Long-term changes in beach fauna at Duck, North Carolina /
by R.J. Diaz and J.T. DeAlteris ; prepared for U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center.

Description

Main Author

Diaz, R. J.

Related Names

DeAlteris, J. T.
Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)
Coastal Engineering Research Laboratory (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

Fort Belvoir, Virginia : U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, 1982.

Subjects

Biological Oceanography.
Biology.
Piers.
Marine animals.
Sounds(waterways)
Animal migration.
Seasons.
Benthonic zones.
Ecology.
Civil engineering.
Salinity.
Piers.
Ecosystems.
Tables(data)
Sampling.
Environmental impact.
Statistical data.
Distribution.
Aquatic animals.
Beaches.
Marine biology.
Piers > Piers / North Carolina > Piers / North Carolina / Duck.
Marine animals > Marine animals / North Carolina > Marine animals / North Carolina / Duck.
North Carolina > North Carolina / Duck.

Summary

Long-term changes in the beach fauna at Duck, North Carolina, were investigated. Twenty-one stations located on three transects on the oceanside and twenty-four stations located on three transects on the sound side were sampled seasonally from November 1980 to July 1981. The data collected in this study were compared to a previous study conducted in 1976 (Matta, 1977) to investigate the potential effects of the construction of the CERC Field Research Facility pier on the adjacent beaches. No effects on the benthic fauna were found. Changes observed in the benthic macrofauna on the ocean beaches were well within the range attributable to the natural variation of an open coast system. The ocean beach macrofauna was observed to form a single community migrating on an off the beach with the seasons. On the sound beaches, changes were detected in the benthic macrofauna; however, these were attributed to a salinity increase during the 1981 sampling year. (Author).

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Physical Description

48 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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