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1. REPORT NUMBER 



MR 82-14 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



EFFECTS OF BEACH NOURISHMENT AND 

 BORROWING ON MARINE ORGANISMS 



5. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfa; 



Syed M. Naqvi 

 Edward J. Pullen 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfsJ 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 



G31266 



1 1. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir. VA 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



December 1982 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



43 



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15. SECURITY CLASS, (ol thla report) 



UNCLASSIFIED 



16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT fof (/i/a Report; 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



19. KEY WORDS (Conlinu 



avaraa aida II nacaaaary and Identify by block number) 



Beach nourishment 

 Benthic communities 

 Borrow areas 

 Corals 



Fish 

 Impacts 

 Sea turtles 



20. ABSTRACT rCbntfilu* . 



Tarn at^B If n aj c aa aa ry and Idenllfy by block ntimbar) 



This report summarizes the latest research on the effects of beach 

 nourishment and borrowing on the coastal environment. Guidelines are 

 formulated for sampling the beach and nearshore, and recommendations for 

 minimizing the impact of beach nourishment and borrowing are provided. 



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