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Мониторинг белоплечего орлана (Haliaeetus pelagicus) был начат в 1991 году на побережье Тауйской губы Охотского моря и на территории Кава-Челомджинского участка заповедника «Магаданский». В последующие годы мониторинг был распространён на территорию Ямского участка заповедника и на побережье северного Охотоморья в пределах Магаданской области и Хабаровского края. Для учётов мы применяли традиционные методы обследования с моторной лодки с использованием гироскопического бинокля, облёты на сверхлёгких летательных аппаратах (дельталётах), а с 2012 года и беспилотные летательные аппараты (БПЛА). В статье приводятся наиболее значимые выводы, основанные на результатах долгосрочного мониторинга орланов, а также обсуждаются трудности, которые испытывают исследователи при проведении столь длительного проекта в условиях экономических реалий пост-советского времени. ; The Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) monitoring has begun in the Tauy Bay and in the Kava-Chelomdja portion of the Magadan State reserve in 1992. In the subsequent years the monitoring spread into the Yama portion of the Magadan Reserve and to the coasts of the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk within the limits of the Magadan and Khabarovsk districts. The counts we carried out by the traditional motor-boat surveys using gyroscopic binoculars, aerial surveys using microlight weight-shift aircraft, and from 2012 we also employed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The paper presents most significant results of the monitoring and difficulties imposed on the researchers by the realities of the economic and political situation of post-soviet times.

Lead (Pb) poisoning is widespread among raptors and water birds. In Japan, fragments of Pb ammunition are still found in endangered eagles although more than 10 years have passed since legislation regarding use of Pb ammunition was introduced. This study was performed to investigate Pb exposure in raptors from various locations in Japan. We measured hepatic and renal Pb concentrations and hepatic Pb isotope ratios of Steller's sea eagles ( Haliaeetus pelagicus ), white-tailed sea eagles ( Haliaeetus albicilla ), golden eagles ( Aquila chrysaetos ), and 13 other species (total 177 individuals) that were found dead, as well as blood samples from three eagles found in a weakened state during 1993 e 2015 from Hokkaido (northern part), Honshu (the main island), and Shikoku (a southern island) of Japan. In the present study in Hokkaido, one quarter of the sea eagles showed a high Pb concentration, suggesting exposure to abnormally high Pb levels and Pb poisoning. Pb isotope ratios indicated that endangered Steller's sea eagle and white-tailed sea eagle were poisoned by Pb ammunition that was used illegally in Hokkaido. In other areas of Japan, both surveillance and regulations were less extensive than in Hokkaido, but Pb poisoning in raptors was also noted. Therefore, Pb poisoning is still a serious problem in raptors in various areas of Japan due to accidental ingestion of materials containing Pb, especially Pb ammunition

Lead (Pb) poisoning is widespread among raptors and water birds. In Japan, fragments of Pb ammunition are still found in endangered eagles although more than 10 years have passed since legislation regarding use of Pb ammunition was introduced. This study was performed to investigate Pb exposure in raptors from various locations in Japan. We measured hepatic and renal Pb concentrations and hepatic Pb isotope ratios of Steller's sea eagles (Haliaeetus pelagicus), white-tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla), golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), and 13 other species (total 177 individuals) that were found dead, as well as blood samples from three eagles found in a weakened state during 1993-2015 from Hokkaido (northern part), Honshu (the main island), and Shikoku (a southern island) of japan. In the present study in Hokkaido, one quarter of the sea eagles showed a high Pb concentration, suggesting exposure to abnormally high Pb levels and Pb poisoning. Pb isotope ratios indicated that endangered Steller's sea eagle and white-tailed sea eagle were poisoned by Pb ammunition that was used illegally in Hokkaido. In other areas of Japan, both surveillance and regulations were less extensive than in Hokkaido, but Pb poisoning in raptors was also noted. Therefore, Pb poisoning is still a serious problem in raptors in various areas of Japan due to accidental ingestion of materials containing Pb, especially Pb ammunition. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

In 2013–2019, observations on Arctic archipelagoes Novaya Zemlya and Franz-Josef Land were made. A series of multiannual monitoring of seabird colonies on the Murman coast (Kola Peninsula) were continued. The results show that large-scale negative effects on seabird populations mostly occur in areas of Atlantic water masses in the southwestern Barents Sea. On the coasts and islands ofMurman, considerable fluctuations of the number of kittiwakes and guillemots imposed on the general decreasing trend were noted. Within the Arctic water masses at Franz-Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, the conditions of the colonies were more favorable. Geolocation data loggers helped to establish wintering and pre-breeding areas of kittiwakes and guillemots in the Barents Sea. Degradation of the seabird colonies is explained by oceanographic changes in the southern Barents Sea, along with the influence of integrative drivers such as food stock, i. e., presence and availability of capelin, and thermal conditions of the water masses determining its distribution in coastal waters.

Front Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword / Davis -- Foreword / Scholz -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Photos -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- Chapter 23 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.

The article presents the main results of field research in Northern Okhotsk Sea shore and Kamchatka in 2021. The research was focused on Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Paleometal, and Iron Age sites located in the Olsky District of the Magadan Region and the Bystrinsky District of the Kamchatka Region. Archaeological works were carried out at Astronomicheskiy and Bratiev Capes in Babushkin Bay in the northern Okhotsk Sea. Samples for AMS dating have been collected at all the sites under study. Materials attributable to the terminal Upper Palaeolithic were found in the vicinity to the Anavgai village in the central Kamchatka; these finds provide an insight into the processes of human habitation on the Kamchatka in the Late Pleistocene. The exact coordinates and boundaries of previously established archaeological sites at Bratiev Cape in Babushkin Bay have been determined. The archaeological collections from the Northern Okhotsk region include various types of stone, bone, and wood implements and anthropological fings attributable to the Ancient Koryak culture in Babushkin Bay. The unique finds including fragments of bronze ornaments and a glass bead are significant for the cultural interpretation of the identified burial complexes. New types of artefacts including wooden objects and ornamented bone items were found. These collections add information of the material complex of the Ancient Koryak culture , which probably existed in the Babushkin Bay area synchronously with the Atargan settlement (10th-13th centuries AD). Clarification of the age and characteristics of the main periods of development of the Ancient Koryak culture remains an urgent problem.