@misc{Gwiazda_Robert_Contribution_1996, author={Gwiazda, Robert}, editor={Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Ekologii}, copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license}, address={Dziekanów Leśny}, howpublished={online}, year={1996}, language={eng}, abstract={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.}, type={Text}, title={Contribution of water birds to nutrient loading to the ecosystem of mesotrophic reservoir}, URL={http://rcin.org.pl/miiz/Content/86880/PDF/WA058_89666_P2840-T44_Eko-Pol-A-Nr-3-4.pdf}, volume={44}, number={3-4}, journal={Ekologia Polska}, publisher={Oficyna Wydawnicza Instytutu Ekologii PAN}, keywords={Larus ridibundus, Anas platyrhynchos, defecation, phosphorus, nitrogen, eutrophication}, }