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Coastal Area 11903 Shinmaiko Beach

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture
Area (km2) 18

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

Selected due to high levels for the criteria 2.

Characteristics A separate window opensReferences

These are the waters in the vicinity of Shinmaiko Beach. These waters are centered on a sandy beach ecosystem, used as a nesting ground by little tern, black-tailed gull, herring gull, slaty-backed gull and other birds.

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2)
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2)
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 0.2
Rate of natural coast (%) 2.6
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 1
<Bivalva, Gastropoda>
Corbicula japonica
Criteria 2
<Aves>
Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock-thrush)[Br/Ne]
Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese Cormorant)[Br/Ne]
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)[Br/Ne]
Larus schistisagus (Slaty-backed Gull)
Larus schistisagus (Slaty-backed Gull)[Br/Ne]
Larus canus (Mew Gull )
Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)[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>
Tanakius kitaharae (Willowy flounder)[Sp]
Criteria 3
<Aves>
Sterna albifrons (Little Tern)
Histrionicus histrionicus (Harlequin Duck)
<Pisces>
Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel)
Lethenteron japonicum (Japanese lamprey)
Leucopsarion petersii (Ice goby )
Gymnogobius petschiliensis
Criteria 7
<Pisces>
Lethenteron japonicum (Japanese lamprey)
Luciogobius guttatus (Flat-headed goby)
Gastersosteus aculeatus aculeatus (Three-spined stickleback)
<Bivalva, Gastropoda>
Corbicula japonica

* 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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