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2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



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4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



LONG-TERM CHANGES IN BEACH FAUNA 

 AT DUCK, NORTH CAROLINA 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



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7. AUTHORfaJ 



R.J. Diaz 

 J.T. DeAlteris 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs.) 



DACW72-81-C-0002 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



DeAlteris Associates 

 P.O. Box 624 

 Mathews, VA 23109 



10. PROGRAM ELEMENT, PROJECT, TASK 

 AREA & WORK UNIT NUMBERS 



G31531 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



November 1982 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 

 48 



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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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Beach fauna Duck, North Carolina Pier impact 



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Long-term changes in the beach fauna at Duck, North Carolina, were inves- 

 tigated. Twenty-one stations located on three transects on the oceanside 

 and twenty-four stations located on three transects on the sound side were 

 sampled seasonally from November 1980 to July 1981. The data collected in 

 this study were compared to a previous study conducted in 1976 (Matta, 1977) 

 to investigate the potential effects of the construction of the CERC Field 

 Research Facility pier on the adjacent beaches. No effects on the benthic 



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