Discusses origin of Cape Fear, North Carolina; Cape Romain-Santee Point, 

 South Carolina; and lesser capes at Tybee and Little St. Simons Islands, 

 Georgia. All of these coincide with the mouths of rivers or with the 

 discharge areas of rivers. 



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 *Wells, B. W., and I. V. Shunk. 1937. Seaside shrubs: wind forms vs. spray 

 forms. Science 85:499. 



This article contends that "wind-form" shrubs owe their form to sea 

 spray rather than actual wind. The study was conducted on the lower Cape 

 Fear peninsula. 



456 

 *Wells, B. VJ. 1939. A new forest climax: the salt spray climax of Smith 



Island, North Carolina. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 66:629-634. 



This paper explains local dominance of live oak along the U.S. eastern 

 and southern coast and shows that this tree constitutes a new and unre- 

 cognized kind of climax when it reaches high dominance and stabilization. 

 Smith Island, North Carolina is the principal study area. 



457 

 ♦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. 



Oak Island 



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*Stroud, L. M. 1976. Net primary production of belowground material and 

 carbohydrate patterns of two height forms of Spartina al term" flora in two 

 North Carolina marshes. Ph.D. Thesis. North Carolina State University at 

 Raleigh. 146 pp. (Dissertation Abstracts 37:2645-46-B.) 



Seasonal patterns, based on monthly samples, in net belowground produc- 

 tion, caloric content, and carbohydrate composition were determined for 

 living roots, living rhizomes, and total living material of short and tall 

 height forms of Spartina alterniflora growing at Ocracoke Island and Oak 

 Island in North Carolina. 



Holden Beach Island 



459 

 *Abad, G. N. 1973. Sand-filled nylon bag groins. Military Engineer 65(425): 

 161-162. 



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