CONTENTS 



PREFACE 111 



TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING SALT MARSHES ALONG THE EAST COAST 



by Ernest D. Seneca 1 



CREATION OF A SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES SALT MARSH ON DREDGED MATERIAL 



by Robert J. Reimold 6 



TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING SALT MARSHES ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST 



by Herbert L. Mason 23 



SALT MARSH CREATION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: CRITERIA, PLANTING 



TECHNIQUES, AND COSTS by Wilbur E. Ternyik 25 



SALT MARSH SOIL DEVELOPMENT by John L. Gallagher 28 



SALT MARSH SUBSTRATE INTERACTION: MICROORGANISMS by Roger B. Hanson . . 35 



DETERIORATION OF MARSH IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY by Herbert L. Mason 53 



SAND DUNE HABITAT CREATION ON THE PACIFIC COAST by Wilbur E. Ternyik . . 55 



DUNE COMMUNITY CREATION ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST by Ernest D. Seneca . . 58 



MANGROVE SWAMP CREATION by Howard J. Teas 63 



CREATION OF SEAGRASS BEDS by Ronald C. Phillips 91 



TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING SEAGRASS MEADOWS IN DAMAGED AREAS ALONG THE 



EAST COAST OF THE U.S.A. by Anitra Thorhaug 105 



COASTAL HABITAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE DREDGED MATERIAL RESEARCH PROGRAM 



by Hanley K. Smith 117 



SALT MARSH CREATION: IMPACT OF HEAVY METALS by Wayne S. Gardner .... 126 



MARSH CREATION: IMPACT OF PESTICIDES ON THE FAUNA, USE OF INFRARED 



PHOTOGRAPHY, DITCHING AND DIKING by Robert J. Reimold 132 



MARSH CREATION: EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON THE FLORA by John L. 



Gallagher 136 



NUTRIENT CYCLING IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS by L.R. Pomeroy 140 



SALT MARSH CREATION: IMPACT OF SEWAGE by Evelyn Haines 148 



THE PRICING AND EVALUATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES by Ronald M. North . . .154 



