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Offshore Seafloor 306 Kashima Seamounts of East side of Janan Trench

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Area (km2) 7665
Maximum water depth (m) 6007

Reason(s) for selection A separate window opensCriteria

Selected due to high levels for criteria 1 and 4, and selected by MARXAN software.

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In these waters are the Daiichi-Kashima, Daini Kashima, Daisan-Kashima, Daiyon-Kashima, Daigo-Kashima, Katori seamounts and others on the Pacific Plate, located closed by east side of Japan Trench. T In general, waters in which seamounts like this are found are highly productive at their surface layers. The deep-sea floors of such waters tend to have high levels of biological productivity.

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Seamount

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* 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.

 

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