Bioenrichment of trace elements in a series of ponds near a northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) colony at Cape Vera, Devon Island

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 949-958

  Brimble, Samantha K ^a   Blais, Jules M ^a   Kimpe, Linda E ^a   Mallory, Mark L ^b   Keatley, Bronwyn E ^c,e,f   Douglas, Marianne S V ^d   Smol, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Department of Natural Resource Sciences ^*

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEEDING GROUND; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PH; POND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEABIRD; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

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

FULMARUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 67650300281     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-053     Document Type: Article

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