This article describes action being taken by the Park Service in the 

 Cape Hatteras area to combat severe problems with erosion. Portsmouth, 

 Ocracoke, Hatteras, and Rodie islands are discussed. 



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Stirewalt, G. L., and R. L. Ingram. 1974. Aerial photographic study of 

 shoreline erosion and deposition, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Univer- 

 sity of North Carolina, Sea Grant Publication UNC-SG-74-09. 66 pp. 



Discusses recent changes in shoreline morphology of Pamlico Sound (and 

 Salvo Island) as determined from examination of aerial photographs dating 

 between 1938 and 1971 at 16 sites. 



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Travis, R. W. 1976. Interactions of plant communities and oceanic overwash 

 on the manipulated barrier islands of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, 

 North Carolina. Ph.D. Thesis. University of North Carolina. 147 pp. 

 (Dissertation Abstracts 37:1537-B.) 



This report describes the process of overwash and the response of vege- 

 tation in the dune and barrier flat communities of Cape Hatteras National 

 Seashore, North Carolina. Observations are also presented concerning 

 burial of Spartina patens . 



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Van der Valk, A. G. 1974. Mineral cycling in coastal foredune plant com- 

 munities in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Ecology 55(6) : 1349-1358 . 



Measurements of salt spray deposition and the quantity of cations are 

 presented for the front (oceanside), top, and back of the foredune at Cape 

 Hatteras. 



415 



Vincent, L. 1973. Quantification of shoreline meandering. University of 



Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Technical Report TR-7. 



92 pp. 



Rhythmic shoreline topography, called shoreline meandering, was investi- 

 gated along Hatteras Island, North Carolina, using historical aerial photog- 

 raphy. 



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 ♦Williams, R. B., M. B. Murdoch, and L. K. Thomas. 1968. Standing crop and 

 importance of zooplankton in a system of shallow estuaries. Chesapeake 

 Science 9:42-51. 



This paper describes a year-long study of taxonomic composition and 

 standing crop of zooplankton in the area of Core Banks, North Carolina, 

 which includes Cape Lookout, Cape Fear, Cape Hatteras, and Pamlico Sound. 



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