City:C/Town:T/
Village:V |
Wetland
type |
Biota
|
Habitat
|
Reason
for selection |
Nakasato T,
Shiura V,
Shariki V |
Lagoon,
Rivers, Lakes and marshes |
Wetland vegetation |
Jusan-ko and estuary
of Iwaki-gawa |
Communities of Lycopus
uniflorus-Phragmites communis and Carex scabrifolia. |
| Other birds |
Jusan-ko and estuary
of Iwaki-gawa |
Habitat of Megalurus
pryeri. |
| Insects |
Wetlands in the
lower reaches of Iwaki-gawa and Jusan-ko |
Vast swamps dominated
by reed Phragmites communis are formed on the riverside of
lowest reaches of the Iwaki-gawa. Various beetles are found around
Jusan-ko. There occur many aquatic insects including various dragonfly
species such as Ictinogomphus clavatus and Aeschnophlebia
longistigma, and water beetles such as Hydaticus aruspex,
Graphoderus adamsii, Cybister brevis, Dytiscus dauricus, Hydrophilus
dauricus and Hydrochus aequalis. Japonica onoi mizobei
is also found here. |
| Benthos |
Jusan-ko and estuary
of Iwaki-gawa |
Habitat of brackish benthos
such as Corbicula japonica. |
