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Coastal Area 13612 Adjacent waters of Shigenobugawa River mouth

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Matsuyama, Masaki, Ehime Prefecture
Area (km2) 44

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

Selected due to high levels for the criteria 1, 2, 3 and 7, and selected by MARXAN software.

Characteristics A separate window opensReferences

These are the waters in the vicinity of the mouth of the Shigenobugawa River in the city of Matsuyama. The river mouth area, which includes river-mouth tidal mud flats, is visited by snipe and plover, with relatively high populations during the migration seasons of spring and fall. Here at least 1% of the minimum estimated population of Numenius phaeopus has been recorded, along with 0.25% of the minimum estimated population of lesser sand plover, grey-tailed tattler, ruddy turnstone, and dunlin. Common redshank, and Far Eastern curlew also have been recorded here. In addition, this area is habitat to a highly diverse range of species of benthic animals (Ministry of the Environment, 2001).

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2) 0.133
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2)
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 0.1
Rate of natural coast (%) 0.7
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 1
<Aves>
Platalea minor (Black-faced Spoonbill)
Platalea leucorodia (Eurasian Spoonbill)
<Bivalva, Gastropoda>
Assiminea estuarina
Corbicula japonica
Angustassiminea yoshidayukioi
Criteria 2
<Mamal>
Neophocaena phocaenoides (Fineless porpoise)
<Aves>
Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock-thrush)[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 saundersi (Saunder's Gull)
Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)[Br/Ne]
<Pisces>
Ammodytes personatus (Japanese sand lance)[Sp]
Criteria 3
<Aves>
Sterna albifrons (Little Tern)
Larus saundersi (Saunder's Gull)
<Pisces>
Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel)
<Insecta>
Cicindela lewisi
<Crustacea>
Chiromantes haematocheir
Helice (Helice) tridens
Uca lactea
Macrophthalmus japonicus
<Bivalva, Gastropoda>
Littorina brevicula
Criteria 7
<Pisces>
Luciogobius guttatus (Flat-headed goby)
<Crustacea>
Ocypode stimpsoni
Uca lactea
Macrophthalmus japonicus
<Bivalva, Gastropoda>
Clithon sowerbianus
Cerithidea rhizophorarum
Corbicula japonica
<Vascular Plants>
Aster tripolium (Sea aster)

* 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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