The influence of seabird-derived nutrients on island food-webs

• Main Author: Cross, Adam D. P.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QK Botany; QL Zoology; Burrows; Guano; Atlantic puffin; fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Great skua; Stercorarius skua
• Online Access: http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6312/; http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6312/7/2014crossphd.pdf; https://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/record=b3108056

There is an increasing understanding of the influence seabirds have on island food webs globally, which often arises from the trans-boundary input of nutrients. Seabird-derived nutrients, primarily in the form of guano, can have significant effects on island communities by increasing primary product...