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SITE NAME
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Victoria Island, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (812)3774189 // m_gavrilo@mail.ru; mashuka@aari.nw.ru // Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Beringa, 38, St.-Peterburg, 199397, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Ivory Gull study - 2006
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Air temperature ranged from +1-6°C on Victoria Island on 14-17 July with dull weather, fogs, drizzle and wet snow. At least 2 strong storms at northern wind occurred on the island in the first half of July, judging by the abundance and distribution of outbreaks.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Ivory Gulls did not nest in 2006 on Victoria Island, although a big colony existed there from 1950s to 1990s. An absence of ice cover on adjacent sea and associated poor feeding conditions for Ivory Gulls could be a possible reason for non-breeding. Almost all nests of other seabirds having undertaken breeding attempt on Victoria Island (Arctic Terns, Glaucous Gulls and Kittiwakes - the latter on deserted facilities of the closed polar station) were destroyed by an Arctic Fox staying on the island in summer.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemmings are absent on Victoria Island.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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