PREFACE 



This report is a guideline suggesting standardized, quantitative 

 methods for sampling benthic communities on high-energy sand beaches. 

 The guideline is intended to help coastal engineers and biologists 

 obtain data for use in evaluating the environmental impacts of coastal 

 engineering projects on sand beaches. 



The report was prepared by Arthur K. Hurme, Robert M. Yancey, and 

 Edward J. Pullen of the Coastal Ecology Branch, under the general super- 

 vision of R.P. Savage, Chief, Research Division. 



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. 



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TED E. BISHOP 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



