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The effect of filtering activity of D. polymorpha on nutrient dynamics in Lake Mikołajskie depended mostly on population density: D. polymorpha was important in N and P cycling in periods when its population density was medium or high. The amounts of N and P accumulated in mussel populations at medium density may be similar to those in emergent and submerged macrophytes. However, mussels remove nutrients from cycling matter for a much longer time than do macrophytes. The amounts of nutrients accumulated in a mussel population are several times lower than the quantities which flow through it.
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Stańczykowska, A., Lewandowski, K. Effect of filtering activity of Dreissena polymorpha (Pall.) on the nutrient budget of the littoral of Lake Mikołajskie. Hydrobiologia 251, 73–79 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007167
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