This resource contains the following two datasets:19 Mp4/avi files containing clips of modelresults, including descriptive excel file1 excel file containing data on dipole source level spectra that were determined for the TSHDs at Maasvlakte 2Furthermore several reports are available.Taken from summary of TNO-DM_2012 R10818.PDFThe Port of Rotterdam is expanding to meet the growing demand to accommodatelarge cargo vessels. The construction of Maasvlakte 2 (MV2) started in September2008. The ‘Milieueffectrapport Aanleg Maasvlakte 2’ [1] provided a preliminaryassessment of the underwater sound produced during the construction of MV2.One of the licence conditions for Maasvlakte 2 is the monitoring of the underwatersound produced during its construction [2], with an emphasis on the establishmentof acoustic source levels of the Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHDs) duringthe various activities at MV2: dredging, transport and discharge of sediment.TNO carried out measurement and analysis activities for this monitoring. During aninitial measurement campaign in September 2008, background measurements wereperformed in the absence of dredging. Those earlier measurements are describedin [3]. Source level and background noise measurements were made between22 September and 1 October 2009 in the MV2 dredging activities area.The measurement procedures are described in [4]. Analysis and results for the2009 measurements are reported in [5].[1] G.J.M. Meulepas, G.C. Duyckinck Dörner en W.C. van der Lans, 2007,Milieueffectrapport Aanleg Maasvlakte 2, Bijlage Milieukwaliteit, available athttp://www.maasvlakte2.com/kennisbank/Milieukwaliteit.pdf (last accessed 4October 2011)[2] Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V., Projectorganisatie Maasvlakte 2, 2008,Monitoringsplan Aanleg Maasvlakte 2, available athttp://www.maasvlakte2.com/kennisbank/2008-08 Monitoringsplan AanlegMaasvlakte 2 .pdf (last accessed 4 October 2011)[3] J. Dreschler, M.A. Ainslie, W. Groen; Measurements of underwaterbackground noise Maasvlakte 2, TNO-DV 2009 C212, May 2009, available athttp://www.noordzeeloket.nl/overig/bibliotheek.asp (last accessed 20 February2012)[4] P.A. van Walree, M.A. Ainslie, W. Groen; Measurement plan underwatersound Maasvlakte 2, TNO-DV 2008 C302, update, February 2009[5] C.A.F. de Jong, M.A. Ainslie, J. Dreschler, E. Jansen, E. Heemskerk,W. Groen; Underwater noise of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers at Maasvlakte2: analysis of source levels and background noise, TNO-DV 2010 C335,November 2010, available at http://www.noordzeeloket.nl/overig/bibliotheek.asp(last accessed 20 February 2012).

Field survey on juvenile bivalve densities October 2007Measurements made of density of chlorophyll, the velocity of the current and temperature.vessel: RV POSEIDON (IFM Geomar, Germany)sampling stations: 20 stations in OWEZ and 10 stations in each of the 5 reference areas R2, R3, R4, R5, RL (for geographic positions of stations see worksheet geographical positions stations)sampling design: 1 boxcore per stationsampling gear: NIOZ boxcorer, sampling depth 20 cm, sampling diameter 30 cmsample surface juvenile bivalves: 0.024 m2 (i.e. 3 sub-cores each with diameter 10 cm2 per boxcore)sample depth juvenile bivalves: 5 cmsorting procedure lab: stacked sieves 1.0, 0.5 and 0.2 mmfollowing worksheets describe: *number of identified juvenile bivalve species (> 0.5 mm) found per boxcore (0.024m2) and per m2Station,Date time,species,n bivalves > 0.5 mm per 0.024m2,n bivalves > 0.5 mm per m2

Observation of flight patterns. Quantities as fluxes, flight altitudes and behaviour of flying birds have been taken into account.

Observation of many species in the benthic zone. Benthic communities on hard substrates of the offshore wind farm Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ). Including results of samples collected in scour holes.Benthos on turbines 7, 13 and 34See Report: OWEZ_R_266_T1_20120206_hard_substrate.

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Observation of species living on the bottem of the North Sea.Field survey on macrobenthos communities February 2011vessel: RV PELAGIA (NIOZ, TEXEL)sampling stations: 16 stations in OWEZ and 8 stations in each of the 6 reference areas R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6sampling design: 1 boxcore per stationsampling gear: NIOZ boxcorer, sampling depth 20 cm, sampling diameter 30 cmsorting procedure lab:nested sieves 11.2 mm, 6.7 mm, 2 mm, and 1 mm; identification species:macrofauna identified to species level under a stereomicroscope;polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs and echinoderms identified to species level;juveniles and damaged animals, if unidentifiable, identified at higher taxonomic level (usually the genus); anthozoans, phoronids, oligocheates, nemerteans and turbellaria identified on their taxon level;further procedures:all individuals counted; Individual lengths (mm) of molluscs and echinoids measured;blotted wet weights of polychaetes, larger crustaceans, and ophiuroids measured to the nearest mg; remaining taxa determined per species/group. Small crustaceans (amphipods and cumaceans) only counted.

This study focuses on the behaviour of fish in response to the operation of the wind farm. Wind farms can have either negative or positive effects on fish, for instance by disturbance due to noise or by acting as a refuge because fisheries are banned within the wind farm. An important feature to determine if positive effects might occur is residence time. The longer individual fish spend in the wind farm, the stronger potential benefit of wind farms can be expected. To our knowledge this is the first study on individual behaviour of fish within wind farms. To study the potential effects of wind farms on fish behaviour, we used two approaches: tagging experiments using Peterson disc tags(mark-recapture) and telemetry experiments by following individual fish with small transmitters (VEMCO) in time. We selected two target fish species that are important for fisheries: sole Solea vulgaris as a target species potentially representing fish that use sand habitats and Atlantic cod Gadus morhua as a target species potentially representing fish that use artificial reefs such as the monopile and scour bed habitats in the wind farm. For the tagging experiment, sole was collected with a beam trawl and for the telemetry cod was caught using fising-rods.

The data contains a series of bathymetry measurements performed during the extension of the port of Rotterdam (Maasvlakte 2). The measurements were performed at the site where the dredgers collected the sand. Data are gathered with:Multi-beamSide scan SonarMagnometerData is available at various resolutions:1 x 1 m (sonar)5 x 5 m (sonar)20 x 20 m (multi-beam)2.5 x 2.5 km (multi-beam aggregate)

LIDAR hoogtebestand van de Nederlandse Kust ingevlogen van 2011-02-01 tot 2011-05-01.

Zoutgehalte bij Hoek van Holland voor 2013 op uurbasis.