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RESPONDENT
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Dmitry Fedorov-Davydov
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SITE NAME
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Akhmelo lake vicinity, Kolyma lowland, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (4967)330595(f)/(495)3366443(h) // muss@orc.ru // Institute of physico-chemical and biological problems in soil sciences, Institutskaya, 2, Puschino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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28.08
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2.10
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4
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Summer was hot and dry, while the end of summer and autumn were predominantly warm. Snow reduced to 50% on flat surface on 5 May and completely melted by 11 May. Ice break-up occurred in the first dates of June. Snwofalls were not recorded in summer months, and snow layer did not established until our departure on 2 October. Temperatures dropped below freezing at night in the second half of September, but freeze-up did not occur on lakes before 2 October with only some shore-ice present.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
5.05
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
early June
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
11.05
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
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