Waterfowl Use Characteristics of Flood-Prevention Lakes in North-Central Texas
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 45 (1) , 16-26
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3807869
Abstract
Waterfowl use of 55 flood-prevention lakes in north-central Texas was determined from 16 biweekly aerial counts made during Aug. 1976 to April 1977; 42,855 waterfowl of 18 spp. were observed. Ducks accounted for 84% (35,958) of this total and puddle ducks represented 77% (27,717) of all ducks. Gadwalls (Anas strepera) and ring-necked ducks (Aythya collaris) were the 2 most abundant species of ducks. Values for 13 physical, limnological and vegetative parameters were determined for each lake and many were significantly correlated (P < 0.05) with each other, mainly due to soil types, topography and land-use practices. The most important characteristics influencing waterfowl use were amounts of aquatic vegetation and lake surface area.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: