Contribution of water birds to nutrient loading to the ecosystem of mesotrophic reservoir

• Main Author: Gwiazda, Robert
• Other Authors: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Ekologii
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oficyna Wydawnicza Instytutu Ekologii PAN 1996
• Subjects: Larus ridibundus; Anas platyrhynchos; defecation; phosphorus; nitrogen; eutrophication; Black-headed Gull
• Online Access: https://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/86880/content

Pages 289-297 : illustrations 24 cm Bibliographical references (pages 296-297) Abstract in Polish One gram of the faeces of the black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus L.) and of mallard (Anas platyrhynchos L.) contains 78.6 mg P and 72.4 mg N and 8.5 mg P and 53.1 mg N respectively. The gull and the mallard defecated 0.96 g P and 0.88 g of N and 0.42 and 2.62 g per day per individual respectively. The participation of waterfowl in the nutrient loading to the reservoir was small (less than 1% of only inorganic P and N). The mallard significantly affects phosphorus and nitrogen cycling in the reservoir, and the gulls increase the phosphorus resources there. Strony 289-297 : ilustracje 24 cm Bibliografia na stronach 296-297 Streszczenie w języku polskim One gram of the faeces of the black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus L.) and of mallard (Anas platyrhynchos L.) contains 78.6 mg P and 72.4 mg N and 8.5 mg P and 53.1 mg N respectively. The gull and the mallard defecated 0.96 g P and 0.88 g of N and 0.42 and 2.62 g per day per individual respectively. The participation of waterfowl in the nutrient loading to the reservoir was small (less than 1% of only inorganic P and N). The mallard significantly affects phosphorus and nitrogen cycling in the reservoir, and the gulls increase the phosphorus resources there.