500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Kochi

No.350
Shimanto-gawa Estuary and Its Lower Reaches
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Criteria for selection:1,2
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Casting net in Shimanto-gawa

City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection
Nakamura C Rivers,
Seagrass beds,
Seaweed beds
Seagrasses,
Marine algae
Estuary of
Shimanto-gawa
Habitat of Zostera japonica. Communities of Enteromorpha species.
Freshwater fish Estuary and
lower reaches of
Shimanto-gawa
Habitat of Lates japonicus, Lutjanus argentimaculatus and Periophthalmus modestus.
Benthos Lower reaches of
Shimanto-gawa
Habitat of Uca arcuata.

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