| Title |
Seabird colonies as important global drivers in the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41467-017-02446-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Xosé Luis Otero, Saul De La Peña-Lastra, Augusto Pérez-Alberti, Tiago Osorio Ferreira, Miguel Angel Huerta-Diaz |
| Abstract |
Seabirds drastically transform the environmental conditions of the sites where they establish their breeding colonies via soil, sediment, and water eutrophication (hereafter termed ornitheutrophication). Here, we report worldwide amounts of total nitrogen (N) and total phosphorus (P) excreted by seabirds using an inventory of global seabird populations applied to a bioenergetics model. We estimate these fluxes to be 591 Gg N y-1 and 99 Gg P y-1, respectively, with the Antarctic and Southern coasts receiving the highest N and P inputs. We show that these inputs are of similar magnitude to others considered in global N and P cycles, with concentrations per unit of surface area in seabird colonies among the highest measured on the Earth's surface. Finally, an important fraction of the total excreted N (72.5 Gg y-1) and P (21.8 Gg y-1) can be readily solubilized, increasing their short-term bioavailability in continental and coastal waters located near the seabird colonies. |
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| United Kingdom | 14 | 10% |
| United States | 12 | 9% |
| Brazil | 6 | 4% |
| Spain | 6 | 4% |
| Australia | 6 | 4% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| Argentina | 3 | 2% |
| Peru | 2 | 1% |
| Norway | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 23 | 17% |
| Unknown | 59 | 43% |
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| Members of the public | 95 | 70% |
| Scientists | 31 | 23% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 8 | 6% |
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| Researcher | 45 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 43 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 40 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 33 | 12% |
| Unknown | 72 | 26% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 74 | 27% |
| Environmental Science | 57 | 21% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 20 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 3% |
| Chemistry | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 19 | 7% |
| Unknown | 89 | 32% |
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