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SITE NAME
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Lamba and Geita Rivers confluence, East of Husapea study area, Iceland
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (01444)892530/(01444)892266 // // Ardinacy college, Haywards heath, West Sussex RH17 6SQ, UK
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Ardinacy college Iceland Expedition, 1996
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey: |
Team
size: |
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4.07
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26.07
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26
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Season phenology: |
average
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Weather conditions: |
| Early winter + severe weather 95/6. Then mild followed by hot May and June. Golden Plover probably on second broods. Much winder than in '86, '91. Force 11 recorded once.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
20.04
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Lamba: clear river fed by snowmelt from OK, a dormant volcano 10 k to southwest. Several waterfalls. Geita: Large waterfalls, then glacier river flows through 50 m deep gorge for 500 m before spilling out onto large gravel plain as braided river.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| Pair of whooper swans breeding 100 m outside our study area. App. 10 pairs Golden Plovers on our 1 sq. km study area regularly spotted during project work on geology, botany and limnology of the area. App. 2 pairs of Harlequin on Lamba breeding upstream from campsite. Regular evening flights up river. Breeding meadow pipits.
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