PREFACE 



This report is published to provide coastal engineers information on 

 the use of intertidal salt marsh vegetation for erosion control on the 

 open shores of the San Francisco Bay System. 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 Curtis L. Newcombe and James H. Morris of 

 the San Francisco Bay Marine Research Center, and Paul L. Knutson and 

 Carol S. Gorbics of the Coastal Ecology Branch, CERC, under CERC Contract 

 No. DACW72-75-C-0015 and the general supervision of E.J. Pullen, Chief, 

 Coastal Ecology Branch, Research Division. 



Thanks are expressed to all individuals who contributed to this study, 

 particularly to J.W. Walmsley, C. Purser, and R. Mueller. J.W. Walmsley 

 had a major responsibility in all field monitoring operations, C. Purser 

 contributed greatly to the report preparation, and R. Mueller performed 

 the biomass studies. 



Special thanks are expressed to Professor H.T. Harvey and A.H. Koch, 

 special consultants in Ecology and Engineering, respectively, for val- 

 uable counsel . 



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. 



TED E. BISHOP 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



