CONTENTS-Continued 



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11. Factors Influencing Survival 172 



12. Critical Soil Salinity 172 



13. Saltwater Inundation 172 



14. Sand Burial 172 



15. Sea Oats Culm Selection 172 



16. Bitter Panicum Culm Selection ■ 172 



17. Storage of Transplants 172 



18. Irrigation 172 



19. Fertilizer Applications 173 



20. Time-Cost 173 



LITERATURE CITED 174 



APPENDIX 



A SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT-PERFORMANCE 



GUIDELINES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF VEGETATED, 

 STABILIZED FOREDUNES 181 



B GLOSSARY OF GRASS TERMINOLOGY 187 



TABLES 



1 Average expected height of storm surges on open beaches for selected 



yearly intervals at certain Texas gulf coast localities 24 



2 Monthly temperature for Padre Island 28 



3 Climatological data for Corpus Christi and Port Isabel, Texas 29 



4 Precipitation (inches) for Padre Island 31 



5 Sand-size fractions (percent) from various locations on Padre and 



Mustang Islands 33 



6 Average nutrient content of sand from various locations on Padre Island 34 



7 Dominant plant species of four major plant communities, north Padre Island . . 39 



8 Composition of vegetation along four transects, north Padre Island 40 



9 Species diversity in each of four plant communities, August 1973 41 



