Spatial inventory of publications for priority species in relation to Offshore Renewable Energy areas in Australia (NESP MaC 3.3)

This project undertook a review of existing environmental literature and data on threatened and migratory marine species data to inform the sustainable development of Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) projects (primarily wind) in Australia.A list of priority species and species of secondary importance were identified by the project together with stakeholders from DCCEEW and NOPSEMA. This list comprised of 100 species of birds, cetaceans, bony fish, sharks, pinnipeds and marine turtles.A literature search was undertaken for each species using a systematic approach detailed in the 'Lineage' section of this record. Each publication was assessed for whether the study location was within or near the ORE area and an attribute populated to indicate the ORE area(s) overlapped. Studies with spatial coverages not overlapping the ORE area were still retained if they were located nearby the ORE area, for species with poorly-defined distributions (e.g. short-finned pilot whales), or for migratory coastal birds that may use the ORE area as migration corridors. The potential impacts of ORE infrastructure and operation for each species was noted from a controlled list of potential impacts. The main topic of the study, and the methodologies used in the study, were also recorded, along with the general spatial location(s) of the study and the publication citation.The resultant inventory serves as a comprehensive record of existing publications associated with priority species potentially at risk from ORE developments, along with the nature of the potential impact. The inventory is intended to provide research information and methods for use in the planning, development, operation, and decommissioning phases of the offshore wind sector. The dataset attached to this record provides a spatial index of of all publications identified through this inventory process. Observation data each of the species were additionally compiled from BirdLife Australia, Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), Victorian Biodiversity Atlas Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA), and GlobalArchive (a repository of stereo-video annotations data). These data are freely available to download from each of the source repositories.

本项目针对现有关于受胁与洄游海洋物种的环境文献与数据开展系统性综述，旨在为澳大利亚近海可再生能源（Offshore Renewable Energy, ORE）项目（以风电项目为主）的可持续开发提供决策支撑。
本项目联合澳大利亚气候变化、能源、环境与水利部（DCCEEW）及澳大利亚国家近海石油安全与环境管理局（NOPSEMA）的利益相关方，共同筛选出优先保护物种及次要关注物种名录，该名录涵盖鸟类、鲸类、硬骨鱼、鲨鱼、鳍足类及海龟共100个物种。
本研究针对每个物种开展系统性文献检索，检索流程详见本记录的「谱系」章节。对每一篇检出文献，将评估其研究区域是否处于ORE项目区域内或邻近区域，并为文献标注对应的重叠ORE区域属性。若研究区域未与ORE项目区域直接重叠，但满足以下任一条件，仍予以保留：一是物种分布范围尚不明确（如短鳍领航鲸），二是涉洄游性海岸鸟类且该ORE区域可作为其迁徙通道。
从预设潜在影响清单中，梳理各物种受ORE基础设施建设与运营可能带来的潜在影响。同时记录研究的核心主题、采用的研究方法、研究的大致空间区位及文献引用信息。
本研究构建的文献汇编清单，全面收录了与可能受ORE开发影响的优先保护物种相关的现有文献，以及对应的潜在影响类型。该清单旨在为近海风电行业的规划、开发、运营及退役阶段提供研究参考与方法借鉴。
本记录附带的数据集，提供了经本检索流程筛选出的全部文献的空间索引。
此外，本项目还从澳大利亚鸟类联盟（BirdLife Australia）、澳大利亚生物分布图集（Atlas of Living Australia, ALA）、海洋生物多样性信息系统（Ocean Biodiversity Information System, OBIS）、维多利亚州生物分布图集（Victorian Biodiversity Atlas, VBA）及GlobalArchive（立体视频标注数据仓储）收集了各物种的观测数据，上述数据均可从各源仓储免费下载获取。