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Coastal Area 22001 Danjo Islands

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Relevant municipalities Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture
Area (km2) 55

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Selected by MARXAN software.

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These are the waters in the vicinity of the Danjo Islands (an island group in the South China Sea located southwest of the Goto Islands). Formed of welded tuff, the Danjo Islands are characterized by their coast of sea cliffs. They are home to a valuable natural environment in terms of geology and minerals, flora, and fauna, and they include breeding grounds for groups of birds including streaked shearwater and Japanese murrelet. Since they also are home to breeding colonies of Japanese murrelet (an IUCN endangered species) they are designated an Important Bird (IBA) (BirdLife International, 2012).

Environment / Habitat infromation A separate window opensData source

Tidal mud flats (km2)
Moba (seaweed bed) (km2) 0.5
Coral reef coverage (km2) 0
Natural coast (km) 30.5
Rate of natural coast (%) 100
Sand bank / submerged sand bank
Other habitats

Species information (*) A separate window opensData source

Criteria 2
<Aves>
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)
Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)[Br/Ne]
Calonectris leucomelas (Streaked Shearwater)
Calonectris leucomelas (Streaked Shearwater)[Br/Ne]
<Pisces>
Engraulis japonicus (Japanese anchovy)[Sp]
Seriola quinqueradiata (Japanese amberjack)[Sp]
Trachurus japonicus (Japanese jack mackerel)[Sp]
<Cephalopoda>
Todarodes pacificus (Japanese flying squid)
Criteria 4
<Aves>
Calonectris leucomelas (Streaked Shearwater)

* 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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