Monitoring the impact of human activities in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica: isotopic analysis of c and n in the summer of 2005/2006

Abstract

Stable isotopic analyses have been used for assessing anthropogenic influence in marine communities

Biochemical Marker of Environmental Changes in Antarctic Animals: Screening of Energy Metabolism Enzymes of Nacella Concinna for Monitoring of Intertidal Environment of Admiralty Bay, King George Island.

“…OT is the site with anthropic in uence whereas UP is a sheltered place far from the scienti c station and the anthropogenic in uence. A study with isotopic analysis of biotic and abiotic elements from UP indicated that C and N from sewage could have been incorporated into organic matter in front of the Brazilian station but not in UP, suggesting that UP was not impacted by sewage (Corbisier et al, 2010). Perhaps UP is the less stressful environment compared to others sites.…”