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* This is the species list of which meet the criteria. Todarodes pacificus (Japanese flying squid) Sardinops melanostictus (Japanese pilchard) Trachurus japonicus (Japanese jack mackerel) Maurolicus japonicus (North Pacific lightfish) Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed Gull)Įgretta sacra (Pacific Reef-egret)Ĭharadrius dubius (Little Ringed Plover)Ĭharadrius alexandrinus (Kentish Plover)Įtrumeus teres (Red-eye round herring) Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese Cormorant) Species information ( *) Data source Criteria 1 Tsukumo Bay in these waters is a habitat of the rare species Oligobrachia mashikoi (Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology Kanazawa University, 2005).Įnvironment / Habitat infromation Data source Tidal mud flats (km 2) The coast of the sea extending in front of the town of Noto, Hosu-gun is home to Sargassum beds, where numerous species including rare species are found (Ministry of the Environment, 2001). In the waters from Cape Suzu to Iida Bay and Ushitsu are expansive seaweed beds and eel grass beds (Ikemori, 2013), an important habitat for Zostera caulescens (Tsukumo Bay) and Zostera caespitosa (Iida Bay) (Nakaoka and Aioi, 2001). In the vicinity of Cape Ama are saltwater marshlands of Juncaginaceae and others, where reef creatures live in abundance (Kato, 1999). Chion semigranosa and Latona cuneata are common at the water's edge, and Prunus Kabazakura and Pharaonella sieboldii inhabit the subtidal zone. Masuhogaura is a gently shelving shallow sandy beach in a bay, where the most diverse assortment of shells to wash ashore in the Sea of Japan can be seen.
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Off the Noto Peninsula unfold large-scale Sargassum beds, and while there are numerous artificial “nori islands” on the west coast there also are communities of laver including Uppurui nori, Porphyra okamurae and others (Ministry of the Environment, 2001). In addition, in the waters in the vicinity of the town of Shika lives Zoarchias microstomus, a species endemic to Japan and recorded only here (Kimura and Sato, 2007). The Hakui coast is habitat for Abroscelis anchoralis. On these sandy shores relatively large numbers of species and populations of snipe and plover are present during the migration seasons of spring and fall (Ministry of the Environment, 2001).
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Noto peninsula series#
A series of gently shelving shallow sandy beaches continues from Hakui to Shibagaki, and here abundant sandy beach biota can be seen (Kato, 1999). These waters extend from the mouth of the Hakui River on the west coast of the Noto Peninsula through the northern part of the peninsula to Tanoura and Ushitsu. Selected due to high levels for the criteria 1, 2 and 5, and selected by MARXAN software.