CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 Preface iii 



Coastal Ecological Characterization— An Overview 



/. B. Johnston 1 



Ecosystem Characterization— An Approach to Coastal Planning and Management 



A. W. Palmisano 4 



Evaluation of Methodology Used in Ecological Characterization of the Chenier P'ain 



R. H. Chabreck, J. B. Johnston, and J. B. Kirkivood 10 



User-Oriented Conceptual Modeling in the Ecological Characterization of the Sea 

 Islands and Coastal Plain of South Carolina and Georgia 



John J. Manzi and Robert J. Reimold 19 



The Construction of a Conceptual Model of the Chenier Plain Coastal Ecosystem in 



Louisiana and Texas 



L. M. Bahr, Jr., J. W. Day, Jr., T. Gayle,J. G. Gosselink, C. S. Hopkinson, 



and D. Stellar 32 



Maine Coast Characterization User's Guide 



Stewart I. Fcfer, Curtis Laffin, Larry Thornton, Patty Schettig, 



and Russ Brami 44 



