City:C/Town:T/
Village:V |
Wetland type
|
Biota |
Habitat |
Reason for selection
|
Ishinomaki C,
Sendai C,
Watari T,
Matsushima T,
Shiogama C , etc. |
Brackish lakes with lagoon
tidal flats, Tidal flats, Shallow sea areas, Seagrass beds, Seaweed
beds |
Marine algae |
Sendai-wan |
Habitat of Undaria pinnatifida,
which coexists with kelp and Eisenia beds. The sea areas
are rich in biodiversity. |
| Wetland vegetation |
Lagoons in Sendai-kaihin (including Matsushima-wan,
Gamo-higata, Idouragata, Hiroura and Torinoumi) |
Communities of Elymus mollis-Carex
kobomugi, C. scabrifolia, Suaeda maritima, Phragmites communis
and Triglochin asiaticum. Porphyra tenera (a threatened species)
grows in Phragmites communis communities at Torinoumi. |
| Seagrasses |
Matsushima-wan |
Zostera beds in semi-closed
bay. |
| Benthos |
Tidal flats in Matsushima-wan |
Habitat of Ruditapes philippinarum
and Crassostrea gigas. |
| Geese and ducks |
Gamo-kaigan |
Wintering site of Branta bernicla. |
| Benthos |
Gamo-higata |
Habitat of Neanthes japonica, Nuttalia
olivacea and Helice tridens. Abounds in salt marsh benthos,
including Cerithidea rhizophorarum (northernmost habitat)
and some species of assimineids (such as Angustassiminea
parasitologica). |
| Benthos |
Idouragata and estuary of Natori-gawa |
Habitat of Polychaeta and Brachyura
species. |
| Benthos |
Hiroura |
With sizable tidal flat and reed beds,
the site offers proper habitat conditions for benthos. It is important
as a habitat for Batillaria multiformis. |
| Benthos |
Torinoumi |
Habitat of Batillaria cumingii,
B. multiformis, Nuttalia olivacea, Neanthes japonica and Ruditapes
philippinarum. |
