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RESPONDENT
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Pavel Nikolsky
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SITE NAME
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Novaya Sibir Island, southern coast, Russia
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| Contact details
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| 230-80-84(w)/128-60-76(h) // // Russia, 119017, Moscow, Pyzhevsky per, 7, Geological Institute
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Zhokhov-2002
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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15.07
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28.08
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Snow melt was late. Season was unusually cold with exceptionally abundant precipitation and very strong winds. Snowfalls with wet snow were frequent, and pelting rains were accompanied by thunderstorm which is very unusual for the area. Soil accumulated water quickly and remained wet the whole season even on watersheds. Ice retained near southern coast for a long time - until mid August, and afterwards ice fields occasionally appeared there.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
10.07
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
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late July
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
high
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Breeding conditions:
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| Lemmings, waders and Snowy Owls were numerous. We saw 19 owls at a time in mid August in an area not exceeding 4 sq.km, and also we saw two broods with 3 and 4 chicks. In contrast to 2001 no wolves or Polar Bears were seen. Numbers of skuas, waders and Long-tailed Ducks did not appear to be affected by relatively low temperatures and unusually abundant precipitation.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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