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III PHYSICAL CHANGE RESULTING FROM NOURISHMENT . ...... » 
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1. Fieldwork EN er LE RP eee em ee oat oh a tele mvetnile 
2. Laboratory Work... . O90 Sici Oe hCMRCHUClho kOe LOIMOr kc 
3. Special Methods During Nouri snmene oO. 9 ola 
Vv RESULTS AND DISCUSSION... . 9 pPtice te vei ye wile th coi tede Vettel helt hve 
1. Summary of Physical Data for Study SIEGE 4G 6G Go 0 6 
2. Summary of Analyses of Microalgal Communities ..... 
3. Summary of Analysis of Data from Migrating Consumers. . 
4, Special Studies During the Nourishment Process ... . 
5. Prenourishment and Postnourishment Population Dynamics 
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7. Community Relationships . ...-+ ++ ++ +++ + «© « » 
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1. The Environmental Significance of Beseri Nourishment . . 
2. Recommendations . . .- . ++ + «+6 « + «+ «+ © « » 
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APPENDIX GENERAL BEACH ECOLOGY .... +. + « «© © © © © © «© « © @ « 
TABLES 
1 Concentrations of cadmium, copper, tron, lead, and zinc in seawater 
using a Jarrell Ash Atom Comp, Perkins Elmer Atomic Absorption 
spectrophotometer with and without background correction ... . 
2 Total suspended solids during nourishment in the water from the surf 
zone at Fort Macon, the surf zone at Emerald Isle, and from the 
nourishment pipeline effluent ..... +++ +++ + ees 
FIGURES 
1 Location of study sites at Bogue Banks, North Carolina. . 
2 Fort Macon beach after nourishment had begun, but before nourish- 
ment had proceeded to this point ... + 1. « » « «© « «© « « 
3 The Emerald Isle beach at low tide . .~... +s « © © « «© © » «© «© © 
4 Tidal zonation of sandy beach macrofauna .....-.. - 
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