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SITE NAME
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Svalbard, Bellsund, Norway
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (44 1332)666997 // // Arctic research Group, 29 Station road, Borrowash, Derby DE72 3LA, UK
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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11.07
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28.08
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The general season was later than usual. Sandpiper and skua nests still having eggs after 25th July. Summer weather began poorly in Bellsund, cold, wet. Towards the end of July weather improved.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
20.07
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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snow: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| High Arctic tundra. Raised beaches. Very mixed ground from bog to frost patterned and areas of cobbles. Altitude of tundra 10 - 50 m. a.m.s.l.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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