10. ROUNSEFELL, G.A., "Ecological Effects of Offshore Construction," Journal of 



Marine Science, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1972, 89 pp. and Appendixes. 



An evaluation of current knowledge of the probable ecological effects of various tjpes 

 of offshore construction reveals slight danger from the majority- of construction programs. 

 The greatest danger Ues in the placement of artificial islands within or too closely adjacent 

 to estuaries where they can significantly affect water exchange, and in the proliferation of 

 water-cooled nuclear powerplants. 



11. SHERK, J.A., Jr., and O'CONNOR, J.M., "Effects of Suspended and Deposited 



Sediments on Estuarine Organisms," Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Reference 

 No. 72-9E, Natural Resources Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Md., 

 Dec. 1972, 105 pp. 



This is an annual report summarizing research activities and findings from September 

 1971 to September 1972. Sedimentary material can be introduced to or resuspended in the 

 estuarine environment by nature or by man. Data indicate that exposure of estuarine fishes 

 to suspended particulate matter can result in increased mortality and sublethal physiological 

 alterations. 



12. WOODHOUSE, W.W., Jr., SENECA, E.D., and BROOME, S.W., "Marsh Budding with 



Dredged Spoil in North Carolina," Bulletin No. 445, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, 29 pp. (also Reprint 2-72, U.S. 

 Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Washington, D.C., 

 NTIS AD No. 755 178. 



The value of tidal marsh for shoreline protection and as a nursery ground and source of 

 energy for a high proportion of commercial and sports fishery species has become widely 

 recognized in recent years. Dredge spoil, produced in the maintenance of navigation 

 channels within sounds and estuaries, may be a means of estabHshing new marsh to re[)lace 

 some of that which has been lost. Therefore, the possibility exists of combining two 

 desirable objectives in one operation— the stabilization of dredge spoil and the establishment 

 of new tidal marsh. This paper is a progress report on a study initiated in the fall of 1969 

 designed to explore this possibility. 



1973 



13. PARARAS-CARAYANNIS, G., "Ocean Dumping in tlie New York Bight: An 



Assessment of Environmental Studies," TM-39, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, 

 Coastal Engineering Research Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., May 1973, NTIS AD No. 

 766 721. 



Short-term studies on effects of ocean dumping in the New York Bight were contracted 

 by CERC. Studies included hydrographic, geological, chemical, and biological investigations, 

 and an electronic sensor survey to detect locations and dump status of waste disposal 



