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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brimble, Samantha
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2009
Subjects:
Biology, Ecology.
Biology, Oceanography.
Arctic
Cape Vera
Devon Island
Fulmar
Guano
Fulmarus glacialis
Northern Fulmar
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-12470
http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/28261

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