City:C/Town:T/
Village:V |
Wetland type |
Biota |
Habitat |
Reason for selection |
Abashiri C,
Koshimizu T |
Fens,
Brackish lakes with
lagoon tidal flats,
Seagrass beds |
Wetland vegetation |
Tofutsu-ko |
Communities of Triglochin maritimum, T. palustre
and Potentilla egedei var. grandis occur in salt marshes, while
communities of Phragmites communis, Carex lyngbyei and Moliniopsis
japonica-Myrica gale var. tomentosa, and forests of Alnus
japonica are found in freshwater marshes. |
| Seagrasses |
Tofutsu-ko |
Habitat of Zostera japonica. |
| Geese and ducks |
Tofutsu-ko |
Stopover site of Anser fabalis serrirostris,
Cygnus cygnus, Anas penelope, Mergus albellus and M. serrator. |
| Other birds |
Abashiri-ko and Tofutsu-ko |
Habitat of Grus japonensis. |
| Insects |
Koshimizu-genseikaen |
Habitat of Decticus verrucivorus, Erythromma
humerale, Coelambus impressopunctatus hiurai and Noterus
clavicornis. |
| Benthos |
Mokoto-ko, Tofutsu-ko, etc. |
Important habitat of Corbicula japonica
and Crassostrea gigas. Ruditapes philippinarum also occurs
in Tofutsu-ko. |
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