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- shearwater, maximum of ca 80 000 breeding pairs) are compared to inputs from humans (97 700 person
- days) on Heron Island at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. We estimated that nod-
- dies deposited ca 107 t and shearwaters ca 22 t, of fresh guano The composition of fresh noddy guano
- was 7.3 % nitrogen 1.5 % phosphorus. 60 % moisture and 31.2 % other substances. Assuming a similar
- composition for shearwaters the total annual deposition of guano contained 9.4 t nitrogen and 1.9 t
- phosphorus. Experiments examining effects of ageing of guano indicated a large decrease in total
- nitrogen in guano under humid conditions over 4 d as a result of volatilisation of NH3. Under natural
- conditions most of the deposited nitrogen is likely to be lost as NH, and a relatively small fraction ot the
- soluble component leached into the cay, but the precise dynamics will depend on ramfall and wind patterns. Phosphorus was not volatilised from guano under any expenmental conditions. Although inputs
- of nitrogen and phosphorus from human sewage into the cay system (ca 0.3 t of each) were much less
- than that from birds, all nutrients from humans are released in liquid form and percolate directly into
- the cay. Significant seasonal and tidal variations in standing concentratlons of NH3 oxidised forms of
- nitrogen (NO2,+NO3), and PO4, were detected in the water column around the island. Trends of higher
- mean concentrations of all nutrients in summer than in winter, and higher concentrations at low tide
- than at high tide except at sites close to the Island where nutrient levels were high independent of tide
- suggest that nutrients may be transported from guano on Heron Island into the water immediately
- surrounding the island The exact fate and mechanisms of transport of all nutnents require further
- attention." name="eprints.abstract" />
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- days) on Heron Island at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. We estimated that nod-
- dies deposited ca 107 t and shearwaters ca 22 t, of fresh guano The composition of fresh noddy guano
- was 7.3 % nitrogen 1.5 % phosphorus. 60 % moisture and 31.2 % other substances. Assuming a similar
- composition for shearwaters the total annual deposition of guano contained 9.4 t nitrogen and 1.9 t
- phosphorus. Experiments examining effects of ageing of guano indicated a large decrease in total
- nitrogen in guano under humid conditions over 4 d as a result of volatilisation of NH3. Under natural
- conditions most of the deposited nitrogen is likely to be lost as NH, and a relatively small fraction ot the
- soluble component leached into the cay, but the precise dynamics will depend on ramfall and wind patterns. Phosphorus was not volatilised from guano under any expenmental conditions. Although inputs
- of nitrogen and phosphorus from human sewage into the cay system (ca 0.3 t of each) were much less
- than that from birds, all nutrients from humans are released in liquid form and percolate directly into
- the cay. Significant seasonal and tidal variations in standing concentratlons of NH3 oxidised forms of
- nitrogen (NO2,+NO3), and PO4, were detected in the water column around the island. Trends of higher
- mean concentrations of all nutrients in summer than in winter, and higher concentrations at low tide
- than at high tide except at sites close to the Island where nutrient levels were high independent of tide
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- <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Nutrient inputs from seabirds and humans on a populated coral cay</h1>
- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Staunton Smith, Jonathan</span> and <span class="person_name">Johnson, Craig R.</span> (1995) <xhtml:em>Nutrient inputs from seabirds and humans on a populated coral cay.</xhtml:em> Marine Ecology Progress Series, 124 . pp. 189-200. ISSN 0171-8630</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_1554' );" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_1554' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1210/1/stauntonsmith.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_1554"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1210/thumbnails/1/preview.png" border="0" class="ep_preview_image" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1210/1/stauntonsmith.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />975Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v124/p189-200/">http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v124/p189-200/</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Inputs of inorganic nutnents in 1992 from seabirds (white-capped noddy and wedgetail
- shearwater, maximum of ca 80 000 breeding pairs) are compared to inputs from humans (97 700 person
- days) on Heron Island at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. We estimated that nod-
- dies deposited ca 107 t and shearwaters ca 22 t, of fresh guano The composition of fresh noddy guano
- was 7.3 % nitrogen 1.5 % phosphorus. 60 % moisture and 31.2 % other substances. Assuming a similar
- composition for shearwaters the total annual deposition of guano contained 9.4 t nitrogen and 1.9 t
- phosphorus. Experiments examining effects of ageing of guano indicated a large decrease in total
- nitrogen in guano under humid conditions over 4 d as a result of volatilisation of NH3. Under natural
- conditions most of the deposited nitrogen is likely to be lost as NH, and a relatively small fraction ot the
- soluble component leached into the cay, but the precise dynamics will depend on ramfall and wind patterns. Phosphorus was not volatilised from guano under any expenmental conditions. Although inputs
- of nitrogen and phosphorus from human sewage into the cay system (ca 0.3 t of each) were much less
- than that from birds, all nutrients from humans are released in liquid form and percolate directly into
- the cay. Significant seasonal and tidal variations in standing concentratlons of NH3 oxidised forms of
- nitrogen (NO2,+NO3), and PO4, were detected in the water column around the island. Trends of higher
- mean concentrations of all nutrients in summer than in winter, and higher concentrations at low tide
- than at high tide except at sites close to the Island where nutrient levels were high independent of tide
- suggest that nutrients may be transported from guano on Heron Island into the water immediately
- surrounding the island The exact fate and mechanisms of transport of all nutnents require further
- attention.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Seabirds Guano; Sewage Inorganic nutrients; Eutrophication; Coral reefs
- </td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270702.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270700 Ecology and Evolution > 270702 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1210</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Professor Craig R. Johnson</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">24 Jun 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">04 Feb 2008 17:08</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1210;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1210">item control page</a></p>
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