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SITE NAME
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Kandalaksha Bay, northern archipelago, White Sea, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (815-33)92250 // ask_kand_reserve@com.mels.ru // Lineinaya St., 27, Kandalaksha, Murmanskaya oblast, 184042, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey: |
Team
size: |
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25.05
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30.09
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3
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Season phenology: |
average
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Weather conditions: |
| May was relatively warm, June slightly colder than normal and July hot. The whole summer was dry. Extremal weather events were not recorded.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
early-mid May
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
28.05
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| Breeding conditions and numbers of most species were similar to previous years. Numbers of Arctic Terns were the only ones increasing due to mass appearance of the Thornback Gasterosteus aculeatus during last 2-3 years.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| Absolute counts of nests of waterbirds were carried out on all woodless islands.
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