Can seabirds modify carbon burial in fjords?

• Published in: Oceanologia
• Main Authors: Jan Marcin Węsławski, Jacek Urbański, Marta Głuchowska, Katarzyna Grzelak, Lech Kotwicki, Sławomir Kwaśniewski, Joanna Legeżyńska, Józef Wiktor, Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Agata Zaborska, Marek Zajączkowski, Lech Stempniewicz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Fjords; Carbon; Seabirds; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Hornsund; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2017.01.006; https://doaj.org/article/4e7d1e0e6670498c8697dcb4f3901cd9

Two high latitude fjords of Spitsbergen (Hornsund 77°N and Kongsfjorden 79°N) are regarded as being highly productive (70 g and 50 gC m−2 year−1) and having organic-rich sediments. Hornsund has more organic matter in its sediments (8%), nearly half of it of terrestrial origin, while most of that in...