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SITE NAME
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Domashny Island, Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, Russia
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| Contact details
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| (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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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Mean monthly air temperature was 0.2ø above the long-term average (+0.9øC) in July 2006 in the area of the Sedov archipelago (includes Domashny Island), based on the data of weather station on Golomyanny Island, while minimal and maximal temperatures were -1.9øC and +4.6øC, respectively. Mean daily temperature dropped to -1.2øC on the coldest day of the month, 23 July. The weather was close to normal for the area with frequent rains and drizzle in the period of our studies on the Domashny Island. Snow and rain occurred on 13 and 18 July.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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Breeding conditions:
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| Breeding conditions for seabirds were favourable in 2006 in the Kara Sea. The number of Ivory Gulls breeding on Domashny Island was higher in 2006 than in 1993-1996, their clutch size was also higher, while hatching occurred slightly earlier and was successful. The number of Kittiwakes breeding in the colony on Sredny Island was higher than in 1990s, but numbers of Glaucous Gulls and Brent geese on Domashny Island remained low, as previously. Nesting of Glaucous Gulls has started 6 days earlier in 2006 than in 1996 based on the condition of clutches.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemmings were not recorded on Domashny and Sredny islands, although Collared Lemmings are known to have been found on the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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