CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



1. General 7 



2. Previous Work at Site 7 



3. Objectives of Studies 8 



II DESCRIPTION OF AREA 8 



III PROCEDURES 11 



IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 13 



1. Block XVII 13 



2. Evaluations of Blocks I to XVIII (1977) 22 



V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 25 



LITERATURE CITED 27 



TABLES 



1 Summary of the 17 August 1976 evaluation of block XVII 14 



2 Density of smooth cordgrass in the demonstration area, 



25 April 1977 > 14 



3 Height and density of smooth cordgrass, 23 June 1977 17 



4 Percent survival of transplants in block XVII, August 1976 .... 18 



5 Percent survival of grasses planted in rows at upper 



elevations of the demonstration area 1^ 



6 Time and cost for construction of wave-stilling device, 



sloping, and planing for block XVII 23 



7 Mean number of stems of smooth cordgrass per plot in 



block XI, 23 June 1977 24 



FIGURES 



1 Location of Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge along the 



shoreline of East Bay 9 



2 Location of study blocks on Anahuac National Wildlife 



Refuge, Chambers County, Texas 10 



