TY - GEN
T1 - Conservation history of horseshoe crab tachypleus tridentatus and its spawning ground, a designated natural monument in kasaoka bay in okayama prefecture
AU - Seino, Satoquo
AU - Uda, Takaaki
AU - Tsuchiya, Yasufumi
AU - Tsuchiya, Keiji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The conservation history of the horseshoe crab Tachypleous tridentatus and its spawning ground, a designated natural monument in Kasaoka Bay in Okayama Prefecture, was investigated. Kasaoka Bay was one of the famous spawning sites of the horseshoe crab in western Japan. A large-scale land reclamation of this bay began in 1968, resulting in the disappearance of the ebb tidal flat. As one protective measure, a different habitat of this animal was additionally designated a natural monument. However, the population of the horseshoe crab has become endangered. Insufficient consideration of environmental capacities and physical factors is a critical point. This history provides useful information for reconsidering the present and future environmental conservation activities for rare animal species.
AB - The conservation history of the horseshoe crab Tachypleous tridentatus and its spawning ground, a designated natural monument in Kasaoka Bay in Okayama Prefecture, was investigated. Kasaoka Bay was one of the famous spawning sites of the horseshoe crab in western Japan. A large-scale land reclamation of this bay began in 1968, resulting in the disappearance of the ebb tidal flat. As one protective measure, a different habitat of this animal was additionally designated a natural monument. However, the population of the horseshoe crab has become endangered. Insufficient consideration of environmental capacities and physical factors is a critical point. This history provides useful information for reconsidering the present and future environmental conservation activities for rare animal species.
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U2 - 10.1142/9789812703040_0130
DO - 10.1142/9789812703040_0130
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84872821836
SN - 9789812703040
T3 - Asian and Pacific Coasts, 2003 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference
BT - Asian and Pacific Coasts, 2003 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference
A2 - Goda, Yoshimi
A2 - Nadaolta, Kazuo
A2 - Kiolta, Wataru
PB - [publishername] World Scientific
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts, APAC (WITH CD-ROM) 2003
Y2 - 29 February 2004 through 4 March 2004
ER -