Testing a field methodology for assessing the vegetational impacts of access pathways traversing the reed beds of Lake Balaton at a study site in Balatonfenyves

Gyurina, Tamás and Boromisza, Zsombor (2026) Testing a field methodology for assessing the vegetational impacts of access pathways traversing the reed beds of Lake Balaton at a study site in Balatonfenyves. GEORGIKON FOR AGRICULTURE: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, 30 (1). pp. 34-41. ISSN 0239-1260

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Abstract

Our study examined the effects of four public access pathways on the surrounding vegetation within the reed beds of Lake Balaton at a study site in Balatonfenyves. The vegetation was analyzed using 1×1 meter quadrats to determine species composition and abundance. The research aimed to assess the extent of the pathways' influence on the vegetation, the spatial scale of this impact, and how the disturbance zone changes with increasing distance from the shore zone. The primary goal of this work was to develop a simple field method to support future, more comprehensive investigations. Our findings suggest that the pathways' impact on the vegetation is most significant in a wider zone near the land-water interface, decreases towards the center of the reed bed, but intensifies again in close proximity to the open water.

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