A test of the possible influence of seabird activity on the 210Pb flux in high Arctic ponds at Cape Vera, Devon Island, Nunavut: Implications for radiochronology

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 783-791

  Michelutti, N ^a   Blais, J M ^b   Liu, H ^c   Keatley, B E ^a   Douglas, M S V ^d   Mallory, M L ^e   Smol, J P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

210Pb radiochronology; Arctic ponds; Biovectors; Contaminants; Northern fulmars; Paleolimnology; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; COLONIAL ORGANISM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; NEST SITE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIONUCLIDE; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT CORE;

CANADA; CAPE VERA; DEVON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 51649095931     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9198-2     Document Type: Article

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