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SITE NAME
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Lower Meade River and Barrow to Wainwright, Alaska, USA
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| 907-786-3908/907-786-3641 // Christian_Dau@fws.gov // U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management Division, Mail Stop 201, 1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503-6199, USA
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Season phenology: |
average
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Weather conditions: |
| Local observers near Barrow, Alaska reported the spring of 1999 as "normal to early", however, this area is often an anomaly with respect to conditions elsewhere on the arctic coastal plain. Heavy snow cover had been reported from Wainwright to Barrow to the Meade River suggesting mild conditions likely occurred which would have allowed for the "normal to early spring" report.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| In 1999, lemmings and Pomarine Skuas were reported as common near Barrow and Snowy Owls were increasingly common from Wainwright Inlet north to Barrow. Owls were rare to absent east of the Meade River suggesting lemming abundance may have been a local phenomena near Barrow.
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Rodent species recorded:
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