The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence

• Published in: Ambio
• Main Authors: Davidson, Thomas Alexander, Wetterich, Sebastian, Johansen, Kasper Lambert, Grønnow, Bjarne, Windirsch, Torben, Jeppesen, Erik, Syväranta, Jari, Olsen, Jesper, González-Bergonzoni, Ivan, Strunk, Astrid, Larsen, Nicolaj Krog, Meyer, Hanno, Søndergaard, Jens, Dietz, Rune, Eulaers, Igor, Mosbech, Anders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Greenland; Little auk; Palaeoecology; Palaeolmnology; δ N; Arctic; Guano; Qeqertaq; Salve Ø; Alle alle; Common Eider; little auk; Somateria mollissima; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/d760dbe6-3030-4dbe-9222-30b38fe9b734; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1031-1; https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/165166207/Davidson2018_Article_TheHistoryOfSeabirdColoniesAnd.pdf

The North Water (NOW) polynya is one of the most productive marine areas of the Arctic and an important breeding area for millions of seabirds. There is, however, little information on the dynamics of the polynya or the bird populations over the long term. Here, we used sediment archives from a lake...