Table 1 Annual mean changes of mud and POC in the North Sea and German Bight

From: Sediment transport pathways and organic carbon burial impacted by offshore wind farms in shelf seas

Experiments

ΔMmud [k ton/year]

ΔMPOC [k ton/year]

North Sea

German Bight

North Sea

German Bight

S1

1010.8 (29.1)

548.4 (101.7)

39.2 (1.5)

15.9 (2.4)

S2

1462.5 (42.9)

694.5 (193.1)

63.8 (3.4)

22.2 (5.4)

S3

1195.9 (−2.0)

665.9 (65.4)

46.8 (1.3)

19.4 (1.6)

S4

1036.8 (−2.2)

620.6 (59.2)

39.0 (2.5)

17.8 (2.4)

S5

1224.7 (−8.8)

718.7 (126.4)

47.5 (0.2)

21.3 (5.6)

S6

1257.0 (216.1)

519.5 (209.6)

58.2 (11.4)

18.1 (8.3)

S7

534.3 (3.4)

292.9 (19.0)

22.1 (0.3)

8.4 (0.3)

Mean

1103.1 ± 292.3 (42.3 ± 78.5)

580.1 ± 146.3 (110.6 ± 70.7)

45.2 ± 13.7 (2.9 ± 3.9)

17.6 ± 4.6 (3.7 ± 2.8)

  1. These results are derived from our calculation of mass differences between each windfarm experiment and respective reference experiment based on simulation of 2 years (2013–2014). The amount of redistribution is shown in numbers and the net budget change is indicated in parentheses.