References of Basic Information

National Land Numerical Information http://nlftp.mlit.go.jp/ksj-e/index.html

References of Characteristics in Offshore Surface

Ministry of the Environment.. 2011. The Marine Biodiversity Conservation Strategy.
https://www.env.go.jp/nature/biodic/kaiyo-hozen/pdf/pdf_pf_eng_all.pdf

Data source of Species Information: species distribution data, data of species which meet the Criteria in Offshore Surface

<Pisces>
GBIF (The Global Biodiversity Information Facility )data portal. (www.gbif.org/‎)IUNC Red List: IUCN. 2012. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (http://www.iucnredlist.org/)Japan
Fisheries Research and Education Agency. Resource evaluation of 52 and 84 groups fish species http://abchan.job.affrc.go.jp/(in Japanese)
Nakaya, K. 2011. SHARK Kings of the ocean. Bookman sha co.,Ltd. 237pp. (in Japanese)
OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System): OBIS. 2012. Data from the Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. (http://www.iobis.org.)

Other information / data

<Intermediate Cold Water of Sea of Okhotsk (cold-water belt)>
Ishizu, M., Y. Kitade and M. Matsuyama, 2008. Characteristics of the cold-water belt formed off Soya Warm Current, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113.

<Chlorophyll a >
NEO (NASA Earth Observations.
http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Search.html

<Ocean current>
Coastal Oceanography Research Committee of the Japan Oceanographical Society of Japan ed. 1985. Coastal Oceanography of Japanese Islands. Tokai University Press. 1106 pp. (in Japanese)
Ishizu M., Y. Kitade and M. Matsuyama 2008. Characteristics of the cold-water belt formed off Soya Warm Current, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113.
Shima, K., F. Seki, M.Maeda, S. Kimura, H. Saeki, K. Sakuramoto, Y. Suenaga, A. Nagano, T. Morinaga, N. Yagi, and H. Yamanak, eds. 2012. Fisheries Handbook, completely revised. Kodansya, Tokyo. 720pp. (in Japanese)
Tuzuki, T. and T. Nakao, 1986. Environmental Characteristics the place where natural upwelling current occur. Suisan-doboku, 22(2): 41-58. (in Japanese)

<other data>
Marin IBA:Birdlife International 2012. Marine e-atlas.http://54.247.127.44/marineIBAs/ (in Japanese)
Ministry of the Environment.. 2011. The Marine Biodiversity Conservation Strategy.
https://www.env.go.jp/nature/biodic/kaiyo-hozen/pdf/pdf_pf_eng_all.pdf