Effects of sand mining on physical processes and biological communities offshore New Jersey, U.S.A.

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-43

  Byrnes, Mark R ^a   Hammer, Richard M ^b   Thibaut, Tim D ^c   Snyder, David B ^b  

^a Applied Coastal Research and Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b Continental Shelf Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Barry A Vittor and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetric change; Benthic; Infauna; Sediment transport; Shoreline change; Wave modeling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OFFSHORE DREDGING; SAND; SHORELINE RESPONSE; WAVE SIMULATION;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW JERSEY SHELF;

EID: 1842508203     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036(2004)20[25:eosmop]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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