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RESPONDENT
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Vladimir Pozdnyakov
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SITE NAME
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Bykovskaya channel, Lena River delta, Russia
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| Contact
details (phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (411-2)33-68-15/(411-2)42-13-72(fax) // vpozd@mail.ru // Kulakovskogo St., 12-59, Yakutsk-7, 677077, Russia |
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PROJECT DETAILS
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey:
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Team
size:
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1.07 |
5.08 |
6 |
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WEATHER CONDITIONS
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| Season
phenology: |
average |
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Weather conditions: |
| Dates of spring phenology were similar to the long-term average. Water levels in the river remained high and without sharp fluctuations after the spring floods, almost until the end of July. The weather in June and July was rather dry and warm. |
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| Date of ice-break
on rivers: |
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| Date of final loss
of snow: |
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BIOTIC CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Arctic Foxes and skuas not only did not breed but were extremely rare. Snowy Owls were not recorded at all. Nests of Peregrines and Rough-legged Buzzards each contained not more than four eggs or chicks. In general, the season was favourable for waders. Grey Plover, Grey Phalarope, Turnstone, Ruff, Little Stint and Dunlin were numerous or common. Nests or broods of Pacific Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Temminck's Stint and Pectoral Sandpiper were also found. |
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Deep depression of lemmings.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| Numbers and breeding success were studied in bean goose, bewick's swan and brant goose. |
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