This publication reports on experimental means of creating and 

 stabilizing sand dunes to protect the Texas coast. Areas of study 

 were Galveston Island, Packery Channel, Newport Pass on North 

 Padre Island, and Corpus Christi Pass. 



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Harry, H. W. , and S. F. Snider. 1969. Cuttlebones on the beach at 

 Galveston. Veliger 12(1) :89-94. 



Cuttlebones from the beach at Galveston, Texas are described and 

 figured. The occurrence of beach cuttlebones in other parts of 

 the world is discussed. 



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*Hoyt, J. H. 1970. Development and migration of barrier islands, 



northern Gulf of Mexico: discussion. Geoloqical Society of Amer- 

 ica Bulletin 81:3779-3782. 



Discusses formation of barrier islands in the northern Gulf of 

 Mexico. Specific areas mentioned include the Chandeleur Islands, 

 Grand Gosier Island, Galveston Island, Laguna Madre Island, Padre 

 Island, and Horn Island. 



830 

 *Phleger, F. B. 1965. Patterns of marsh foraminifera, Galveston Bay, 

 Texas. Limnology and Oceanography 10(Suppl . ) :R169-R184. 



Populations of living foraminifera were studied from six areas 

 of marine marsh in Galveston Bay, including one on Galveston Is- 

 land. 



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 *Rogers, J. J. W. , and H. C. Adams, Jr. 1959. The mineralogy and 

 texture of beach sands of Galveston Island, Texas. Journal of 

 Sedimentary Petrology 29(2) :207-211. 



Comparisons are made between individual heavy minerals in the 

 front- and back-bar beaches of Galveston Island. 



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Thompson, P. H. 1973. Tabanidae (Diptera) of Texas: I. Coastal 

 marsh species, West Galveston Bay; incidence, frequency, abundance 

 and seasonal distribution. Proceedings of the Entomological So- 

 ciety of Washington 75(3) : 359-364. 



This article describes a study in which 16,235 specimens of 20 

 species and subspecies in three genera of Tabanidae were collected 

 and analyzed from estuarine marshes and meadows of West Galveston 

 Bay, Brazoria County, Texas. 



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Williams, G. G. 1959. Probable Eskimo curlew on Galveston Island, 



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