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.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
• Subjects: Ecosystem Ecology–Original Research; Arctic; Arctic Island; Canada; Eider Islands; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Nunavut; Arctic Archipelago; Common Eider; Somateria mollissima; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8052239/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33675409; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04889-9

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 naturall...