40. KNUTSON, P.L., "Planting GuideUnes for Dune Creation and StabUization," CETA 



77-4, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Fort 

 Belvoir, Va., Sept. 1977, NTIS AD No. A046 170. 



Beach grasses have been used successfully in many coastal projects to form and stabilize 

 dune systems as natural barriers to the inland penetration of waves and storm surges. This 

 report provides guidelines for (a) selecting plants and planting methods, (b) obtaining plants; 

 (c) storing, planting, and maintaining plants; and (d) estimating labor requirements. 



41. KNUTSON, P.L., "Designing for Bank Erosion Control With Vegetation," Proceedings 



of Fifth Symposium of the Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division, American 

 Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 1977, pp. 716-733 (also Reprint 78-2, U.S. Army, 

 Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., Feb. 

 1978), NTIS AD No. A051 571. 



Marsh plants are effective in stabUizing eroding banks in sheltered coastal areas. 

 Exceptional results have been achieved in a variety of intertidal environments at a fraction 

 of the cost required for comparable structural protection. Techniques are available for the 

 efficient propagation of several marsh plants for use in bank stabilization. Tliis paper 

 provides design criteria for (a) determining site suitabUity, (b) selecting plant materials and 

 planting methods, and (c) estimating labor requirements on a project-by -project basis. 



42. MATTA, J.F., "Beach Fauna Study of the CERC Field Research FacUity, Duck, North 



Carolina," MR 77-6, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research 

 Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., Apr. 1977, NTIS AD No. A040 573. 



The results of an intensive seasonal study of the beach fauna of a barrier island in Dare 

 County, North Carolina, are presented. Study areas include tlie beach face from margin of 

 the swash zone to 60 meters offshore on the ocean beacli, and from swash zone to 300 

 meters offshore on the sound beach. A simple quantitative sampling device was also 

 developed for use in the surf zone. 



43. MEYER, A.L., and CHESTER, A.L., "The Stabilization of Clatsop Plains, Oregon," 



Shore and Beach, Vol. 45, No. 4, Oct. 1977, pp. 34-41. 



The Clatsop Plains, Oregon, were successfully stabilized by erecting sand fences to 

 create a base for planting grasses. A protective foredune was formed from the windblown 

 sand collected by sand fences and beach grasses. European beachgrass was planted, followed 

 in later years by plantings of Scotch broom and shore pine. An analysis of successive survey 

 profiles showed that sand accumulated at an average annual rate of 5.56 and 5.57 cubic 

 yards per linear foot of beach between 1934 and 1963 and between 1934 and 1964, 

 respectively. Dunes as high as 25 feet have developed behind the beach. 



