@article{4293, keywords = {English Channel, Marine environment, France, coastal zone, food web, trophic level, ecosystem function, Ecosystems, Ecological network analysis, ecosystem structure, Barium compounds, Electric utilities, Reefs, Ecopath with Ecosim, Marine renewable energy, Reserve effect, Offshore wind farms, in situ measurement, measurement method, model, sensitivity analysis, wind farm, Bay of Seine}, author = {Aurore Raoux and Géraldine Lassalle and Jean-Philippe Pezy and Samuele Tecchio and Georges Safi and Bruno Ernande and C. Mazé and Francois Le Loc'h and Justine Lequesne and Valerie Girardin and Jean-Claude Dauvin and Nathalie Niquil}, title = {Measuring sensitivity of two OSPAR indicators for a coastal food web model under offshore wind farm construction}, abstract = {A combination of modelling tools was applied to simulate the impacts of the future Courseulles-sur-mer offshore wind farm (OWF) construction (Bay of Seine, English Channel) on the ecosystem structure and functioning. To do so, food-web models of the ecosystem under three scenarios were constructed to investigate the effect caused by the OWF of added substrate (reef effect), fishing restriction (reserve effect), and their combined effect. Further, Ecological Network Analysis indices and Mean Trophic Level were derived to investigate their suitability for detecting changes in the ecosystem state. Our analysis suggests changes in the ecosystem structure and functioning after the OWF construction, the ecosystem maturity was predicted to increase, but no alterations in its overall resilience capacity. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd}, year = {2019}, journal = {Ecological Indicators}, volume = {96}, pages = {728-738}, publisher = {Elsevier B.V.}, issn = {1470160X}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1470160X1830534X}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.014}, note = {cited By 2}, language = {eng}, }