City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
|
Wetland type
|
Biota
|
Habitat
|
Reason for selection |
Chosei V,
Ichinomiya T,
Misaki T |
Estuaries with
tidal flats,
Lagoon tidal flats |
Wetland
vegetation |
Salt marshes
at the mouth of
Ichinomiya-gawa |
Communities of Phragmites communis-Carex scabrifolia and Phragmites communis-Fimbristylis ferruginea var. sieboldii. |
| Shorebirds |
Estuary of
Ichinomiya-gawa |
Relatively many bird species are observed in relatively large population sizes during the spring and autumn migrating seasons. Visitation of more than 1% of the minimum estimated population of Crocethia alba has been recorded. Visitation of Tringa totanus, an RDB species, has also been recorded. |
| Benthos |
Estuarine tidal
flats of
Ichinomiya-gawa
and Isumi-gawa |
The only tidal flat found in the area from Kujukuri-hama to the southeastern coast of the Boso-hanto (peninsula). It is important as the settling grounds of tidal flat animals on the Pacific Ocean coast of Kanto region. Major benthos include Eurydice akiyamai, Nuttalia olivacea, Mya arenaria, Macrophthalmus japonicus and Scopimera globosa. |
