Construction activities

Preservation of evidence for construction activities

2021

WSA Ostsee
Expert report on benthos as part of preservation of evidence during the expansion of the seaward access to the Rostock seaport
Project start

The Federal authority for waterways and shipping in the Baltic Sea (WSA Ostsee), location Stralsund is planning the expansion of the sea channel Rostock up to Sea level (German: Normalhöhennull, NHN) -16.10 m to -16.80 m aiming to allow bulk carriers with 15 m draught access to the harbour and support a better capacity for the ships already present.

To describe the current state of the macrozoobenthos grab samples were taken at two transects in spring 2021. At the same transects three consecutive monitorings (directly after excavation, first and third year after dredging) will be performed to determine possible shifts in the macrozoobenthos due to construction related turbidity plume and to record the temporal development.

Bioconsult SH GmbH & Co. KG
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure StUK4) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Cluster westlich Adlergrund” – operation monitoring 3rd year for "Arkona-Becken Südost" and 5th year for "Wikinger"
Project start

The wind farms „Wikinger“ and „Arkona-Becken Südost“ are part of the wind farm Cluster “westlich Adlergrund” and are operated since 2017 and 2019, respectively. The wind farm „Wikinger“ is operated by Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH, „Arkona-Becken Südost“ by RWE Renewables GmbH. The wind farms are situated in the southern Baltic Sea, approx. 35 km north east of the island of Rügen.

According to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, the operating phase has to be biologically monitored. This monitoring and the assessment reveal and evaluate the possible impacts of the operating wind farms on benthic organisms.

The biological monitoring is perfomed by the MariLim GmbH and includes surveys with a Van-Veen-grab for infauna, and dredge lines and video surveys for epifauna within the area of the wind farms as well as within an adequate reference area. Additionally, scientific divers take scratching samples at the underwater structures of the wind farms “Wikinger” and “Arkona-Becken Südost” according to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency. All sample will be fixed and processed in the laboratories of the MariLim GmbH. Resulting data will be saved in a database and form the basis for the analyses of the assessment report.

2020

ARSU GmbH
Expert report on benthos in the area of the planned new port construction at Bützfleth

Kiese und Sande Ostsee GmbH Rostock
Plausibility check of the biotope mapping regarding the marine gravel-sand deposit "Warnemünde Ost" of 2015

In 2015, the company MariLim GmbH carried out a macrozoobenthos and biotope mapping in the planned gravel mining area "Warnemünde Ost" on behalf of INROS LACKNER SE for the company André Voss Erdbau & Transport GmbH Rostock (Kuhlmann & Meyer 2015). In 2019 this gravel sand deposit was taken over by the company Kiese und Sande Ostsee GmbH. Since the mapping in 2020 was five years ago, it is necessary to check that the database is up to date. Against this background, the company Kiese und Sande Ostsee GmbH commissioned a plausibility check of the database for "Warnemünde Ost".
As part of the plausibility check, two sub-areas (approval fields BW I and BW II) are considered. For the company Kiese und Sande Ostsee GmbH, the sub-area BW I is particularly relevant. The sub-area BW II was abandoned due to the results from 2015 and should not be considered further. In the summary of the biotope mapping 2015, the sub-area BW II is included for the sake of completeness, but not included in the plausibility check. When assessing the sub-area BW I, only data from the literature are used.

2019

Bioconsult SH GmbH & Co. KG
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure StUK4) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Cluster westlich Adlergrund” – operation monitoring 1st year for "Arkona-Becken Südost" and 3rd year for "Wikinger"
Project start

The wind farms „Wikinger“ and „Arkona-Becken Südost“ are part of the wind farm Cluster “westlich Adlergrund” and are operated since 2017 and 2019, respectively. The wind farm „Wikinger“ is operated by Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH, „Arkona-Becken Südost“ by RWE Renewables GmbH. The wind farms are situated in the southern Baltic Sea, approx. 35 km north east of the island of Rügen.

According to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, the operating phase has to be biologically monitored. This monitoring and the assessment reveal and evaluate the possible impacts of the operating wind farms on benthic organisms.

The biological monitoring is perfomed by the MariLim GmbH and includes surveys with a Van-Veen-grab for infauna, and dredge lines and video surveys for epifauna within the area of the wind farms as well as within an adequate reference area. Additionally, scientific divers take scratching samples at the underwater structures of the wind farms “Wikinger” and “Arkona-Becken Südost” according to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency. All sample will be fixed and processed in the laboratories of the MariLim GmbH. Resulting data will be saved in a database and form the basis for the analyses of the assessment report

State Agency for Agriculture and Environment (StALU MM) Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Marine sand production at the deposit Tromper Wiek S – Expert reports on environmental matters for the plan approval procedure according to mining law

BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure StUK4) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Cluster Nördlich Helgoland” (operation monitoring 5^th year)
Project start

The wind farm cluster “Nördlich Helgoland” consists of the wind farms “Amrumbank West”, “Nordsee-Ost” and “Meerwind Süd/Ost” and is operated since 2015. The clients are E.on Climate & Renewable GmbH (Amrumbank West), RWE International SE (Nordsee Ost) and WindWM GmbH (Meerwind Süd/Ost). The offshore wind farms are situated approx. 23 km north of the island of Helgoland and approx. 45 km off the Schleswig-Holstein mainland coast. The wind farm “Amrumbank West” spreads out over an area of 32 km², “Nordsee Ost” over an area of 36 km² and “Meerwind Süd/Ost” over 40 km².

According to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency the operating phase has to be biologically monitored. The biological monitoring during the operating phase includes surveys within the area of the wind farm as well as comparing considerations with surrounding reference areas and takes place in cooperation (according to relevant interest features) with IBL Umweltplan GmbH, Oldenburg, BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG, Husum and the Institut für Angewandte Ökosystemforschung GmbH (IfAÖ), Neu Broderstorf (Institute for Applied Ecosystem Research).

BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG
Expert report on benthos according to the national standard operational procedure StUK4) for the impact assessment (operation monitoring 1^st year) of the offshore wind mill farm „Baltic Eagle“
Project start 2018

Baltic Eagle GmbH plans to build the offshore wind farm "Baltic Eagle" in the southeastern part of the Arkona Basin. The planning area for the wind farm is located approx. 28 km northeast of the island of Rügen. The site included in the planning covers an area of 42.9 km². In this area, 50 wind turbines are to be built and a total gross generation capacity of 476 MW is to be generated. According to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, BSH) and as part of the approval procedure, the MariLim GmbH performs investigations on benthos and fish, both objects of legal protection. Thereby, several ecological parameters (e. g. population density, biomass, diversity) in the area of the wind farm are identified and analyzed. By these parameters the benthic communities are characterized, under consideration of seasonal variability.

2018

BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure StUK4) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Cluster Nördlich Helgoland” (operation monitoring 3^rd year)
Project start 2017

The wind farm cluster “Nördlich Helgoland” consists of the wind farms “Amrumbank West”, “Nordsee-Ost” and “Meerwind Süd/Ost” and is operated since 2015. The clients are E.on Climate & Renewable GmbH (Amrumbank West), RWE International SE (Nordsee Ost) and WindWM GmbH (Meerwind Süd/Ost). The offshore wind farms are situated approx. 23 km north of the island of Helgoland and approx. 45 km off the Schleswig-Holstein mainland coast. The wind farm “Amrumbank West” spreads out over an area of 32 km², “Nordsee Ost” over an area of 36 km² and “Meerwind Süd/Ost” over 40 km².

According to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency the operating phase has to be biologically monitored. The biological monitoring during the operating phase includes surveys within the area of the wind farm as well as comparing considerations with surrounding reference areas and takes place in cooperation (according to relevant interest features) with IBL Umweltplan GmbH, Oldenburg, BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG, Husum and the Institut für Angewandte Ökosystemforschung GmbH (IfAÖ), Neu Broderstorf (Institute for Applied Ecosystem Research).

2017

ARSU GmbH
Expert report on macrozoobenthos in the river Elbe in the area of the planned extension of the berths 5–7 near Cuxhaven. Assessment by using the intercalibrated M-AMBI.

BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG
Expert report on benthos according to the national standard operational procedure StUK4) for the impact assessment (operation monitoring 1^st year) of the offshore wind mill farm „Cluster westlich Adlergrund“

The wind farm „Wikinger“ is a part of the wind farm „Cluster westlich Adlergrund“ and is operated since 2017. The client is Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH. The „Wikinger“ area is situated in the southern Baltic Sea, approx. 45 km north east of the island of Rügen.
According to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency the operating phase has to be biologically monitored. This monitoring and the assessment shows and evaluates the impacts given from the operating wind farm „Wikinger“.
The biological monitoring during the operating phase includes surveys with a grabber (Van-Veen-grab) for Infauna and dredge lines (Kieler Kinderwagen) for the epifauna within the area of the wind farm as well as comparing considerations towards a reference area. All taken sample were fixed and will processed in the laboratories of the MariLim GmbH. Resulting data will be saved in a database and form the basis of the assessment report.
The biological monitoring during the operating phase is conducted in cooperation (according to relevant interest features) with BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG, Husum and the Institut für Angewandte Ökosystemforschung GmbH (IfAÖ), Neu Broderstorf (Institute for Applied Ecosystem Research).

State Agency for Agriculture and Environment (StALU MM) Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Environmental survey for the Inselhafen Prerow - replacing new construction for the emergency port "Darßer Ort"
Project start 2016

The existing port of distress „Darßer Ort“ will be abandoned and dismantled. At the seaside of the pier by Prerow a new island port will be constructed. In this context, MariLim carried out an environmental assessment in concerning zoobenthos and macrophytes to investigate the environmental compatibility of the new port and the compatibility of the decommissioning.

Water and Shipping Authority Stralsund
Expert report on benthos for the impact assessment of the expansion/deepening of the waterway to port Rostock
Project start 2016

The Waterways and Shipping Office Stralsund is planning the expansion of the sea channel Rostock up to Sea level (German: Normalhöhennull, NHN) -16.xx m. The aim is to allow bilk carriers with 15 m draught access to the harbour and support a better capacity for the ships already present.

As basis for the environmental impact study (German: Umweltverträglichkeitsuntersuchung, UVU) and to check for regulations related to preservation of species ecological, accompanying investigations for recording the macrozoobenthos community shall be performed.

For this grab samples were taken at 28 stations (Seekanal, Breitling, Klappstellen-Erweiterung) in spring and autumn 2016. With the resulting data the actual state of the macrozoobenthos in the relevant area and the direct active sphere are supposed to be surveyed and described.

2016

BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure StUK4) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Cluster westlich Adlergrund”
Project start 2014

2015

INROS Lackner AG
Mapping of benthic biotopes at a proposed sand and gravel extraction site "Warnemünde East"
Project start 2013

The company Firma Andre’ Voß Erdbau und Transport GmbH is planning to build a gravel extraction site northeast of Warnemünde. The company MariLim GmbH performs investigations on the benthos, an object of legal protection, according to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, BSH) within the approval procedure. These investigations serve as basis for the required environmental and nature conversational documents such as environmental impact assessment, landscape conservation plan and expert contribution on species protection.

Thereby, several ecological parameters of the macrozoobenthos (e.g. population density, biomass, diversity) and macrophytobenthos in the area of the gravel extraction site are identified and analysed. By these parameters the benthic communities are characterized.

2014

NIRAS
Expert report on benthos and habitats for the impact assessment of three Danish offshore wind mill farms „Vesterhav Syd“, „Vesterhav Nord“ in the North Sea and „Bornholm“ in the Baltic Sea, inclusive their proposed cable alignment and landfall areas
Project start 2013

RWE Innogy GmbH
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure StUK4) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Nordsee One”

The company RWE Innogy GmbH is planning to build the offshore wind farm “Nordsee One”. The area is completely situated in the German Bight north of the Traffic Separation Schemes “German Bight Western Approach” and “Terschelling German Bight”. It is located within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Federal Republic of Germany and covers an area of 33 km2, in total. The company MariLim GmbH performs investigations on benthos and fish, both objects of legal protection, according to the specifications of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, BSH) within the approval procedure. Thereby, several ecological parameters (e.g. population density, biomass, diversity) in the area of the wind farm are identified and analysed. By these parameters the benthic and fish communities are characterized, under consideration of seasonal variability.

NIRAS
Expert report on benthos and habitats for the impact assessment of the Danish offshore wind mill farm „Kriegers Flak“, its proposed cable alignment and landfall areas
Project start 2012

RWE Innogy GmbH
Expert report on benthos and fish (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Nordsee-Ost”

In autumn 2012, the company RWE Innogy GmbH started to build the offshore wind farm “Nordsee One” with 48 turbines in the German North Sea, north of Helgoland. On the basis of the Standards for Environmental Impact Assessments (German: Standarduntersuchungskonzepts, StuK3) a construction phase monitoring is required, which covers the time period from the beginning of the construction until its ending. The investigations serve as supervision of the construction phase or rather for the medium and small scale recording of relevant effects by the construction works on the benthos, an object of legal protection, and its seasonal development. To that, in autumn 2012, i.e. immediately after starting the construction works, and in spring 2013 samples of in- and epifauna, as well as samples of sediment were taken and analysed.

Water and Shipping Authority Stralsund
Expert report on benthos for the impact assessment of the expansion/deepening of the waterway to port Rostock - 13 years after termination of building project (annual implemantation 2012-2013)
Project start 2012

GARDELER-HEMMERICH Landscape planning
Expert report on benthos for the impact assessment of the submarine cable “Borkum“
Project start 2010

In August 2013, the company EWE Netz GmbH laid a submarine cable between the East Frisian island of Borkum and the mainland at Mansgalt, i.e. through the National Park “Niedersächsiches Wattenmeer”. The National Park “Niedersächsiches Wattenmeer” has been confirmed as FFH area 2306-301 (German: FFH-Gebiet) and therefore includes a majority of protected FFH habitat types. Within the plant license by the local authority (Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz, NLWKN) of 4. April 2012 it has been set, that under the construction phase a monitoring has to be performed, with respect to the protected fauna of the benthos. According to this, once a year samples were taken along the alignment from 2010 to 2014.

2013

Trüper Gondesen Partner (TGP) as sub-contractor of Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Mapping of under water biotopes at the proposed Fehmarn Sund Fixed Link to define a low impact corridor

BHF Bendfeldt, Herrmann, Franke, Landscape architects GmbH
Mapping of under water biotopes at a proposed new recreation centre with harbour facilities in a former military area near Kappeln

In 2013 the submarine fauna and flora in the area of the planned new construction of harbour and vacation facilities in the former Bundeswehr site in Kappeln was surveyed and mapped. Therefore, assessments by scuba diving and video shooting were executed in the planning site. The results were geographically referenced and compared to previous surveys.

BHF Bendfeldt, Herrmann, Franke, Landscape architects GmbH
Brief expert report for the impact assessment of the construction of a pontoon in Lake Wittensee (mapping and FFH-assessment)

For preservation of evidence within construction works a short report was prepared in 2013 focussing on the effects of the expansion of a pier in lake Wittensee (mapping and FFH assessment). For this report investigations were performed by scuba diving within the designated construction area to receive an overview of the qualitative and quantitative species composition and their distribution. The results were geographically referenced and compared to previous surveys.

FROELICH & SPORBECK GmbH & Co. KG
Expert report on benthos for the impact assessment of the proposed construction of a (gas) power plant in Lubmin
Project start 2010

OECOS GmbH
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Vogelschar“
Project start 2009

2012

BioConsult SH GmbH & Co.KG
Brief expert report for the impact assessment of seed mussels import from England and Ireland regarding associated neobiota
Project start 2008

OECOS GmbH
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Baltic Eagle“
Project start 2008

OECOS GmbH
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Ostseeschatz“
Project start 2011

OECOS GmbH
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Ostseeperle“
Project start 2011

ALAUDA
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Wikinger“
Project start 2010

GeoC GmbH
Expert report for the impact assessment of cooling water discharge of Asmussen GmbH into the river Krückau

Water and Shipping Authority (WSA) Lübeck
Expert report for the impact assessment of a regeneration of demagnetisation-treatment-system in Kiel-Friedrichsort

2011

OECOS GmbH für Hamburg Port Authority (HPA)
Expert report on benthos and fish (according to AeTi) in port Hamburg for the construction of a new port terminal
Project start 2010

BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle
Video analyses for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Witte Bank“
Project start 2009

BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle
Video analyses for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm “Kaskasi”

TenneT Offshore GmbH
Expert report on benthos for the impact assessment of the submarine cables “HelWin“ and “DolWin“

BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle
Video analyses for the impact assessment of the submarine cable “Cobra“

2010

BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle
Video analyses for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farm ”Horizont“
Project start 2009

Tourism Company of Baltic resort Laboe
Brief expert report for the impact assessment of a proposed beach nourishment at Laboe

BHF Bendfeldt, Herrmann, Franke Landscape architects GmbH
Brief expert report for the impact assessment of the proposed expansion of Harnis quay (Flensburg harbour)

Port Olpenitz GmbH
Brief expert report for the impact assessment of the proposed relocation of a sand trap breakwater south of Port-Olpenitz

BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle
Video analyses for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farms “Austerngrund“, “Deutsche Bucht“ and “BARD Offshore I“
Project start 2007

Meerwind Südwest GmbH, Berlin
Expert report on benthos and fish (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of offshore wind mill farm “Meerwind“
Project start 2009

LCO-Nature GmbH
Expert report on benthos (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of offshore wind mill farm “Albatros”
Project start 2007

2009

BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle
Video analyses for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farms „DIAMANT“ and „EUKLAS“
Project start 2009

Seebauer, Wefers & Partner GbR, Berlin
Brief expert report for the impact assessment of the proposed pier construction in Heiligenhafen

BioConsult SH GmbH & Co. KG
Expert report on benthos and fish (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of offshore wind mill farm “Airtricity”
Project start 2008

2008

BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle
Video analyses for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farms “Aquamarin“, “Veja Mate“, “Citrin“ and “Bernstein“
Project start 2008

BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle
Video analyses for the impact assessment of the offshore wind mill farms „Alpha Ventus“
Project start 2008

Water and Shipping Authority (WSA) Stralsund
Expert report for the impact assessment of the expansion/deepening of the waterway to port Stralsund (East approach). Video documentation of macrozoobenthos

2006

State capital Kiel, Department for green spaces
Brief expert report for the impact assessment of the expansion of the public sea bath facility facility Holtenau

2005

Fehmarn Netz GmbH
Expert report on benthos for the impact assessment of the submarine cable for Fehmarn Sund crossing

GEO - Association for Energie and Ecology GmbH
Expert report on benthos and fish for the impact assessment of the submarine cable GEOFReE

Water and Shipping Authority (WSA) Stralsund
Expert report on benthos for the impact assessment of the expansion/deepening of the waterway to port Stralsund (East approach)
annual implementation since 2001

Water and Shipping Authority (WSA) Stralsund
Sampling and video analyses for preservation of evidence of the expansion/deepening of the waterway to port Stralsund (East approach)
annual implementation since 1998

2004

GEO - Association for Energie and Ecology GmbH
Expert report on benthos and fish (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of offshore wind mill farm “Dan Tysk“
Project start 2001

Windland GmbH
Expert report on benthos and fish (according to the national standard operational procedure) for the impact assessment of offshore wind mill farm „Meerwind“
Project start 2001

2003

GEO – Gesellschaft für Energie und Ökologie mbH
Expert report on benthos and habitats for the impact assessment of the proposed cable alignment and landfall area of the offshore wind mill farm “Sky 2000”