PREFACE 



This report was sponsored by the Office, Chief of Engineers (OCE), 

 U. S. Army, as a part of the Environmental Impact Research Program (EIRP) 

 Work Unit 31632 entitled Coastal Erosion Control Techniques Using Plants, 

 which was assigned to the U. S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center 

 (CERC). The Center, originally located at Fort Belvoir, Va., moved to the 

 U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Vicksburg, Miss., 

 on 1 July 1983. The Technical Monitors for the study were Dr. John Bushman 

 and Mr. Earl Eiker of COE and Mr. David B. Mathis, Water Resources Support 

 Center. 



The study and preparation of a draft final report were 

 accomplished during the time period October 1, 1982 to October 1, 1983; 

 preparation of the reproducible copy was done during February, 1984. 



The report was prepared by Mr. Mark S. Fonseca, Department of 

 Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, and Mr. W. Judson 

 Kenworthy, Ms. Kathleen M. Cheap, Ms. Carolyn A. Currin, and Dr. Gordon W. 

 Thayer of the Beaufort Laboratory, Southeast Fisheries Center, National 

 Marine Fisheries Service. 



The authors express appreciation to D. Robertson, M. Robertson, 

 and C. Foltz for assistance in the field exercises, and to H. Gordy for 

 graphics. 



Mr. Paul L. Knutson was technical monitor for this report, under 

 the general supervision of Mr. E. J. Pullen, Chief, Coastal Ecology Branch, 

 ^ and Mr. R. P. Savage, Chief, Research Division. Dr. Roger T. Saucier, WES, 



° was the Program Manager of EIRP. 



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