^y^s/oe>s-^f/<f 



Biological Services Program 



WHOI 



FWS/OBS78/9 

 August 1979 



DOCUMENT 



^^'-LECT/OIM 



An Ecological Characterization Study of the 

 Chenier Plain Coastal Ecosystem of 

 Louisiana and Texas 



VOLUME I 



NARRATIVE 

 REPORT 



/nferagency Energy-Environmenf Research and Development Program 



OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 



AND 



Fish and Wildlife Service 



U.S. Department of the Interior 



