City:C/Town:T/
Village:V |
Wetland type |
Biota |
Habitat |
Reason for selection |
| Tokushima C |
Estuaries with
tidal flat, Rivers |
Aquatic
plants |
Lower reaches of
Yoshino-gawa
(from its estuary
mouth to Daijuseki) |
Aquatic plants such as Sciripus iseensis and Zostera japonica grow healthy in brackish water, forming some of the largest communities in Japan. |
| Shorebirds |
Estuarine
tidal flats of
Yoshino-gawa |
Birds are observed in fairly large population sizes during the spring and autumn migrating seasons. Visitation of more than 1% of the minimum estimated population of Charadrius alexandrinus, and more than 0.25% of that of Pluvialis squatarola, Charadrius mongolus and Calidris alpina has been recorded. Visitation of Tringa guttifer, Numenius minutus, N. madagascariensis and T. totanus (all RDB species) has also been recorded. |
| Insects |
Middle/lower reaches
and estuary of
Yoshino-gawa
(including
Okinosu-kaigan) |
Habitat of Cicindela lewisi.
|
| Benthos |
Estuaries of
Yoshino-gawa
and Katsuura-gawa |
A number of salt marshes are scattered in this long and extensive brackish zone. An outstanding number of Uca arcuata is found. There occur also Neritina violacea, Clistocoeloma merguiense and Pinnotheres bidentatus. |
