Breeding eider ducks strongly influence subarctic coastal pond chemistry

• Main Authors: Duda, Matthew P., Hargan, Kathryn E., Michelutti, Neal, Kimpe, Linda E., Clyde, Nik, Gilchrist, H. Grant, Mallory, Mark L., Blais, Jules M., Smol, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Ornitholimnology; Biovector; Common Eider; Arctic; Nutrients; Metal; Canada; Cape Dorset; Guano; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Ivujivik; Nunavut; Pew; ArcticNet; Climate change; Somateria mollissima; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/26391

Arctic freshwater ponds are typically pristine and oligotrophic, however, seabird biovectors can markedly alter 29 water quality via enrichment with marine-derived nutrients and bioaccumulated metals. These ornithogenic inputs 30 can be the dominant factor structuring aquatic biota and the surroundi...