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1. REPORT NUMBER 



MR 79-2 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



BANK EROSION CONTROL WITH VEGETATION, 

 SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA 



5. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfsJ 



Curtis Newcombe, James H. Morris, 

 Paul L. Knutson, and Carol S. Gorbics 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfsJ 



DACW72-75-C-0015 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS , .- 



-^ San Francisco Bay Marine Research Center V-*^ 



10. PROGRAM ELEMENT, PROJECT, TASK 

 AREA a WORK UNIT NUMBERS 



G31530 



' Emeryville, California 94608 



1 I.^CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



May 1979 



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19. KEY WORDS (Continue on roveroo aide It necessary and Identity by block nurrtber) 



Bioconstructs Coastal erosion Spartina foliosa 

 Biomass Marsh Stabilization 

 San Francisco Bay 



20. ABSTRACT fCont&luc am r^vtrmm ai^o f/ n«c«^aazy ami Identity by block number) 



During 1975 to 1978, an intertidal shoreline stabilization study was con- 

 ducted to determine biological means of controlling erosion. California 

 cordgrass [Spartina foliosa Trin.) and mussels {Isahadium demissum Dillwyn) 

 were used in San Pablo Bay and South San Francisco Bay, California. 



The study indicated that establishing cordgrass with seeds is not a 

 practical method for controlling erosion. Cordgrass plugs are more useful 



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