CONTENTS 



TABLES — Continued 



Page 



5 Growth characteristics of American beachgrass planting, plot 3 



(60-centimeter spacing), 1970-77 24 



6 Growth characteristics of four lifts of straight fencing, plot 4, 



1970-77 26 



7 Growth characteristics of American beachgrass planting, plot 5 



(90-centimeter spacing), 1970-77 28 



8 Width of American beachgrass in beachgrass plots, October 1977 .... 29 



9 Sand accumulation and increase in crest elevation in American 



beachgrass plots 30 



10 Sand accumulation and increase in crest elevation in spur and 



straight fence plots 30 



11 Comparison of annual sand accumulation and dune growth rates in 



Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas, and Oregon 32 



FIGURES 



1 Location of study area at Cape Cod, Massachusetts 8 



2 Inlet at Nauset Harbor, October 1969 10 



3 Nauset Harbor (north spit) abandoned test site, October 1969 12 



4 Nauset Harbor (south spit) , October 1969 13 



5 Location of fine test plots at Nauset Beach 13 



6 Fence configurations in plots 2 and 4 14 



7 Cross-sectional profile locations 16 



8 Plot 1, May 1973 17 



9 Surveys of profile line 1 at plot 1 18 



10 Plot 1, October 1977 18 



11 Plot 2, March 1971 20 



12 Surveys of profile line 3 at plot 2 20 



13 Surveys of profile line 4 at plot 2 21 



14 Plot 3, May 1973; recent planting by local volunteer groups evident. . 22 



15 Surveys of profile line 5 at plot 3 23 



16 Plot 4, March 1971 25 



17 Plot 4, May 1973 25 



18 Surveys of profile line 7 at plot 4 26 



19 Plot 5, May 1973 27 



20 Surveys of profile line 9 at plot 5 28 



