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SITE NAME
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Kangerlussvag area, Western Greenland, Denmark
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (31)302534014/(31)302540604 // // Heidelberstraar, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Palaeoecology Kangerlussvag area, Western Greenland
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
size: |
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21.06
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18.08
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4
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Some extreme drainage events through ice dammed lake water release
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
late April
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
late April-early May
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
early May
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| A large number of inland lakes is present. Most are situated in structural depressions with minor wetlands. The area is at the head of the Sondre Stromfjord with some deltaic and marine flats.
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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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