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RESPONDENT
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Arkadi Savinetski
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SITE NAME
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Lavrentia Bay, coast north from, Chukchi Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (095)422-26-52 // // Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninski prospekt, 33, Moscow, 117071, 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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Aug
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Aug
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Local people evidenced that the spring was extremely late, ice disappearance from the bay was as late, as before in late 70s only. In the first decade of July there still was a lot of ice in the sea and snow on tundra. Snowmelt happened between 11 and 25 July. In August wind and current often brought ice, but vast ice-fields appeared only by the end of month. The weather in August was extremely rainy and stormy. In the last decade of August night frosts have started, and hill tops were covered by non-melting snow.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
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25 July
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Lemmings, Arctic Foxes, and Snowy Owls were not recorded, although the latter had not been rare in previous seasons. Wader broods were not found, only few broods of Common Eider were seen.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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