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Effects of waterfowl on water quality

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The effects of Cormorants and 3 species of ducks were studied on the eutrophication of Lake Balaton. The quantity of consumed food and of excrement were estimated. The Cormorants (1500 pairs and their fledglings) inhabiting the area of Kis-Balaton took up 12.5 tonnes of N and 3.1 tonnes of P in 1983. The effects of fish-eating Cormorants can be quantified better than those of ducks which also feed on plant material.

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  1. Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology of the Eötvös Lóránd University, H-1088, Budapest Puskin u. 3

    Géza Gere & Sándor Andrikovics

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Gere, G., Andrikovics, S. Effects of waterfowl on water quality. Hydrobiologia 243, 445–448 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007061

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