PREFACE 



This report is published to provide base-line data on the beach faunas 

 of a barrier island at Duck, North Carolina. The work was carried out under 

 the coastal ecology research program of the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering 

 Research Center (CERC) . 



The report was prepared by Dr. James F. Matta, Associate Professor of 

 Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, under 

 CERC Contract No. DACW72-75-C-0019. 



The author expresses appreciation to Drs. A.J. Provenzano and H.G. 

 Marshall, Institute of Oceanography and Department of Biological Sciences, 

 Old Dominion University, for assistance in designing the research program 

 and in taking the samples, and to W.W. Willis, graduate student. Institute 

 of Oceanography, and W.W. Robinson and C.E. McKinley, graduate students in 

 the Department of Biological Sciences, for their assistance in the field 

 and in the sorting and identification of collections. The assistance of 

 A.K. Hurme of CERC throughout the project, and particularly in selecting 

 favorable collecting days, is gratefully acknowledged. 



A.K. Hurme was the CERC contract m.onitor for the report, under the 

 general supervision of R.M. Yancey, Chief, Coastal Ecology Branch, Research 

 Division. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th 

 Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



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fOHN H. COUSINS 

 ''Colonel, Corps of Engineers 

 Commander and Director 



