Table 1

General characteristics of 14 floodplain waterbodies (FWBs) during ordinary-flow periods

FWB Type Area (m2) Distance (m)† Connecting height (m)‡ Unionid mussel (CPUE)§
1 Connected 12898 0 0 16.9
2 Connected 7529 0 0 Presence
3 Isolated 3213 31 3.90 0
4 Isolated 2223 186 4.09 25.0
5 Isolated 1530 216 4.09 13.8
6 Isolated 468 97 4.40 0
7 Isolated 3044 185 4.59 1.8
8 Isolated 1837 137 4.59 0
9 Isolated 988 137 4.59 0
10 Isolated 659 244 4.59 0
11 Isolated 266 200 4.59 0
12 Isolated 1436 168 4.80 0
13 Isolated 744 223 4.80 0
14 Isolated 613 227 4.80 0

† Shortest distance from main river channel.

‡ Elevation (water level) connecting with main river channel based on digital elevation map derived from airborne laser scanning in December 2017.

§ Number of individual mussels caught by survey personnel in 1 h (CPUE: catch per unit effort) based on intensive survey in 2018–2020 conducted with reference to Negishi et al. (2012b). “Presence” was derived from our sporadic survey that did not apply the protocols of Negishi et al. (2012b).

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