CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 7 



I INTRODUCTION 9 



1. Background Information 9 



2. Study Area 10 



3. Study Objectives 11 



4. Station Locations 11 



II MATERIALS AND METHODS 12 



1. Physical Parameters 12 



2. Topography 12 



3. Sediment Characteristics 12 



4. Benthic Fauna 16 



, III RESULTS 19 



1. Physical Parameters 19 



2. Topography 22 



3. Sediment Characteristics 22 



4 . Benthic Fauna 26 



IV DISCUSSION 46 



1. Study Design Restrictions 46 



2. General Characterization of Abiotic Parameters 46 



3. General Faunal Characterization 47 



4. Sediment-Fauna Relationships 47 



5. Comparison of Abiotic and Biotic Parameters Between 

 1979-80 and 1974-75 50 



6. Long-Term Effects of Beach Nourishment 50 



V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 50 



LITERATURE CITED 52 



APPENDIX 



A PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION DATA 59 



B COMPOSITE SPECIES LIST AND FAUNAL COUNTS BY STATION 62 



C COMPARISONS OF THE 1979-80 AND 1974-75 FAUNAL DATA 71 



D STUDY DESIGN RESTRICTIONS 86 



TABLES 



1 Sediment classification by particle size (Wentworth classification) . . 15 



2 Degree of sediment sorting based on inclusive graphic standard 



deviation 15 



3 Classification of sediment by skewness 15 



