Biotransport of marine-derived trace elements to a coastal ecosystem in the Canadian High Arctic
Seabirds are an important link between their marine feeding areas and their terrestrial breeding environments, transporting both marine-derived nutrients and contaminants to land via their excreta, feathers and carcasses. The importance of seabird-derived nutrients is particularly apparent in nutrie...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2009
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-12470 http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/28261 |