2017 Research Projects
A data initiative which will provide useful data as the research progresses is also being undertaken to create another source of material from industry and to identify the best way to manage data generated through INSITE projects.
The Influence of Man-made Structures in the North Sea (INSITE) Synthesis and Assessment of Phase 1
- Principal Investigator: INSITE Independent Scientific Advisory Board
- Organisation: INSITE
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Assessing the Ecological Connectivity between man-made structures in the North Sea (EcoConnect)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Kieran Hyder
- Organisation: Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK (CEFAS)
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Investigating food web effects due to man-made structures using Coupled Spatial Modelling (COSM)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Christopher Lynam
- Organisation: Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK (CEFAS)
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Reef effects of structures in the North Sea: Islands or connections? (RECON)
- Principal Investigator: Joop Coolen
- Organisation: IMARES, Texel, Netherlands
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Measuring the shadow of artificial structures in the North Sea and its effect on the surrounding soft bottom community
- Principal Investigator: Professor Dr Gert Jan Reichart
- Organisation: NIOZ
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Appraisal of Network Connectivity between North Sea subsea oil and gas platforms” ANChor
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Lea-Anne Henry
- Organisation: University of Edinburgh, School of GeoScience, Edinburgh, UK
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Influence of Man-Made Structures in the ecosystem: is there a planktonic signal?
- Principal Investigator: Professor Willie Wilson
- Organisation: Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS), Plymouth, UK
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UNDerstanding the INfluence of man-made structures on the Ecosystem functions of the North Sea (UNDINE)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Jennifer Dannheim
- Organisation: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
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Man-made structures and Apex Predators: Spatial interactions and overlap (MAPS)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Deborah Russell
- Organisation: Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, UK
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