Figure 1 (IMAGE)

Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (AIMEC), Tohoku University and JAMSTEC

Figure 1

Caption

Sampling sites (left panel) were geographically grouped into eight districts: Hokkaido Islands (HKD), East Main Islands along the Pacific Ocean (EMP), East Main Islands along the Japan Sea (EMJ), West Main Islands along the Pacific Ocean (WMP), West Main Islands along the Japan Sea (WMJ), West Main Islands along inland sea (WMI), Izu-Ogasawara Islands (IOI), and Satsuma-Ryukyu Islands (SRI). Species richness at each site (right panel) was shown by box plot. At the most diverse sites, 118 fish species were detected in a single survey. The box represents the quartiles, while the thick line in the middle indicates the median.

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Yutaka Osada et al., 2026, Scientific Reports, CC BY 4.0

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