An ~1,100-year record of human and seabird occupation in the High Arctic inferred from pond sediments

• Main Authors: Cheng, Wenhan, Kimpe, Linda, Mallory, Mark, Smol, John, Blais, Jules
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: stable isotopes; sterols; avian markers; paleolimnology; Arctic; Devon Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/44917; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-015-0717-8

Seabirds in the Canadian Arctic congregate in large colonies producing oases of biological productivity and diversity in coastal regions. Here we examine sterols, stanols, and stable isotopes (15N, and 13C) in three 14C-dated pond sediment cores near a large seabird colony and archeological site o...