Seabird-driven shifts in Arctic pond ecosystems

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1656, 2009, Pages 591-596

  Michelutti, Neal ^a   Keatley, Bronwyn E ^a   Brimble, Samantha ^b   Blais, Jules M ^b   Liu, Huijun ^c   Douglas, Marianne S V ^d   Mallory, Mark L ^e   MacDonald, Robie W ^f   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic ponds; Biotransport; Climate; Contaminants; Palaeolimnology; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CADMIUM; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POND; POPULATION GROWTH; SEABIRD;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; NONHUMAN; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POLLUTION; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA;

EID: 58149134485     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1103     Document Type: Article

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