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Coastal Area 12302 Adjacent waters of Kozu Island

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Kozu, Tokyo
Area (km2) 157

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

Selected due to high levels for the criteria 2, 4 and 7, and selected by MARXAN software.

Characteristics A separate window opensReferences

These are the waters around Kozu and Onbase islands. The waters in the vicinity of these islands are home to a breeding colony of Japanese murrelet (an IUCN endangered species) (BirdLife International, 2012).

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2)
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) 0.1
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 28.4
Rate of natural coast (%) 76.6
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 1
<Pisces>
Bassozetus zenkevitchi
Criteria 2
<Aves>
Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese Cormorant)[Br/Ne]
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)[Br/Ne]
Oceanodroma tristrami (Madeiran Fork-tailed Petrel)
Oceanodroma tristrami (Madeiran Fork-tailed Petrel)[Br/Ne]
Calonectris leucomelas (Streaked Shearwater)
Calonectris leucomelas (Streaked Shearwater)[Br/Ne]
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Apanese Murrelet)
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Apanese Murrelet)[Br/Ne]
<Pisces>
Parapristipoma trilineatum (Chicken grunt)[Sp]
Scomber australasicus (Blue mackerel)[Sp]
Seriola quinqueradiata (Japanese amberjack)[Sp]
Trachurus japonicus (Japanese jack mackerel)[Sp]
Scomber japonicus (Chub mackerel)[Sp]
<Cephalopoda>
Loligo edulis (Swordtip squid)
Loligo bleekeri (Spear squid)
Criteria 3
<Aves>
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Apanese Murrelet)
Criteria 4
<Aves>
Oceanodroma tristrami (Madeiran Fork-tailed Petrel)
Calonectris leucomelas (Streaked Shearwater)

* 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

 

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