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Coastal Area 13607 Southern Teshima island

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture
Area (km2) 37

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

Selected by MARXAN software.

Characteristics A separate window opensReferences

These are the waters to the south of Kami-kamagari, Teshima, and Osaki-Shimojima Islands. Flocks of red-throated divers visit the surface of these waters.

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2)
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) 1.1
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 15.7
Rate of natural coast (%) 32.6
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 2
<Mamal>
Neophocaena phocaenoides (Fineless porpoise)
<Aves>
Gavia stellata (Red-throated Loon)
<Pisces>
Ammodytes personatus (Japanese sand lance)[Sp]
<Cephalopoda>
Octopus vulgaris (Common octopus)
Criteria 7
<Vascular Plants>
Triglochin asiaticum
Criteria 8
<Natural Monuments>
Gavia stellata (Red-throated Loon)渡来群游海面

* 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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