MOE home > Nature and Parks > EBSA home > Coastal Area > 14002 Adjacent waters of Uwajima
Relevant municipalities | Ainan, Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture |
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Area (km2) | 379 |
Selected due to high levels for the criteria 1, 3 and 7, and selected by MARXAN software.
These waters include the ria coastline and islands from the town of Ainan in Ehime Prefecture to the Port of Uwajima. While many natural coastlines remain in the waters of the town of Ainan, at the same time it is a thriving center of pearl and young yellowtail aquaculture. Many endangered species of shellfish and others can be seen to be distributed in the coastal reefs. The seaweed beds that continue to the waters of Uwajima are an important feeding ground for green turtle (Uetsuki, Watanabe, 2013).
Tidal mud flats (km2) | 0.7 |
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Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) | 5.9 |
Coral reef coverage (km2) | 1.4 |
Natural coast (km) | 309.1 |
Rate of natural coast (%) | 54.7 |
Sand bank / submerged sand bank | |
Other habitats |
Criteria 1 |
<Crustacea> |
Ilyograpsus nodulosus |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Cyclina sinensis |
Angustassiminea castanea |
Stenomelania rufescens |
Assiminea estuarina |
Cingulina sp. |
Solen strictus |
Criteria 2 |
<Aves> |
Apus pacificus (Pacific Swift)[Br/Ne] |
Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock-thrush)[Br/Ne] |
Sula leucogaster (Brown Booby) |
Sula leucogaster (Brown Booby)[Br/Ne] |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Apanese Murrelet) |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Apanese Murrelet)[Br/Ne] |
Egretta sacra (Pacific Reef-egret)[Br/Ne] |
Fregata ariel (Lesser Frigatebird) |
Charadrius dubius (Little Ringed Plover)[Br/Ne] |
Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)[Br/Ne] |
Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)[Br/Ne] |
<Pisces> |
Parapristipoma trilineatum (Chicken grunt)[Sp] |
Engraulis japonicus (Japanese anchovy)[Sp] |
Seriola quinqueradiata (Japanese amberjack)[Sp] |
Trachurus japonicus (Japanese jack mackerel)[Sp] |
Criteria 3 |
<Aves> |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Apanese Murrelet) |
Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe) |
<Pisces> |
Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel) |
Leucopsarion petersii (Ice goby ) |
<Crustacea> |
Helice (Helice) tridens |
Clistocoeloma sinense |
Parasesarma plicatum |
Ilyoplax pusilla |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Batillaria zonalis |
Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis |
Melampus sincaporensis |
Laemodonta siamensis |
Cerithium coralium |
Stenomelania rufescens |
Littorina brevicula |
Auriculastra duplicata |
<Other invertebrate> |
Mesochaetopterus japonicus |
Criteria 7 |
<Pisces> |
Luciogobius guttatus (Flat-headed goby) |
<Crustacea> |
Macrophthalmus abbreviatus |
<Bivalva, Gastropoda> |
Batillaria zonalis |
Laternula anatina |
Clithon sowerbianus |
Stenomelania rufescens |
Clithon chlorostoma |
Cerithidea rhizophorarum |
Cerithideopsilla cingulata |
Truncatella pfeifferi |
<Vascular Plants> |
Triglochin asiaticum |
* 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