Seabird Transfer of Nutrients and Trace Elements from the North Water Polynya to Land during the Mid-Holocene Warm Period, Carey Islands, Northwest Greenland + Supplementary Appendix Figure S1 (See Article Tools)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Outridge, Peter M., Goodsite, Michael E., Bennike, Ole, Rausch, Nicole, Shotyk, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2016
• Subjects: mercury; cadmium; seabirds; guano; peat; North Water polynya; Holocene; Thermal Maximum; mercure; oiseaux marins; tourbe; polynie des eaux du Nord; Holocène; maximum thermique; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baie de Baffin; Greenland; Guano; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67617

Seabird guano from large nesting colonies is known to increase trace metal levels in adjacent terrestrial environments today, when global oceans are contaminated with Hg, Cd, and other metals. But the effect of seabird guano in the pre-industrial period has rarely been studied. We used stable C and...