Aquatic Animal Interaction with Marine and Hydrokinetic Devices Webinar Presentations

Biological/Ecological Effects: Various (2011)

Held on August 29, 2011. 2011 US DOE Marine and Hydrokinetic Webinar Series

Link: http://mhk.pnl.gov/wiki/index.php/Aquatic_Animal_Interaction_with_Marine_and_Hydrokinetic_Devices

Contents

-Introductory Remarks (Simon Geerlofs, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

-Evaluation of Fish Injury and Mortality Associated with Hydrokinetic Turbines (Steve Amaral, Ted Castro-Santos, and Paul Jacobson, Electric Power Research Institute)

-An Estimation of Survival and Injury of Fish Passed Through the Hydro Green Energy Hydrokinetic System (Tim Brush, Normandeau Associates and Mark Stover, Hydro Green Energy, LLC)

-Combining ADCP and Underwater Camera to Assess Marine Species Interactions with the Open-Centre Turbine (Sue Barr, OpenHydro)

-Monitoring Marine Mammals at SeaGen, the World’s First Operational Commercial Scale Tidal Energy Device – 3 years post-installation (Carol Sparling, SMRU Ltd.)

-Supplemental slides listing other DOE projects dealing with aquatic animal interactions with MHK devices (Anna Coffey, US DOE)

Keywords: blade strike, marine mammals, fish