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Heather during count clear;
wind moderate
Meter Plot No. 2
(Intermediate)
Date June 29, 1952
Pt. Barrow, Alaska
sphagnum moss sample
1" X 12" X 12" core 14mm
of collembola, mites, diptera
in a 8X90 mm - sample
saved
Can count: 3 chrysomelid adults; 6 stephylindids; 3 spiders
5 Collembola - long grazers
Surface fauna: 2 spiders
Berlese sample: 3mm of collembola + diptera larvae in bottom of
8X90 mm vial — 12 hr run on 25cm diameter
ring sample 10 cm in thickness
(The sample saved)
Vegetation notes:
Remarks: Funnel trap in east pool 1 Dytiscid adult + 1
large diptera larvae - latter being reared for ID purposes
3 Ad Dolichopodidae flies taken from tundra pool surfaces (west pool)