Foraging strategies of fish-eating birds in conditions of artificial reservoirs in Southern Poland

Gwiazda, Robert

Skip to main menu
Skip to search engine
Skip to content
Skip to footer

Download

Title: Foraging strategies of fish-eating birds in conditions of artificial reservoirs in Southern Poland

References:

Adams C. E., Mitchell J. 1995. The response of a Grey Heron Ardea cinerea breeding colony to rapid change in prey species. Bird Study 42: 44-49.
Adamek Z., Guziur J. 1992. Skład pokarmu kormorana czarnego (Phalacrocorax carbo L.) ze zbiorników dolinowych Nové Mlýny (płd. Morawy, ČSFR). Acta Academiae Agriculturae Technicae Olstenensis 19: 109-120.
Altmann J. 1974. Observational study of behaviour: sampling methods. Behaviour 69: 227-267.
Amirowicz A. 1998. Consequences of the basin morphology for fish community in a deep-storage submontane reservoir. Acta Hydrobiologica 39 (1997), Suppl. 1: 35-56.
Amirowicz A. 2000. Pozycja ryb w sieci troficznej litoralu. W: Starmach J. i Mazurkiewicz-Boroń G. (red.). Zbiornik Dobczycki: Ekologia — Eutrofizacja - Ochrona. ZBW PAN, Kraków: 215-221.
Annett C., Pierotti R. 1989. Chick hatching as a trigger for dietary switching in the Western Gull. Colonial Waterbirds 12, 1:4-11.
Arcos J. M., Oro D., Sol D. 2001. Competition between the yellow-legged gull Larus cachinnans and Audouin’s gull Larus audouinii associated with commercial fishing vessels: the influence of season and fishing fleet. Marine Biology 139,5: 807-816.
Backiel T., Horoszewicz L. 1990. Wielkość i liczba ofiar ryb drapieżnych: próba wyjaśnienia przez symulacje. Roczniki naukowe PZW 3: 147-162.
Baudinette R. V., Schmidt-Nielsen K. 1974. Energy cost of gliding flight in Herring Gulls. Nature 248: 83-84.
Bauer K. M., Glutz von Blotzheim U. N. 1966. Handbuch der Vögel Mitteleuropas. 1. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main.
Baxter G. S., Fairweather P. G. 1998. Does available foraging area, location or colony character control the size of multispecies egret colonies? Wildlife Research 25, 1: 23-32.
Bayer R. D. 1985. Bill length of Herons and Egrets as an estimator of prey size. Colonial Waterbirds 8, 2: 104-109.
Begon Μ., Mortimer Μ. 1989. Ekologia populacji. Studium porównawcze zwierząt i roślin. PWRiL, Warszawa.
Bertellotti Μ., Yorio P. 1999. Spatial and temporal patterns in the diet of the Kelp Gull in Patagonia. Condor 101,4: 790-798.
Betleja J. 2005. Ptaki Zbiornika Goczałkowickiego. W: Konferencja Naukowo-Techniczna z okazji Jubileuszu 50-lecia Zbiornika Wodnego na Małej Wiśle w Goczałkowicach, Pszczyna - zamek, 20-21 wrzesień 2005 r. GPW, Katowice: 100-106.
Bocheński Z. 1986. Development and structure of the Goczałkowice Reservoir ecosystem XVI. Birds. Ekologia polska 34, 3: 523-535.
Boldreghini P., Santorini R., Volponi S., Casini L., Montanan F. L., Tinarelli R. 1997. Variations in the use of foraging areas by a cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo wintering population: a case study in the Po delta (Northern Italy). Ekologia polska 45, 1: 197-200.
Britton R. H., Moser M. E. 1982. Size specific predation by Herons and its effect on the sex-ratio of natural populations of the mosquito fish Gambusia affinis Baird and Girard. Oecologia 53: 146-151.
Brown K. M., Ewins P. J. 1996. Technique-dependent biases in determination of diet composition: an example with Ring- Billed Gulls. Condor 98: 34-41.
Brylińska Μ. 1986. Ryby słodkowodne Polski. PWN, Warszawa.
Bukacińska Μ., Bukaciński D., Spaans A. L. 1996. Attendance and diet in relation to breeding success in Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). Auk 113: 300-309.
Bukaciński D., Nawrocki P., Stawarczyk T. 1989. Gniazdowanie mew białogłowych (Larus cachinnans) na środkowej Wiśle, ich status taksonomiczny oraz problemy z rozpoznawaniem podgatunków L. c. michahellis, L. c. cachinnans i L. c. omissus. Notatki Ornitologiczne 30: 3-12.
Büttiker E. 1985. Die Nahrung der Haubentaucher Podiceps cristatus am Untersee (Bodensee) im Jahresverlauf. Orn. Beob. 82: 73-83.
Bzoma S. 1998. The contribution of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus Pallas 1811) to the food supply of cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo Linnaeus 1758) feeding in the Puck Bay. Bulletin Sea Fisheries Institute 2 (144): 39-47.
Bzoma S., Goc Μ., Brylski T., Stempniewicz L., Iliszko L. 2003. Seasonal changes and intra-colony differentation in the exploitation of two feeding grounds by great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis breeding at Kąty Rybackie (N Poland). Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 175-181.
Campos F., Lekuona J. M. 1997. Temporal variations in the feeding habits of the Purple Heron Ardea purpurea during the breeding season. Ibis 139, 3: 447-451.
Campos F., Lekuona J. M. 2000. Fish profitability for breeding purple herons. Ardeola 47, 1: 105-107.
Carpentier A., Marion L. 2003. Monitoring the daily food intake of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo: comparison between chick regurgitations and automatic weighing of nests. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 183-186.
Carpentier A., Paillisson J. M., Marion L. 2003. Assesing the interaction between cormorants and fisheries: the importance of fish community change. W: Cowx J. (red.). Interaction between fish and birds: implication for management. Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford: 187-195.
Carss D. N. 1997. The diet assessment and food intake working group. Supplemeti di Ricerche Biologia Selvaggina XXVI: 197-230.
Carss D. N., Bregnballe T. M, Keeler T. M., Van Eerden M. R. 2003. Reducing the conflict between Cormorants Phalacrocrax carbo and fisheries on a pan-European scale: REDCAFE opens for business. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 299-307.
Carss D. N., Elston D. A. 2003. Pattern of association between algae, fishes and grey herons Ardea cinerea in the rocky littoral zone of a Scottish sea loch. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 58, 2: 265-277.
Carss D. N., Marquiss Μ. 1997. The diet of cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Scottish freshwaters in relation to feeding habitats and fisheries. Ekologia polska 45, 1: 207-222.
Cramp S., Simmons K. E. L. (red.) 1977. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of Western Palearctic. 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cramp S., Simmons K. E. L. (red.) 1983. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of Western Palearctic. 3. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Del Hoyo J., Elliott A., Sargatal J. 1992. Handbook of the birds of the world. 1. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona: 376—429.
Demetiev G. P., Gladkov N. A. (red.) 1951. Pticy Sovetskogo Sojuza. Sovietskaja Nauka, Moskwa.
De Nie H. W. 1995. Changes in the inland fish populations in Europe and its consequences for the increase in the Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo. Ardea 83, 1: 115-122.
Dirksen S., Boudewijn T. J., Noordhuis R., Marteijn E. C. L. 1995. Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinenesis in shallow eutrophic freshwater lakes: prey choice and fish consumption in the non-breeding period and effects of large-scale fish removal. Ardea 83, 1: 167-184.
Dobrowolski K. A. (red.) 1995. Przyrodniczo-ekonomiczna waloryzacja stawów rybnych w Polsce. Fundacja IUCN Poland, Warszawa.
Dobrowolski K. A., Deitrowski R. 1997. Conflict between fishermen and cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Poland. Ekologia polska 45, 1: 273-278.
Draulans D., Perremans K., Van Vessem J., Pollet Μ. 1987. Analysis of pellets of the Grey Heron Ardea cinerea from colonies in Belgium. Journal of Zoology, London 211: 659-708.
Dubois P. J., Skakuj Μ., Stawarczyk T. 1990. Occurence of Yellow-legged Gull in Poland. Dutch Birding 13: 14-17.
Dugan P., Hafner H., Boy V. 1986. Habitat switches and foraging success in the Little Egret (Egretta garzetta). Proceedings of the International Ornithological Congress 19: 1868-1877.
Duhem C., Bourgeois K., Vidal E., Legrand J. 2002. Food resources accessibility and reproductive parameters of Yellowlegged Gull Larus michahellis colonies. Revue D Ecologie-La Terre et La Vie 57, 3-4: 343-353.
Duhem C., Vidal E., Legrand J., Tatoni T. 2003. Opportunistic feeding responses of the Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis to accessibility of refuse dumps. Bird Study 50: 61-67.
Duhem C., Vidal E., Roche P., Legrand J. 2003. Island breeding and continental feeding: How are diet patterns in adult yellow-legged gulls influenced by landfill accessibility and breeding stages? Ecoscience 10, 4: 502-508.
Dunajewski A. 1943. Ptaki wodne i ich znaczenie w rybactwie. Związek Organizacji Rybackich, Warszawa.
Dyrcz A. 1981. Ptaki Zbiornika Otmuchowskiego. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 25: 69-102.
Dyrcz A. 1989. Tereny ważne dla ornitologii i ochrony ptaków w Polsce. Przegląd Zoologiczny 33, 3: 417-437.
Dyrcz A., Grabiński W., Stawarczyk T., Witkowski J. 1991. Ptaki Śląska - monografia faunistyczna. Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wrocław.
Dyrcz A., Kołodziejczyk P., Martini K., Martini Μ. 1998. Ptaki Zbiornika Mietkowskiego. Ptaki Śląska 12: 17-80.
EIFAC 1988. Report of the EIFAC working party on prevention and control of bird predation in aquaculture and fisheries operations. EIFAC Tech. Pap. 51: 1-79.
Engstrom H., Jonsson L. 2003. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis diet in relation to fish community structure in freshwater lake. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 187-196.
Ericsson M. O. G. 1985. Prey detectability for fish-eating birds in relation to fish density and water transparency. Omis Scandinavica 16: 1-7.
Faber Μ., Betleja J., Gwiazda R., Malczyk P. 2001. Mixed colonies of large white-headed gulls in southern Poland. British Birds 94: 529-534.
Fasola Μ. 1994. Opportunistic use of foraging resources by heron communities in southern Europe. Ecography 17, 2: 113-123.
Ferens B., Wasilewski J. 1977. Fauna słodkowodna Polski. 3. Ptaki. PWN, Warszawa-Poznań.
Feriancová-Masárová Z., Ferianc O. 1979. Ďalšie poznatky zo sukcesie osědlovania vtákov na novovybudovanej vodnej nádrži Liptovská Mara r. 1978. Biologia (Bratislava) 34, 8: 655-661.
Feunteun E., Marion L. 1994. Assesment of Grey Heron predation on fish communities: the case of the largest European colony. Hydrobiologia 279/280: 327-344.
Forbes L. S. 1989. Prey defences and predator handling behaviour: the dangerous prey hypothesis. Oikos 55: 155-158.
Fox G. A., Allan L. J., Weseloh D. V., Mineau P. 1990. The diet of herring gulls during the nestling period in Canadian waters of the Great Lakes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 1075-1085.
Geiger W. 1957. Die Nahrung der Haubentaucher des Bielersees. Orn. Beob. 54: 97-133.
Gibbs J. P. 1991. Spatial relationship between nesting colonies and foraging areas of great blue herons. Auk 108: 764-770.
Gill F. B. 1995. Ornithology. W.H. Freeman and Company. New York.
Głodek J. 1985. Zbiorniki zaporowe świata. PWN, Warszawa.
Gołdyn R., Mastyński J. 1998. Biomanipulation in the Maltański Reservoir. International Review of Hydrobiology 83: 393-400.
Gonzáles-Solis J., Oro D., Jover L., Ruiz X., Pedrocchi V. 1997. Trophic niche width and overlap of two sympatric gulls in the southwestern Mediterranenean. Oecologia 112, 1: 75-80.
Gonzáles-Solis J., Ruiz X., Jover L. 1997. Influence of food availability on interactions between Larus cachinnans and L. audouinii. Canadian Journal Zoology 75, 5: 719-724.
Grémillet D. 1997. Catch per unit of effort, foraging efficiency, and parental investment in breeding great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo). ICES Journal of Marine Sciences 54: 635-644.
Grémillet D., Argentin G., Schulte B., Culik B. M. 1998. Flexible foraging techiniques in breeding cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo and shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis: benthic or pelagic feeding? Ibis 140, 1; 113-119.
Grémillet D., Wilson R. P. 1999. A life in the fast lane: energetics and foraging strategies of the great cormorant. Behavioral Ecology 10: 516-524.
Grémillet D., Stoech S., Peters G. 2000. Determining food requirements in marine top predators: a comparison of three independent techniques in great Cormorants, Phalacrocorax carbo carbo. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78, 9: 1567- -1579.
Grzmitruk K. 2004. Wpływ kormorana Phalacrocorax carbo na ekosystemy wodne i leśne Wigierskiego Parku Narodowego. Parki Narodowe i Rezerwaty Przyrody 23, 1: 129-146.
Gwiazda R. 1989. Initial stage of bird settlement on the Dobczyce dam reservoir (Vistula basin, southern Poland). Acta Hydrobiologica 31, 3-4: 373-384.
Gwiazda R. 1995. Numbers of the great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus L., and the composition of its food in the Dobczyce Reservoir (the River Vistula basin, southern Poland). Acta Hydrobiologica 37: 205-212.
Gwiazda R. 1996. Awifauna lęgowa Zbiornika Dobczyckiego w pierwszych latach jego istnienia. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 52, 3: 64-73.
Gwiazda R. 1997. Foraging ecology of Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus L.) at a mesotrophic-eutrophic reservoir. Hydrobiologia 353: 39-43.
Gwiazda R. 2000. Awifauna i inne kręgowce. W: Starmach J. i Mazurkiewicz-Boroń G. (red.). Zbiornik Dobczycki: Ekologia - Eutrofizacja - Ochrona. ZBW PAN, Kraków: 149-162.
Gwiazda R. 2002. Skład pokarmu kormoranów Phalacrocorax carbo w koloniach lęgowych na Zbiorniku Goczałkowickim (Dolina Górnej Wisły ) i Jeziorze Wielimie (Pojezierze Południowo-Pomorskie). Przegląd Rybacki 3: 10-15.
Gwiazda R. 2004. Fish in a diet of Cormorant and Yellow-legged Gull breeding near fish-ponds (upper Vistula river valley, southern Poland) - preliminary study. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 47, 1-2: 17-26.
Gwiazda R. 2005. Diet composition and changes in numbers and foraging areas of grey heron Ardea cinerea population in submontane reservoir: an effect of dam operation? Acta Zoologica Sinica 51,2: 215-221.
Hafner H. 1997. Ecology of wading birds. Colonial Waterbirds 20, 1: 115-120.
Hafner H., Dugan P. J., Kersten Μ., Pineau O., Wallace J. P. 1993. Flock feeding and food intake in little Egrets Egretta garzetta and their effects on food provisioning and reproductive success. Ibis 135: 25-32.
Hanzák J. 1952. The great crested grebe, Podiceps c. cristatus (L.), its ecology and economic significance. Acta musei Nationalis Pragae, 8 B, 1: 1-37.
Harrisson H., Hollom P. A. D. 1932. The Great Crested Grebe enquiry (III). British Birds 26: 142-155.
Hegemeijer W. J., Blair Μ. J. 1997. The EBCC Atlas of European breeding birds: Their distribution and abundance. T & AD Poyser, London.
Hillström L., Kilpi Μ., Lindstrom K. 1994. Diet of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus during chick rearing in the Gulf of Finland. Ornis Fennica 71: 95-101.
Horoszewicz L. 1960. Wartość kości gardłowych dolnych (ossa pharyngea inferiora) jako kryteriów gatunkowego oznaczania ryb karpiowatych (Cyprinidae). Roczniki Nauk Rolniczych 75-B-2: 237-258.
Humphries P., Hyndes G. A., Potter I. C. 1992. Comparison between the diets of distant taxa (teleost and cormorant) in an Australian estuary. Estuaries 15 (3): 327-334.
Hüppop O., Hüppop K. 1999. The food of breeding Herring Gulls Larus argentatus at the lower river Elbe: does fish availability limit inland colonisation? Atlantic Seabirds 1, 1: 27-42.
Jacobs J. 1974. Quantitative measurement of food selection: A modification of the forage ratio and Ivlev's index. Oecologia 14: 127-138.
Jakubas D. 2004. The response of the Grey Heron to a rapid increase of the Round Goby. Waterbirds 27, 3: 304-307.
Jakubas D., Mioduszewska A. 2005. Diet composition and food consumption of grey heron (Ardea cinerea) from breeding colonies in northern Poland. European Journal of Wildlife Research 51,3: 191-198.
Janiszewski T., Włodarczyk R., Bargiel R., Grzybek J., Kaliński A., Lesner B., Mielczarek S. 1998. Awifauna zbiornika Jeziorsko w latach 1986-1996. Notatki Ornitologiczne 39: 121-150.
Jelonek Μ. 2002. Znaczenie dla środowiska i gospodarki rybackiej starorzeczy oraz innych zbiorników wodnych w terenie zalewowym. Supplementa ad Acta Hydrobiologica 3: 29-35.
Jelonek Μ., Amirowicz A. 1987. Composition, density and biomass of the ichthyofauna of the Goczałkowice Reservoir (Southern Poland). Acta Hydrobiologica 29: 253-259.
Jelonek Μ., Godlewska Μ. 2000. Ichtiofauna. W: Starmach J., Mazurkiewicz-Boroń G. (red.). Zbiornik Dobczycki: Ekologia - Eutrofizacja - Ochrona. ZBW PAN, Kraków: 137-148.
Jelonek Μ., Żurek R. 2006. Ichtiofauna rzeki Wisły i wybranych dopływów - Struktura gatunkowa. W: Żurek R. (red.). Ichtiofauna i status ekologiczny wód Wisły, Raby, Dunajca i Wisłoki. IOP/ZBE Kraków: 57-78.
Jodice P. G. R., Roby D. D., Suryan R. M., Irons D. B., Kaufman A. M., Turco K. R., Visser G. H. 2003. Variation in energy expenditure among Black-Legged Kittiwakes: Effects of activity-specific metabolic rates and activity budgets. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76, 3: 375-388.
Kajak Z. 1998. Hydrobiologia - Limnologia. PWN, Warszawa.
Kasza H. 1995. Symptomy eutrofizacji a sukcesja ekologiczna w Goczałkowickim zbiorniku zaporowym. W: Zalewski Μ. (red.) Zintegrowana strategia ochrony i zagospodarowania ekosystemów wodnych. Biblioteka Monitoringu Środowiska, Łódź: 143-154.
Kasza H., Winohradnik J. 1986. Development and structure of the Goczałkowice Reservoir ecosystem. VII. Hydrochemistry. Ekologia polska 34, 3: 365-395.
Keller T. 1995. Food of Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis wintering in Bavaria, southern Germany. Ardea 83,1: 185-192.
Keller T. M., Visser G. H. 1999. Daily energy expenditure of great cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis wintering at Lake Chiemsee, southern Germany. Ardea 87, 1: 61-69.
Kersten Μ., Britton R. H., Dugan P. J., Hafner H. 1991. Flock feeding and food intake in little egrets: the effect of prey distribution and behavior. Journal of Animal Ecology 60: 241-252.
Koffijberg K., Van Eerden M. R. 1995. Sexual dimorphism in the Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinnensis: possible implications for differences in structural size. Ardea 83, 1: 37-46.
Kołodziejczyk A., Koperski P., Kamiński Μ. 1998. Klucz do oznaczania słodkowodnej makrofauny bezkręgowej. Biblioteka Monitoringu Środowiska, Warszawa.
Kubečka J. 1993. Succession of fish communities in reservoirs of Central and Eastern Europe. W: Straškraba Μ., Tundisi J.G., Duncan A. (red.). Comparative reservoir limnology and water quality management. Klüver Acad. Publ.: 153-168.
Kubečka J., Sed'a J., Duncan A., Matěna J., Ketelaars H.A.M., Visser P. 1998. Composition and biomass of the fish stocks in various European reservoirs and ecological consequences. International Review of Hydrobiology 83: 559-568.
Kubetzki U., Garthe S. 2003. Distribution, diet and habitat selection by four sympatrically breeding gull species in south- eastern North Sea. Marine Biology 143, 1: 199-207.
Kukuła K. 2003. Structural changes in the ichtiofauna of the Carpathian tributaries of the River Vistula caused by anthropogenic factors. Supplementa ad Acta Hydrobiologica 4: 1-63.
Lammi E., Ulfvens J. 1988. Diving times and feeding success in the Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus in lake and archipelago in Finland. Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica 64: 169-172.
Lampert W., Somer U. 2001. Ekologia wód śródlądowych. PWN, Warszawa.
Lane S. J., Fujioka Μ. 1998. The impact of changes in irrigation practices on the distribution of foraging egrets and herons (Ardeidae) in the rice fields of Central Japan. Biological Conservation 83, 2: 221-230.
Lekuona J. Μ. 1999. Food and foraging activity of grey herons, Ardea cinerea, in a coastal area during the breeding season. Folia Zoologica 48, 2: 123-130.
Lindell L., Mellin Μ., Musil P., Przybysz J., Zimmerman H. 1995. Status and population development of breeding Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis of the central European flyway. W: Van Eerden M. R., Koffjberg K., Platteeuw Μ. (red.). Riding on the crest of the wave - possibilities and limitations for a thriving population of Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) in man-dominated wetlands. Ardea 83, 1: 81-93.
MacArthur R. H. 1972. Geographical ecology. Harper and Row. New York.
MacArthur R. H., Pianka E. R. 1966. On optimal use of a patchy environment. American Naturalist, 100: 603-609.
Madsen F. J. 1957. On the food habits of some fish-eating birds in Denmark. Dan. Rev. Game Biol. 3: 19-83.
Mailing Olsen K., Larsson H. 2004. Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America. Christopher Helm, London.
Marion L. 1984. Mise en evidence par biotelemetrie de territories alimentaresindividuels chez un oiseau colonial, le heron cendre Ardea cinerea. Mecanisme de repartition et de regulation des effectifs des colonies de herons. Oiseau R.T.F. 54: 1-78.
Marion L. 1989. Territorial feeding and colonial breeding are not mutually exclusive: the case of Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea). Journal of Animal Ecology 58: 693-710.
Marion L., Marion P. 1987. Conséquences de la protection du héron cendré sur sa dynamique de population et sur ses stratégies d'occupation de l'espace en France. Rev. Ecol. (Terre Vie) Suppl. 4: 261-270.
Markowski J. 1982. Ptaki Doliny Pilicy - projektowanej strefy Krajobrazu Chronionego. Ochrona Przyrody 44: 163-217. Markuze V.K. 1965. K ekologii poganok v svjazi s rybovodstvom v deltje Volgi. Ornitologija 7; 244-257.
Marquiss Μ., Leitch A. F. 1990. The diet of Grey Herons Ardea cinerea breeding at Loch Leven, Scotland, and the importance of their predation on ducklings. Ibis 132: 535-549.
Martyniak A., Mellin Μ., Stachowiak P., Wittke A. 1997. Food composition of cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in two colonies in north-eastern Poland. Ekologia polska 45, 1: 245.
Martyniak A., Wziątek B., Szymańska U., Hliwa P., Terlecki J. 2003. Diet composition of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinenesis at Kąty Rybackie, NE Poland, as assessed by pellets and regurgitated prey. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 217-225.
Mastyński J. 1985. Gospodarka rybacka i możliwości produkcyjne wybranych zbiorników zaporowych Polski. Roczniki Akademii Rolniczej w Poznaniu. Rozprawy naukowe 146: 1-60.
Mazurkiewicz-Boroń G. 2000. Parametry siedliskowe i troficzne. W: Starmach J. i Mazurkiewicz-Boroń G. (red.). Zbiornik Dobczycki: Ekologia - Eutrofizacja - Ochrona. ZBW PAN, Kraków: 63-80.
Mazurkiewicz-Boroń G. 2002. Czynniki kształtujące procesy eutrofizacyjne w podgórskich zbiornikach zaporowych. Supplementa ad Acta Hydrobiologica 2: 1-68.
Mellin Μ. 1990. Wstępne wyniki sekcjonowania kormoranów (Phalacrorocorax carbo) odstrzelonych na Mazurach wiosną 1987 roku. Notatki Ornitologiczne 31: 53-60.
Mellin Μ., Mirowska-Ibron I. 1997. Results of Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo control in north-eastern Poland in 1987-1992. Ekologia polska 45, 1: 305-308.
Mellin Μ., Mirowska-Ibron I., Martyniak A. 1997. Food composition of cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo shot at two fish farms in north-eastern Poland. Ekologia polska 45, 1: 247.
Milstein P. L., Prestt I., Bell A. A. 1970. The breeding cycle of the Grey heron. Ardea 58: 171-257.
Moser M. E. 1986. Prey profitability for adult Grey Herons Ardea cinerea and the constrains on prey size when feeding young nestlings. Ibis 128: 392-405.
Neubauer G., Zagalska-Neubauer Μ., Gwiazda R., Faber Μ., Bukaciński D., Betleja J., Chylarecki P. 2006. Breeding large gulls in Poland: distribution, numbers, trends and hybridization. Die Vogelwelt 127: 11-22
Noordhuis R., Marteijn E. C. L., Noordhuis R., Dirksen S., Boudewijn T. J. 1997. The trophic role of cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in freshwater ecosystems in the Netherlands during non-breeding period. Ekologia polska 45, 1: 249-262.
Nowysz-Wesołowska W. 1977. Obserwacje ptaków wodno-błotnych zbiornika zaporowego na Wiśle pod Włocławkiem w okresie wędrówek. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 21: 501-516.
Odum E. 1982. Podstawy ekologii. Wyd. 3. PWRiL, Warszawa.
Oleksik I. 1992. Ptaki Zbiornika Łąka (województwo katowickie). Ptaki Śląska 9: 49-60.
Opacak A., Florijancic T., Horvat D., Ozimec S., Bodakos D. 2004. Diet spectrum of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis L.) at the Donji Miholjac carp fishponds in eastern Croatia. European Journal of Wildlife Research 50,4: 173-178.
Ostański Μ., Szlama D., Chrul Z., Profus P. 2000. Awifauna Zbiornika Retencyjnego Dzierżno Duże na Górnym Śląsku. 1. Rola zbiornika dla zimowania ptaków wodnych i wodno-błotnych. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 56, 5: 5-30.
Owen D. F. 1955. The food of the Heron (Ardea cinerea) in the breeding season. Ibis 97: 276-295.
Peris S. J., Briz F. J., Campos F. 1994. Recent changes in the food of the Grey Heron Ardea cinerea in central-west Spain. Ibis 136,4: 488-489.
Pierotti R., Annett C. A. 1990. Diet and reproductive output in seabirds. BioScience 40, 8: 568-574.
Pierotti R., Annett C. A. 1991. Diet choice in the herring gull: constraints imposed by reproductive and ecological factors. Ecology 72, 1: 319-328.
Piersma T. 1988. Body size, nutrient reserves and diet of Red-necked and Slavonian Grebes Podiceps grisegena and P. auritus on Lake IJsselmeer, The Netherlands. Bird Study 35: 13-24.
Piersma T., Van Eerden Μ. 1989. Feather eating in Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus: a unique solution to the problems of debris and gastric parasites in fish-eating birds. Ibis 131: 477-486.
Piersma T., Wiersma P., Van Eerden Μ. 1997. Seasonal changes in the diet of Great Crested Grebes Podiceps cristatus indicate the constrains on prey choice by solitary pursuit-diving fish-eaters. W: Van Eerden Μ. (red.). Patchwork - patch use, habitat exploitation and carrying capacity for water birds in Dutch freshwater wetlands. Van Zee tot Land 65, Lelystad: 351-376.
Platteeuw Μ., Kiss B., Zhmud M. Y., Sadoul N. 2003. Colonial waterbirds and their habitat use in the Danube Delta, as an example of a large-scale natural wetland. RIZA report. Lelystad.
Platteeuw Μ., Koffijberg K., Dubbeldam W. 1995. Growth of Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis chicks in relation to brood size, age ranking and parental fishing effort. Ardea 83, 1: 235-245.
Platteeuw Μ., Van Eerden M. R. 1995. Time and energy constraints of fishing behaviour in breeding Cormorants Phalacrocorax cabo sinensis at Lake Ijsselmeer, The Netherlands. Ardea 83, 1: 223-234.
Platteeuw Μ., Van Eerden M. R. 1997. Sex-dependent differences in exploitation of fish stocks in Red-breasted Mergansers Mergus serrator utilising a two-prey system in winter. W: Van Eerden Μ. (red.). Patchwork - patch use, habitat exploitation and carrying capacity for water birds in Dutch freshwater wetlands. Van Zee tot Land 65, Lelystad: 401-420.
Pławilszczikow N. 1968. Klucz do oznaczania owadów. PWRiL, Warszawa.
Pociecha A., Amirowicz A. 2003. An attempt to determine the share of zooplankton in food consumed by fish in the limnetic zone of a eutrophic dam reservoir. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 32, 2: 15-31.
Prejs A. 1978. Eutrofizacja jezior a ichtiofauna. Wiadomości Ekologiczne 24: 201-208.
Prejs A. 1988. Biomanipulacja V. Ryby drapieżne jako czynnik ograniczający zagęszczenie ryb planktonożernych. Wiadomości Ekologiczne 34: 295-306.
Prejs A., Lewandowski K., Stańczykowska A. 1990. Size selective-predation by roach (Rutilus rutilus) on zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha): field studies. Oecologia 83: 378-384.
Profus P., Ostański Μ., Szlama D. 2002. Awifauna Zbiornika retencyjnego Dzierżno Duże na Górnym Śląsku. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 58, 3: 29-34.
Przybysz J. 1997. Kormoran. Wydawnictwo Lubuskiego Klubu Przyrodniczego, Świebodzin.
Przybysz J., Mellin Μ., Mirowska-Ibron I., Przybysz A., Gromadzka J. 1997. Recent Development of the cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis population in Poland. Ekologia polska 45, 1: 111- 115.
Pucek Z. 1981. Keys to vertebrates of Poland. Mammals. PWN, Warszawa.
Russell I. C., Cook A. C., Kinsman D. A., Ives M. J., Lower M. J. 2003. Stomach content analysis of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo at some different fishery types in England and Wales. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 255-259.
Rojek Μ. 2005. Ptaki Zbiornika Rybnickiego i okolicy w latach 1994-2005. Scripta Rudensia 14: 15-29.
Schmid D., Grémillet D. J. H., Culik B. M. 1995. Energetics of underwater swimming in the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis). Marine Biology 123: 875-881.
Seiche K. 2002. Bestand und Nahrunsspektrum des Kormorans (Phalacrocorax carbo sinenesis) in den sachsichen Teichgebieten als Grundlage fur eine Schadensbewertung. W: Der Kormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo) im Spannungsfeld zwischen Naturschutz und Teichbewirtschaftung. 1. Sachsische Landesstiftung Natur und Umwelt Akademie, Dresden: 38-44.
Seiche K. 2003. The conflicts between Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis and carp fish farming: attempted resolution and strategy in Saxony, Germany. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 349-354.
Sidło P. O., Błaszkowska B., Chylarecki P. (red.) 2004. Ostoje ptaków o znaczeniu europejskim w Polsce. OTOP, Warszawa.
Simmons K. E. L. 1955. Studies on Great Crested Grebes. Avic. Mag. 61: 3-13, 93-102, 131-146, 181-201, 235-253, 294-316.
Simmons K. E. L. 1956. Feather-eating and pellet-formation in the Great Crested Grebe. British Birds 66: 30-31.
Sjöberg K. 1988. Food selection, food-seeking patterns and hunting success of captive Goosanders Mergus merganser and Red-breasted Mergansers Μ. serrator in relation to the behaviour of their prey. Ibis 130: 79-93.
Skórka P., Wójcik J., Martyka R. 2005. Colonization and population growth of Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans in southeastern Poland: causes and influence on native species. Ibis 147: 471-482.
Snow D. W., Perrins C. M. 1998. The birds of the Western Palearctic. Concise Edition, Oxford.
Sokal R. R., Rohlf J. 1987. Introduction to biostatistics. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York.
Sokołowski J. 1967. Perkoz dwuczuby. Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa.
Sokołowski J. 1972. Ptaki Ziem Polskich. 2. PWN, Warszawa.
Spaans A. L. 1971. On the feeding ecology of the Herring Gull Larus argentatus Pont. In the northern part of the Netherlands. Ardea 59: 75-240.
Starmach J. 1986. Development and structure of the Goczałkowice Reservoir ecosystem. XV. Ichthyofauna. Ekologia polska 34, 3:515-521.
Stawarczyk T., Karnaś A. 1992. Sukcesja lęgowych ptaków wodno-błotnych na Zbiorniku Turawskim w latach 1977-1991. Ptaki Śląska 9: 1-15.
Stempniewicz L., Goc Μ., Nitecki C. 1998. O potrzebie badań ekologicznych nad kormoranem Phalacrocorax carbo w Polsce. Notatki Ornitologiczne 39, 1: 33-45.
Stempniewicz L., Martyniak A., Borowski W., Goc Μ. 2003. Fish stocks, commercial fishing and cormorant predation in the Vistula Lagoon, Poland. W: Cowx I.G. (red.). Interactions between fish and birds: implications for management. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford: 51-64.
Stempniewicz L., Martyniak A., Borowski W., Goc Μ. 2003. Interrelationships between Rufie Gymnocephalus cernuus and Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis in the Vistula Lagoon, N Poland. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 261-269.
Stephens D. W., Krebs J. R. 1986. Foraging theory. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Stewart D. C., Middlemas S. J., Gardiner W. R., Mackay S., Armstrong J. D. 2005. Diet and prey selection of cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) at Loch Leven, a major stocked trout fishery. Journal of Zoology 267: 191-201.
Strod T., Arad Z., Izhaki I., Katzir G. 2004. Supplemental data: Cormorants keep their power: Visual resolution in pursuit-diving bird udnder amphibious and turbin conditions. Current Biology 14, 10.
Suter W. 1997. Diet selection by cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in inland central Europe in the non-breeding season. Ekologia polska 45, 1: 265.
Suter W. 1997. Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo predation on salmonid fish in two Swiss rivers: the use and abuse of fisheries data and impact assesment. Ekologia polska 45, 1:311-312.
Tomiałojć L., Stawarczyk T. 2003. Awifauna Polski. Rozmieszczenie, liczebność i zmiany. 1. Polskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Przyrody „Pro Natura”, Wrocław.
Trauttmansdorff J. 2003. Analysis of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis stomach contents from different areas of Austria and Liechtenstein. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 271-276.
Trolliet B. 2002. Cormorant and extensive fish-farming in France. W: Der Kormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo) im Spannungsfeld zwischen Naturschutz und Teichbewirtschaftung. 1. Sachsische Landesstiftung Natur und Umwelt Akademie, Dresden: 60-67.
Tucker V. A. 1972. Metabolism during flight in the Laughing Gull, Larus atricilla. American Journal of Physiology 222: 237-245.
Ulenaers P., Van Vessem J., Dhondt A. A. 1992. Foraging of the great crested grebe in relation to food supply. Journal of Animal Ecology 61: 659-667.
Ulfvens J. 1988. Comparative breeding ecology of the Homed Grebe Podiceps auritus and the Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus: archipelago versus lake habitats. Acta Zoologica Fennica 183: 1-75.
Utschick H. 1982. Nahrungsgrundlagen und Aktivitätsmuster des Graureihers (Ardea cinerea) in Bayern. Garmischer Vogelkundlicher Bericht. 10: 52-72.
Utschick H., Buchberger J. 1980. Aufenthalt und Jagdaktivitäten des Graureihers in gebieten unterschiedlicher Funktion: Rast und Nahrungssuche. Garmischer Vogelkundlicher Bericht 7: 9-27
Van Eerden M. R., Gregersen J. 1995. Long-term changes in the northwest European population of Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo. W: Van Eerden M. R., Koffijberg K., Platteeuw Μ. (red.). Riding on the crest of the wave - possibilities and limitations for thriving population of Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) in man-dominated wetlands. Ardea 83, 1: 61-80.
Van Eerden M. R., Piersma T., Lindeboom R. 1993. Competive food exploitation of smelt Osmerus eperlanus by great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and perch Perca fluviatilis at Lake IJsselmeer, The Netherlands. Oecologia 93: 463- -474.
Van Eerden M. R., Voslamber B. 1995. Mass fishing by cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis at Lake IJsselmeer, The Nethelands: a recent and successful adaptation to a turbid environment. Ardea 83, 1: 199-212.
Van Eerden M. R., Zijlstra Μ. 1997. An overview of the species composition in the Dutch cormorants with reference to the possible impact on fisheries. Ekologia polska 45, 1: 223-232.
Van Rijn S., Van Eerden Μ. 1999. Aalscholvers in het IJsselmeergebied in 1998. RIZA, Lelystad.
Van Vessem J., Draulans D. 1987. Spatial distribution and time budget of radio-tagged grey herons, Ardea cinerea, during the breeding season. Journal of Zoology, London 213: 507-534.
Veldkamp R. 1995. The use of chewing pads for estimating the consumption of cyprinids by Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo. Ardea 83, 1: 135-138.
Veldkamp R. 1995. Diet of Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis at Wannepervcen, The Netherlands, with special reference to Bream Abramis brama. Ardea 83, 1: 143-156.
Vercruijsse H. J. P., Stienen E. W. M., Van Waeyenberge J. 2002. First pure pairs of Yellow-legged Gull Larus [cachinnans] michahellis along the North Sea coasts. Atlantic Seabirds 4, 3: 127-129.
Voisin C. 1991. The herons of Europe. T & AD Poyser, London.
Walasz K., Mielczarek P. 1992. Atlas ptaków lęgowych Małopolski 1985-1991. Biologica Silesiae, Wrocław.
Wiehle D. 2002. Birds of the fishponds in Spytkowice in the years 1995-2000. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 58, 1: 25-61.
Wiersma P., Piersma T., Van Eerden M. R. 1995. Food intake of Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus wintering on cold water as a function of various cost factors. Ardea 83: 339-350.
Winfield I. J. 1990. Predation pressure from above: observations on the activities of piscivorous birds at shallow eutrophic lake. Hydrobiologia 191: 223-231.
Wiśniewolski W., Borzęcka I., Buras P., Szlakowski J., Woźniewski Μ. 2001. Fish fauna of the Lower and Middle Vistula River - present state and threats. Roczniki PZW, Suppl. 14: 137-155.
Wolter C., Pawlizki R. 2003. Seasonal and spatial variation in cormorant predation in a lowland floodplain river. W: Cowx I.G. (red.). Interactions between fish and birds: Implications for management. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford: 178-186.
Wróbel S. 1976. Zbiorniki zaporowe. W: Starmach J., Wróbel S., Pasternak K. (red.). Hydrobiologia. PWN, Warszawa: 324-335.
Wziątek B., Martyniak A., Szymańska U., Kozłowski J., Dostatni D. 2003. Composition of the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis diet in the Drawien National Park, NW-Poland. Vogelwelt 124, Suppl.: 291-295.
Zijlstra Μ., Van Eerden Μ. R. 1995. Pellet production and the use of otholiths in determining the diet of cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis: trials with captive birds. Ardea 83, 1: 123-131.