Long-term effects of beach nourishment on the benthic fauna of Panama City Beach, Florida.  Miscellaneous report no. 82-2.

Culter, James K.; Mahadevan, Selvakumaran (Kumar)

dc.contributor.author	Culter, James K.
dc.contributor.author	Mahadevan, Selvakumaran (Kumar)
dc.date.accessioned	2010-02-09T19:42:57Z
dc.date.available	2010-02-09T19:42:57Z
dc.date.issued	1982-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2075/923
dc.description	94 p. Includes table of contents, bibliographic references, appendices, charts, tables, maps and illus.	en
dc.description.abstract	This report describes the long-term effects of beach nourishment on the benthic infauna and surface sediments of Panama City beaches, Florida. 47 stations located on nine transects between West Pass and Philips Inlet, and two nourishment borrow sites were sampled in November-December 1979 and May 1980. Abiotic parameters, water temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity were measured. Sediments were analyzed for particle-size distribution, percent organic carbon and percent carbonate. Based on benthic community analyses and sediment parameters, no significant differences were found between nourishment borrow sites and surrounding areas and in the nearshore areas where beach nourishment was conducted. No long-term adverse effects of beach nourishment were detected.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	United States Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Fort Belvoir, Virgina.	en
dc.format.extent	4645083 bytes
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Mote Technical Report ;	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	No. 45	en
dc.subject	beach nourishment	en
dc.subject	benthos	en
dc.subject	marine animals	en
dc.subject	marine sediments	en
dc.subject	sediment sampling	en
dc.subject	sediment analysis
dc.subject	water quality
dc.subject	benthic fauna
dc.title	Long-term effects of beach nourishment on the benthic fauna of Panama City Beach, Florida. Miscellaneous report no. 82-2.	en
dc.type	Technical Report	en