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A novel experimental approach for assessment of impacts due to magnetic fields from submarine HVDC cable systems on benthic infauna

A novel experimental approach for assessment of impacts due to magnetic fields from submarine HVDC cable systems on benthic infauna
A novel experimental approach for assessment of impacts due to magnetic fields from submarine HVDC cable systems on benthic infauna
In this work, an experimental design for the evaluation of impacts of magnetic fields from HVDC cables on benthic animals is presented. Unlike previous studies, the vector orientation of the field and the spatial distribution are non-uniform, representing the magnetic fields from an HVDC system more accurately. The setup is designed using numerical models and tested to show that no additional stresses are imposed in the experiment and that the device produces the magnetic fields predicted by the models. Biological techniques quantifying behavioural changes and stresses are described to present a complete approach for the experimental design.
magnetic fields, benthic infauna, experiments, HVDC cable systems
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Dix, Justin
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Rzempoluch, Joanna, Jones, Amber, Goddard, Kevin, Chaudhary, Sunny, Palmer, Neil, Wu, William, Callender, George, Dix, Justin, Godbold, Jasmin, Solan, Martin, Lewin, Paul, Shaban, Muhammad, Tripp, Hayley and Renew, David (2025) A novel experimental approach for assessment of impacts due to magnetic fields from submarine HVDC cable systems on benthic infauna. Jicable HVDC'25: International Symposium on HVDC Cable Systems, , Turin, Italy. 20 - 22 Oct 2025. 6 pp .

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In this work, an experimental design for the evaluation of impacts of magnetic fields from HVDC cables on benthic animals is presented. Unlike previous studies, the vector orientation of the field and the spatial distribution are non-uniform, representing the magnetic fields from an HVDC system more accurately. The setup is designed using numerical models and tested to show that no additional stresses are imposed in the experiment and that the device produces the magnetic fields predicted by the models. Biological techniques quantifying behavioural changes and stresses are described to present a complete approach for the experimental design.

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Published date: 20 October 2025
Venue - Dates: Jicable HVDC'25: International Symposium on HVDC Cable Systems, , Turin, Italy, 2025-10-20 - 2025-10-22
Keywords: magnetic fields, benthic infauna, experiments, HVDC cable systems

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Local EPrints ID: 507239
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/507239
PURE UUID: df1b9815-e120-4eab-9e01-22a74921107b
ORCID for Joanna Rzempoluch: ORCID iD orcid.org/0009-0003-4810-8627
ORCID for Amber Jones: ORCID iD orcid.org/0009-0009-7304-0541
ORCID for Sunny Chaudhary: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2664-7083
ORCID for Justin Dix: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2905-5403
ORCID for Jasmin Godbold: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5558-8188
ORCID for Martin Solan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9924-5574
ORCID for Paul Lewin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3299-2556

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Date deposited: 02 Dec 2025 18:01
Last modified: 03 Dec 2025 03:09

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Author: Joanna Rzempoluch ORCID iD
Author: Amber Jones ORCID iD
Author: Kevin Goddard
Author: Sunny Chaudhary ORCID iD
Author: Neil Palmer
Author: William Wu
Author: George Callender
Author: Justin Dix ORCID iD
Author: Jasmin Godbold ORCID iD
Author: Martin Solan ORCID iD
Author: Paul Lewin ORCID iD
Author: Muhammad Shaban
Author: Hayley Tripp
Author: David Renew

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