Seaduck engineers in the Arctic Archipelago: nesting eiders deliver marine nutrients and transform the chemistry of island soils, plants, and ponds

• Published in: Oecologia
• Main Authors: Clyde, N., Hargan, K. E., Forbes, M. R., Iverson, S. A., Blais, J. M., Smol, J. P., Bump, J. K., Gilchrist, H. G.
• Other Authors: W. Garfield Weston Foundation, Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Carleton University, Pew Charitable Trusts, Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Nunavut General Monitoring Plan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Arctic Island; Eider Islands; Arctic Archipelago; Common Eider; Somateria mollissima; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04889-9; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00442-021-04889-9.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-021-04889-9/fulltext.html

Abstract Seabirds are thought to provide ecological services such as the movement of nutrients between marine and terrestrial ecosystems, which may be especially critical to productivity and diversity in nutrient-poor environments. Most Arctic ecosystems are unaffected by local human impacts and are...