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SITE NAME
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Coastline, barrier islands - Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, USA
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| 907-786-3908/907-786-3641 // Christian_Dau@fws.gov // U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management Division, Mail Stop 201, 1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503-6199, USA
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Arctic Coastal Plain Common Eider Survey
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey: |
Team
size: |
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28.06
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13.07
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2
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Weather phenology slightly later than in 1999. Coastal ice conditions more severe in 2000. Onshore nesting areas were open and no breeding delays believed to occur.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
before 25 June
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Arctic Foxes were breeding, Snowy Owls - rare, with only several non-breeding records. Arctic Skuas were common breeders, but Pomarine and Long-tailed -rare.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Only trails of Brown and Collared lemmings were seen. They were reported rare by field workers on ground.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Latin | Abundance |
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| Lemmus trimucronatus | rare |
| Dicrostonyx torquatus | rare |
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Summary
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