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RESPONDENT
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Ivetta Tatarinkova
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SITE NAME
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Ainovy Islands, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (815-33)-223-19 (off.)/(815-33)-232-50 (fax.) // // Rechnaya St., 1-20, Kandalaksha,184040, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Kandalaksha State Reserve
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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11.05
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1.09
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Spring was late, summer cold and dry, with frequent storms. Lakes became ice-free on 29 May. A storm with rain in the end of July caused death of all chicks in Arctic Tern.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
18.05
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
5.06
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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Nesting in 1999 was relatively successful for most bird species, although delayed, same as the autumn migration was compared to average dates. Numbers of Great black-backed and Herring gulls continued to increase, and their reproductive success was high. Big portion of non-breeders was observed among Arctic Terns and Black Guillemots, and many chicks of these species died. Puffins nested in big numbers and fledged. Common Eider had big numbers, and Gray-leg Geese were increasing their breeding numbers.
Nesting of waders, which are not abundant on the islands, was successful. Dunlins, Purple Sandpipers, Turnstones and Little Stints were relatively abundant on migration in autumn, while Ruffs were very scarce.
Lemmings were not recorded on mainland tundra, and only few solitary birds of prey were observed migrating over the islands.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| Data on fauna, phenology and ecology are included in 1999 volume of "Nature archives" of the Kandalaksha Reserve.
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