Population
Population
Population Trend
This is a common and widespread species. Overall, the population for this species is increasing. There has been reported decline in Korea due to land reclamation.
Zostera japonica is an introduced species on the west coast of North America that came in with shipments of oysters used to support the local shellfish industry (Phillips and Shaw 1976). First reported from Willapa Bay, Washington, it spread throughout coastal Washington and now occurs from the southern coast of British Columbia, Canada to Coos Bay, Oregon (Harrison and Bigley 1982, Posey 1988) and Humboldt Bay, California (F. Short pers. obs.).
Zostera japonica is an introduced species on the west coast of North America that came in with shipments of oysters used to support the local shellfish industry (Phillips and Shaw 1976). First reported from Willapa Bay, Washington, it spread throughout coastal Washington and now occurs from the southern coast of British Columbia, Canada to Coos Bay, Oregon (Harrison and Bigley 1982, Posey 1988) and Humboldt Bay, California (F. Short pers. obs.).
Population Trend
Increasing
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Author: Carruthers, T.J.B., Short, F.T., Waycott, M., Kendrick, G.A., Fourqurean, J.W., Callabine, A., Kenworthy, W.J. & Dennison, W.C.
Compiler: Carruthers, T.J.B., Short, F.T., Waycott, M., Kendrick, G.A., Fourqurean, J.W., Callabine, A., Kenworthy, W.J. & Dennison, W.C.
Carruthers, T.J.B., Short, F.T., Waycott, M., Kendrick, G.A., Fourqurean, J.W., Callabine, A., Kenworthy, W.J. & Dennison, W.C. 2010. Zostera japonica. In: IUCN 2010 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4 . <www.iucnredlist.org>
