Just Add Water and Stir: An Artificial Suburban Lake Develops Into an Important Moulting Site for Large‐Bodied Herbivorous Wildfowl
ABSTRACT Egø Engsø is an artificial Danish suburban lake created in 2006, primarily for nutrient retention and flood control. Expanding submerged macrophyte cover (dominated by Stoneworts Chara spp. and Pondweeds Potamogeton spp.) attracted moulting concentrations of 600 mute swans Cygnus olor, 1100...
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Published in | Aquatic conservation Vol. 34; no. 10 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
01.10.2024
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Summary: | ABSTRACT
Egø Engsø is an artificial Danish suburban lake created in 2006, primarily for nutrient retention and flood control. Expanding submerged macrophyte cover (dominated by Stoneworts Chara spp. and Pondweeds Potamogeton spp.) attracted moulting concentrations of 600 mute swans Cygnus olor, 1100 greylag geese Anser anser and 280 Canada geese Branta canadensis. These unexpected additions to the avifauna benefit from reliable food supplies and effective protection from recreational disturbance on and near the water surface. Egø Engsø is a model of enabling intense human activity at a waterbird moulting site, and confirming appropriate planning can accommodate multiple functional objectives following wetland creation. |
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Bibliography: | Funding We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Biodiversa2021‐763 project SPEAR: Scenarios for Protecting European Avian Redistribution, funded via the Innovation Fund Denmark under the BiodivProtect call from EU Biodiversa+. |
ISSN: | 1052-7613 1099-0755 |
DOI: | 10.1002/aqc.70002 |