CONTENTS — Continued 



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X FAUNAL RECOVERY OF BORROW PITS 29 



1. Benthic Communities 29 



2. Motile Animals 30- 



3. Corals 30 



4. Sea Turtles 31 



XI RECOMMENDATIONS 31 



1. Beach Nourishment 31 



2. Borrowing 32 



XII SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS 33 



1. Coral Reefs 33 



2. Sea Turtles 34 



3. Fish 34 



4. Clam Beds 35 



LITERATURE CITED 36 



APPENDIX REFERENCES RELATED TO THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF 



BEACH NOURISHMENT AND BORROWING 43 



FIGURES 



1 Beach nourishment operation, Mayport, Florida 10 



2 High-energy sand beach system 10 



3 Core sampling at sandy-bottom stations 14 



4 Diver using lifeline in surf 15 



5 Quadrat sampling at reef stations 16 



6 Reef fauna near outer edge of second reef off Golden Beach, 



Florida 17 



7 Nesting sea turtle 22 



