MISSISSIPPI 



752 

 ♦Christmas, J. Y., ed. 1973. Cooperative Gulf of Mexico estuarine 

 inventory and study, Mississippi. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, 

 Ocean Springs, Mississippi. 434 pp. 



This study represents a portion of the larger Cooperative Gulf 

 of Mexico Estuarine Inventory and Study, which was done in cooper- 

 ation with the National Marine Fisheries Service and was conducted 

 in the Gulf Coast states—Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, 

 and Texas. The publication consists of four phases of study: 

 area description, hydrology, sedimentology, and biology. The off- 

 shore islands are included under each phase of study. 



753 

 *Irby, B. N., and D. McCaughan. 1975. Guide to the marine resources 

 of Mississippi. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Ocean 

 Springs, Mississippi; National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Ad- 

 ministration, Rockville, Maryland; and University of Southern 

 Mississippi, Hattiesburg. 35T pp. 



This report provides a summary of information about Mississippi 

 marine resources, including data on barrier islands and the Missis- 

 sippi Sound. 



754 



Kwon, H. J. 1969. Barrier islands of the northern Gulf of Mexico 

 coast: sediment source and development. Louisiana State Univer- 

 sity Press, Baton Rouge. 51 pp. 



Santa Rosa Island, The Mississippi Sound barrier islands, Boli- 

 var Peninsula, the interdeltaic barrier arc of southeast Texas, 

 and the Mississippi Delta barrier islands are all discussed in 

 relation to source of sediments and littoral processes. 



755 

 ♦Shepard, F. P., and H. R. Wanless. 1971. Alternating white beaches 

 and swamps: West Florida to Mississippi Sound. Pages 162-197 j_n 

 F. P. Shepard and H. R. Wanless, Our changing coastlines. McGraw- 

 Hill, New York. 



Provides a detailed physical description for the following is- 

 lands and beach areas: 



Florida : Cape Sable area, Ponce de Leon Bay and the Everglades, 

 Ten Thousand Islands area, Cape Romano, Estero Bay, Sanibel Island- 

 Charlotte Harbor, Tampa Bay and Pinellas peninsula, Honeymoon 



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