The impact of seabirds on the content of various forms of phosphorus in organic soils of the Bellsund coast, western Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Ziółek, Marta, Melke, Jerzy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014
• Subjects: Phosphorus fractions; organic soils; seabirds; nutrient enrichment; Spitsbergen; Bellsund; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3161; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.19986

In areas isolated from direct human impact, such as Spitsbergen, environmental changes result mainly from natural processes, which include nutrient enrichment caused by seabirds. The objective of this study was to evaluate the degree of nutrient enrichment of organic soils fertilized by seabirds, in...