MOE home > Nature and Parks > EBSA home > Coastal Area > 11802 Adjacent waters of Natori and the Abukuma River mouths
Relevant municipalities | Iwanuma, Yamamoto, Wakabayashi Ward, Natori, Watari, Miyagi Prefecture |
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Area (km2) | 51 |
Selected due to high levels for the criteria 2, 3, 4 and 7, and selected by MARXAN software.
These are the waters in the vicinity of the mouths of the Natori River and the Abukuma River. They make up the mouth zone of these two rivers. In Hiroura (on the south side of the Natori River) are collections of tidal mud flats and beds of common reed, well suited as habitat for benthic organisms. This is an important habitat for many-formed cerith. Torinoumi (on the south side of the (Abukuma River) is habitat to Batillaria attramentaria, many-formed cerith, Nuttallia olivacea, ragworm, Japanese littleneck clams, and others. In addition, the Idoura Lagoon in the area of the mouth of the Natori River (on the north side of the river mouth) is an important habitat for paddle-footed annelids and crabs (Ministry of the Environment, 2001).
Tidal mud flats (km2) | 0.5 |
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Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) | 0.047 |
Coral reef coverage (km2) | |
Natural coast (km) | 8.1 |
Rate of natural coast (%) | 23.7 |
Sand bank / submerged sand bank | |
Other habitats |
Criteria 1 |
<Mamal> |
Callorthinus ursinus (Northern Fur Seal) |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Cyclina sinensis |
Meretrix lusoria |
Assiminea parasitologica |
Corbicula japonica |
Criteria 2 |
<Mamal> |
Neophocaena phocaenoides (Fineless porpoise) |
<Aves> |
Sterna hirundo (Common Tern) |
Sterna hirundo (Common Tern)[Br/Ne] |
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull) |
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)[Br/Ne] |
Sterna albifrons (Little Tern) |
Sterna albifrons (Little Tern)[Br/Ne] |
Charadrius dubius (Little Ringed Plover)[Br/Ne] |
Charadrius alexandrinus (Kentish Plover)[Br/Ne] |
Larus argentatus (European Herring Gull) |
Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)[Br/Ne] |
Larus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull) |
<Pisces> |
Ammodytes personatus (Japanese sand lance)[Sp] |
Pleuronectes yokohamae (Marbled flounder)[Sp] |
Gadus macrocephalus (Pacific cod)[Sp] |
Tanakius kitaharae (Willowy flounder)[Sp] |
Criteria 3 |
<Aves> |
Sterna albifrons (Little Tern) |
<Pisces> |
Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel) |
Gymnogobius macrognathos |
Lethenteron japonicum (Japanese lamprey) |
<Insecta> |
Cicindela laetescripta |
<Crustacea> |
Chiromantes haematocheir |
Helice (Helice) tridens |
Deiratonotus cristatus |
Ilyoplax pusilla |
Macrophthalmus japonicus |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Meretrix lusoria |
Criteria 7 |
<Pisces> |
Lethenteron japonicum (Japanese lamprey) |
Luciogobius guttatus (Flat-headed goby) |
Gastersosteus aculeatus aculeatus (Three-spined stickleback) |
<Crustacea> |
Macrophthalmus japonicus |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Meretrix lusoria |
Cerithidea rhizophorarum |
<Vascular Plants> |
Carex rugulosa |
Triglochin maritimum |
* This is the species list of which meet the criteria. In that matter, this list does not include all species that inhabit the individual area.
Abbreviation in the information is as follows.
[Br/Ne] : Adjacent water of breeding area or nesting site
[Sp] : spawning area
[Ad] : species not used for analysis but add to the list because inhabit information was collected later
[Ex] : species used for analysis but considered to be possibly extinct in the EBSA region (area)
No mark : data of species distribution