40. KNUTSON, P.L., "Planting GuideKnes for Dune Creation and Stabilization," 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 guidehnes 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 stabilizing 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. This 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 Facility, Duck, North 



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

 Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., Apr. 1977, NTIS AD No. A040 593. 



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

 County, North Carohna, are presented. Study areas include the beach face from margin of 

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

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

 developed for use in the surf zone. 



43. MEYER, A.L., and CHESTER, A.L., "The Stabihzation 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 fore dune 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 hnear foot of beach between 1934 and 1963 and between 1934 and 1964, 

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



