Sea-to-land nutrient transfer by seals and seabirds on Sable Island : isoscapes revealed by stable isotope analysis of vegetation with an echo in the island's feral horses

Sea-to-land nutrient transfer by seals and seabirds on Sable Island : isoscapes revealed by stable isotope analysis of vegetation with an echo in the island's feral horses

Recent research using stable isotope analysis has shown a dependence on migrating or breeding populations of vertebrates as vectors for the transfer of marine-derived nutrients within coastal ecosystems. Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada supports numerous species of plants, a variety of seabird colo...

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Other Authors: McLoughlin, Philip D.
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
isoscape
stable isotope
nutrient transfer
trophic enrichment
nutrient cycling
nitrogen isotope
Sable Island horse
grey seal
tern
nitrogen
biogenic vector
marine-derived
kriging
nutrient gateway
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-10-1182

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http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-10-1182

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