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Coastal Area 13705 Eastern Suo-Oshima Island

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Iwakuni, Suo-Oshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Area (km2) 236

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

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

Characteristics A separate window opensReferences

These are the waters on the east side of Suo-Oshima Island in the town of Suo-Oshima, Oshima-gun.
In these waters unfold eel grass beds and seaweed beds, with a mixture of beds of eel grass, sargassum, Ecklonia kurome, and others, and the sea extending in front of the coast here is rich in biodiversity (Ministry of the Environment, 2001).

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2) 0.142
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) 3.5
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 189.6
Rate of natural coast (%) 61.3
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 2
<Mamal>
Neophocaena phocaenoides (Fineless porpoise)
<Pisces>
Ammodytes personatus (Japanese sand lance)[Sp]
Pagrus major (Red seabream)[Sp]
Criteria 7
<Pisces>
Luciogobius guttatus (Flat-headed goby)
<Vascular Plants>
Zostera marina (Eel grass)
Zostera japonica
Artemisia fukudo

* 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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