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Coastal Area 17702 Rebun-to Island

Basic Information A separate window opensReferences

Relevant municipalities Rebun, Hokkaido Prefecture
Area (km2) 226

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 Rebun Island on the Sea of Japan off northern Hokkaido. Seaweed beds unfold in the coastal zone, where typical Rishiri kombu kelp beds form. This is the area of the northern limit for wakame (Ministry of the Environment, 2001). In the shallow waters where sand banks form, Japanese sand lance live, and these are important waters for sea birds that depend heavily on Japanese sand lance (Kato, personal communication).

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2) 0.104
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) 14.2
Coral reef coverage (km2)
Natural coast (km) 42.9
Rate of natural coast (%) 57
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 1
<Mamal>
Phoca largha (Larga Seal (Spotted Seal))
Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's Sea-lion)
<Pisces>
Salvelinus malma (Dolly varden)
Criteria 2
<Aves>
Apus pacificus (Pacific Swift)[Br/Ne]
Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock-thrush)[Br/Ne]
Cerorhinca monocerata (Rhinoceros Auklet)
Cerorhinca monocerata (Rhinoceros Auklet)[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]
Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)[Br/Ne]
<Pisces>
Theragra chalcogramma (Alaska pollock)[Sp]
Pleurogrammus azonus (Okhotsk atka mackerel)[Sp]
Gadus macrocephalus (Pacific cod)[Sp]
Criteria 3
<Aves>
Uria aalge (Common Murre)
Synthliboramphus antiquus (Ancient Murrelet)
<Pisces>
Salvelinus malma (Dolly varden)
Criteria 4
<Aves>
Cerorhinca monocerata (Rhinoceros Auklet)
Uria aalge (Common Murre)

* 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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