Do Changes in Current Flow as a Result of Arrays of Tidal Turbines Have an Effect on Benthic Communities?

• Louise Kregting ,

  * E-mail: l.kregting@qub.ac.uk

  Affiliations School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom, Queen’s University Marine Laboratory, Queen’s University Belfast, (The Strand) Portaferry, Northern Ireland, BT22 1PF, United Kingdom

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• Bjoern Elsaesser,

  Current address: DHI Water & Environment, Agern Allé 5, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark

  Affiliation School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom

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• Robert Kennedy,

  Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

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• David Smyth,

  Current address: Environmental Studies Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

  Affiliation School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom

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• Jack O’Carroll,

  Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

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• Graham Savidge

  Affiliation Queen’s University Marine Laboratory, Queen’s University Belfast, (The Strand) Portaferry, Northern Ireland, BT22 1PF, United Kingdom

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