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Coastal Area 13803 Sakihama coast

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Muroto, Kochi Prefecture
Area (km2) 27

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

Selected by MARXAN software.

Characteristics A separate window opensReferences

These are the waters in the vicinity of Sakihama. Along the coast from these waters to Cape Muroto unfold seaweed bed ecosystems, consisting of typical Ecklonia kurome beds (Ministry of the Environment, 2001). This also is an important feeding ground for the green turtle (Kamezaki et al., 2013; Ishihara et al., 2011).

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2)
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) 0.5
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 0
Rate of natural coast (%) 0
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 2
<Pisces>
Parapristipoma trilineatum (Chicken grunt)[Sp]
Engraulis japonicus (Japanese anchovy)[Sp]
Sardinops melanostictus (Japanese pilchard)[Sp]
<Cephalopoda>
Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Bigfin Reef Squid)
Criteria 3
<Pisces>
Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel)
Criteria 7
<Pisces>
Luciogobius guttatus (Flat-headed goby)

* 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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