海上风电场通过增强悬浮料通路来改变沿海食物网的动态
Emil De Borger1,2, Dick van Oevelen2, Ninon Mavraki3
1Ghent University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent, Belgium.
Communications earth & environment
|May 2, 2025
概括
海上风电场 (OWF) 创造了新的海洋食物网. 基础上的硬基质物种提高了食物网的生产力和海底的碳沉积.
科学领域:
- 海洋生态海洋生态学
- 生态系统动力学 生态系统动力学
- 可再生能源的影响.
背景情况:
- 海上风电场 (OWF) 的全球扩张需要了解其生态后果.
- 海洋生态系统面临着日益增长的人为压力,需要详细的食物网评估.
研究的目的:
- 调查海上风电场 (OWF) 结构对海洋食物网动态的影响.
- 将与OWF相关的食物网与相邻的软沉积物生态系统进行比较.
主要方法:
- 使用线性反向建模 (LIM) 来构建和分析食物网.
- 整合了关于物种生物质和同位素组成的新现场数据与现有文献数据.
主要成果:
- OWF轮机基础支持硬基板物种,作为重要的有机材料投入.
- 这些物种对从水柱中吸收食物来源的贡献约为26%.
- OWF将海底碳沉积增加约10%,并促进更高的食物网生产力.
结论:
- 海上风电场建立了新的海洋食物网,由于各种物种的相互作用,提高了生产力.
- OWF对海洋生态系统产生深远影响,强调需要继续进行生态影响研究.
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