Awajisima (Awaji Island) is located at eastern end of the Seto Inland Sea, facing Osaka Bay. Seto Inland Sea is located in the western part of Japan and is the largest enclosed coastal sea in Japan.

long-term terrestrial ecosystem monitoring site for biodiversity components (ground vegetation, epiphytes, small mammals, birds) located in a wide mountain valley in the north boreal (spruce and birch forest) and low alpine zones (tundra)

A very extreme desert located with in a part of the rift vally

Choshi JaLTER site locate along the Pacific coast of Chiba Prefecture, Central Honshu. The coastal site consists of various types of habitats, including algal and seagrass beds, rocky intertidal and subtidal bottoms, boulder shore and high energy sandy beach. This site locates the region where the warm Kuroshio and the cold Oyashio meet, and is characterized by the co-occurrence of warm-water and cold-water derived marine organisms.

In 1998 a permanent plot (50 x 50 m) was established at the height of 505 m asl in 45 year old spruce stand, where in the 45-year-old spruce stand bulk deposition, throughfall and soil solution are collected. The investigations of health status of trees and floral characteristic have been carried out since 2001. The analyses are carried out in a certified laboratory of the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Katowice (Certificate No AB 325). The basic meteo data are taken from the monitoring station located about 1 kn from the plot.

In 1998 a permanent plot (50 x 50 m) was established at the height of 780 m asl in 100 year old spruce stand, where bulk deposition, throughfall and soil solution are collected. The investigations of health status of trees and floral characteristic have been carried out since 2001. The analyses are carried out in a certified laboratory of the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Katowice (Certificate No AB 325). The basic meteo data are taken from the monitoring station located about 1 kn from the plot.

Kominato JaLTER site locate along the Pacific coast of Chiba Prefecture, Central Honshu. Intertidal and subtidal rocky shores in front of Marine Biosystems Research Center, Chiba University are main habitat types of this site, which has been registered for marine protected area for scientific research.

In 1998 a permanent plot (50 x 50 m) was established at the height of 718 m asl in 70 year old spruce stand, where bulk deposition, throughfall and soil solution are collected. The investigations of health status of trees and floral characteristic have been carried out since 2001. The analyses are carried out in a certified laboratory of the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Katowice (Certificate No AB 325). The basic meteo data are taken from the monitoring station located about 1 km from the plot.

Database built by volunteers from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds. Each row is a validated record of an observed species. The information on the number of individuals of that species is not reliable.

lowest GLORIA summit on dolomite in the Swiss Nationa Park region