PREFACE 
This report (Vol. I) is published to provide coastal engineers 
the first comprehensive study of the impact of beach nourishment and 
offshore borrowing on nearshore and coral reef fish populations. In 
Volume II, benthic communities adjacent a restored beach are analyzed 
and compared to similar nearby communities. Both studies were con- 
ducted at Hallandale (Broward County), Florida. The work was carried 
out under the coastal ecology research program at the U.S. Army 
Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC). 
This report was prepared by Dr. W.R. Courtenay, Jr., Professor 
of Zoology, B.C. Hartig, a candidate for the Master of Science degree, 
and G.R. Loisel who recently completed the Master of Science in Teach- 
ing degree, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, under 
CERC Contract No. DACW72-78-M-0769. 
The authors express their appreciation to A. Abel and W.N. 
Watkins for photographic support, J.L. Lane for typing support, and 
J. Marcusky and T. McKay for the use of boats. Special thanks are 
due L.M. Stanaland for her assistance on this study from September to 
December 1978. 
R.M. Yancey was the contract monitor, under the general super- 
vision of E.J. Pullen, Chief, Coastal Ecology Branch, CERC. 
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. 
Colonel, Corps of Engineers 
Commander and Director 
