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Baker, S., ed. 1975. Coastal development and areas of environmental concern. 

 University of North Carolina, Sea Grant Report No. UNC-SG-75-18. 



The proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal Development and Areas of 

 Environmental Concern, was held at East Carolina University, Greenville, 

 North Carolina, on March 5, 1975. The meeting was carried as an educa- 

 tional effort .to acquaint elected officials, planners, and the public with 

 the reasons why certain locations require special consideration as areas 

 of environmental concern. Coastal salt marshes and sand dunes of barrier- 

 islands are included. 



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 *Bellis, V. 1974. Medium salinity plankton systems. Pages 358-396 jm H, T. 

 Odum, B. J. Copeland, and E. A. McMahan, eds. Coastal ecological systems 

 of the United States. Vol. 2. The Conservation Foundation, Washington, 

 D.C. 



North Carolina's sounds constitute the largest estuarine system along 

 the Atlantic coast. Most of this vast system is of the medium salinity, 

 plankton-based type and as such functions as a nursery or temporary home 

 for migrating species of commercial importance. 



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 *Bellis, V., and E. Proffitt. 1976. Maritime forest. Pages 22-27 in_ R. 

 Alden, D. Brower, B. J. Copeland, D. Frankenberg, and F. Parker, eds. 

 Ecological determinants of coastal area management, Vol. 2--appendices. 

 University of North Carolina, Sea Grant Publication No. UNC-SG-76-05. 

 392 pp. 



Describes and evaluates the maritime forests associated with North 

 Carolina's barrier islands. 



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 *Bolster, K. 1976. Salt marshes. Pages 88-110 in_ R. Alden, D. Brower, B. J. 

 Copeland, D. Frankenberg, and F. Parker, eds. Ecological determinants of 

 coastal area management, Vol. 2 — appendixes. University of North Carolina, 

 Sea Grant Publication No. UNC-SG-76-05. 392 pp. 



Reviews the flora and fauna of salt marshes found behind barrier islands 

 in North Carolina . 



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Burke, C. J. 1962. The North Carolina Outer Banks: a floristic interpreta- 

 tion. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 78:21-28. 



This paper is a treatment of the Outer Banks as a floristic unity. 

 Floras of some of the islands had been published earlier. 



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