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Halvorson, W. L., and C. G. Dav;son. 1973. Coastal vegetation. Pages 9-1 to 

 9-92 j_n S. B. Saila, ed. Coastal and offshore environmental inventory: 

 Cape Hatteras to Nantucket Shoals, complement volume. University of Rhode 

 Island, Marine Publication Series No. 3. 



Describes general geographic features of the area (Cape Hatteras to 

 Nantucket Shoals) including barrier beaches; presents three general forest 

 regions; discusses marine benthic algae, and describes coastal zone land- 

 plant geography by state: North Carolina, Virginia-Delaware, New Jersey, 

 New York-Connecticut, and Rhode Island-Massachusetts. 



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New England River Basins Commission. 1975. Report of the Southeastern New 

 England study: a strategy for balanced development and protection of 

 water and related land resources in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 

 Regional Report No. NERBC-40. 325 pp. 



This report covers a 4,400-square-mile area, including the coastline of 

 Massachusetts (Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, the Elizabeth Islands) and 

 Rhode Island (Narragansett Bay Islands and Block Island). 



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 *01sen, S. B., and M. J. Grant. 1973. Rhode Island's barrier beaches: Volume 

 I, a report on a management problem and an evaluation of options. Univer- 

 sity of Rhode Island, Marine Technical Report No. 4. 118 pp. 



Discusses geological and ecological processes. Summarizes and evaluates 

 management problems of all of the barrier beaches along the Rhode Island 

 coast, including Block Island. 



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 *01sen, S. B., and M. J. Grant. 1974. Rhode Island's barrier beaches: 



Volume II, reports and recommendations at the community level. University 

 of Rhode Island, Marine Technical Report No. 4. 114 pp. 



Discusses study results of community-by-community examination of Rhode 

 Island barrier beaches. Information on natural features, land use, develop- 

 ment, and storm history are provided for Charleston, Weekapaug, Atlantic, 

 and Napatree, among others. Maps are included. 



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 *01sen, S. B., and J. A. Jagschitz. n.d. Rhode Island barrier beach brochure. 

 University of Rhode Ilsnad, Marine Bulletin 19. 8 pp. 



The formation of the delicately balanced barrier beaches in Rhode Island 

 is discussed and the beaches described. Man's threat to the barriers, 

 hurricane forces, and barrier migration are discussed. 



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