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SITE NAME
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Bolshaya Chukochiya River lower reaches, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // // Institute of Biological problems of the North, Portovaya 18, Magadan, 685000, Russia
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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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22.06
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25.06
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| The spring was prolonged (survey data): the river near Great Chukoch'ya factory open at the end of the third week of June, i.e. a week later than normally and high water levels were observed on 19-20 June.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
19.06
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| During the observation period on 22-25 June no lemmings, Snowy Owls or Arctic Foxes were seen. Apparently 4 pairs of Long-tailed and 3 pairs of Arctic Skuas nested within a 5 km radius of the settlement. Numbers of common waders (both phalaropes, Grey Plover, Little Stint, Dunlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank) were an order of magnitude lower than in 1983-1985.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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