Just Add Water and Stir:: An Artificial Suburban Lake Develops Into an Important Moulting Site for Large-Bodied Herbivorous Wildfowl

Kevin Kuhlmann Clausen; Per Nissen Grøn; Henning Lykke Larsen; Preben Clausen; Anthony David Fox

doi:10.1002/aqc.70002

Just Add Water and Stir: An Artificial Suburban Lake Develops Into an Important Moulting Site for Large-Bodied Herbivorous Wildfowl

Kevin Kuhlmann Clausen, Per Nissen Grøn, Henning Lykke Larsen, Preben Clausen, Anthony David Fox

Department of Ecoscience - Wildlife Ecology

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	e70002
Journal	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Volume	34
Issue	10
ISSN	1099-0755
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70002
Publication status	Published - Oct 2024

Keywords

Canada goose
artificial wetlands
greylag goose
lake creation
macrophytes
mute swan

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Just Add Water and Stir: An Artificial Suburban Lake Develops Into an Important Moulting Site for Large-Bodied Herbivorous Wildfowl. / Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann; Grøn, Per Nissen; Larsen, Henning Lykke et al.
In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Vol. 34, No. 10, e70002, 10.2024.

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Just Add Water and Stir: An Artificial Suburban Lake Develops Into an Important Moulting Site for Large-Bodied Herbivorous Wildfowl

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