Messikommer, E. (1948) Evidence of algae in the excrement of ducks. [Translation from: Hydrobiologia 1 22-27, 1948. ]. Windermere, UK, Freshwater Biological Association, (FBA Translations (New Series), 55)
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Abstract
In the extremely severe winter of 1946-47 the surface of the Pfaffikersee (near Zurich) lay under an unbroken seal of ice for a full three months. The number of wild ducks resting in this location was estimated to be about 400. Six samples of excrements of ducks were microscopically analysed and fragments of algae were identified. These analyses allow the expert to specify with definite certainty the feeding areas under investigation of the studied birds.
| Item Type: | Monograph or Serial issue | ||||
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| Title: | Evidence of algae in the excrement of ducks. [Translation from: Hydrobiologia 1 22-27, 1948. ] | ||||
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| Series Name: | FBA Translations (New Series) | ||||
| Number: | 55 | ||||
| Date: | 1948 | ||||
| Publisher: | Freshwater Biological Association | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Windermere, UK | ||||
| Issuing Agency: | Freshwater Biological Association | ||||
| Additional Information: | Translated from German into English | ||||
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Freshwater lakes; Aquatic birds; Algae; Digestion; Faecal pellets; Anatidae | ||||
| Subjects: | Biology Ecology Limnology | ||||
| Item ID: | 4830 | ||||
| Depositing User: | Hardy B Schwamm | ||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2011 23:45 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2011 17:50 | ||||
| URI: | http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/4830 |
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