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Penguins play important roles in the biogeochemical cycle between Antarctic Ocean and land ecosystems.The emperor penguin Aptenodytesforsteri, however, is usually ignored because it breeds in fast sea ice.In this study, we collected two sediment profiles (EPI and PI) from the N island near a large emperor penguin colony at Amanda Bay, East Antarctic and performed stable isotope and element analyses.The organic C/N ratios and carbon and nitrogen isotopes suggested an autochthonous source of organic materials for the sediments of EPI (C/N=10.21±0.28, n=17; δ13C=-13.48±0.50‰, δ15N=8.35±0.55‰, n=4) and an allochthonous source of marine-derived organic materials for the sediments of PI (C/N=6.15±0.08, δ13C=-26.85±0.11‰, δ15N=21.21±2.02‰, n=20).The concentrations of total phosphorus (TP), selenium (Se), mercury (Hg) and zinc (Zn) in PI sediments were much higher than those in EPI, the concentration of copper (Cu) in PI is a little lower, and the concentration of element lead (Pb) shows no difference.As measured by the geoaccumulation indexes, Zn, TP, Hg and Se were from moderately to very strongly enriched in PI, relative to local mother rock, due to the guano input from emperor penguins.Because of its high trophic level and transfer efficiency, emperor penguin can transports a large amount of nutrients and contaminants from ocean to land even with a relatively small population, and its roles in the biogeochemical cycle between ocean and terrestrial environment should not be ignored.