Discusses effects of rapid property development on the barrier island 

 and the present beach, in terms of economics and environment. Included 

 are data on Fenwick Island. 



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Slaughter, T. H. 1974. The relationship of the nearshore longshore bar and 

 sand waves at Ocean City, Maryland. Pages 4-1 to 4-16 in_ Research and 

 investigation of geology, minerals, and water resources of Maryland. 

 Final Report. Maryland Geological Survey, Annapolis. 



Compares the historical shorelines of Ocean City from the inlet to the 

 Maryland-Delaware line showing that reversal zones of erosion and accretion 

 occur at different locations for different periods. 



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Stansfield, C. A. 1969. Recreational land use patterns within an American 

 seaside resort. The Tourist Review 25(4) :128-136. 



Ocean City is used as a typical example of northeast resorts on barrier 

 sandbars. 



Assateague Island North 



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 *Bartberger, C. E. 1976. Sediment sources and sedimentation rates, Chincotea- 

 gue Bay, Maryland and Virginia. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 46(2): 

 326-336. 



Assateague Island is said to be the principal supplier of sediment to 

 Chincoteague Bay. 



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Gaskin, P., and J. R. Stottlemyer. 1974. Ecological and economic principles 



in park planning: the Assateague National Seashore model. Coastal Zone 



Management Journal 1(4) :395. 



Concerns preservation and use of a dynamic barrier island by the National 

 Park Service and the required identification of a minimally acceptable 

 basic data package for decision making. 



300 



Higgins, E. A., R. D. Rappleye, and R. G. Brown. 1971. The flora and ecology 



of Assateague Island. University of Maryland Agricultural Experiment 



Station Bulletin A-172. 70 pp. 



Presents detailed information on floristics, transects, and soil/water 

 samples for Assateague Island off the Virginia-Maryland coast. 



301 

 *Keefe, C. U., and W. R. Boynton. 1973. Standing crop of salt marshes sur- 

 rounding Chincoteague Bay, Maryland-Virginia. Chesapeake Science 14:117- 

 123. 



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