Sand fences in the coastal zone: Intended and unintended effects

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 420-429

  Grafals Soto, Rosana ^a   Nordstrom, Karl ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach; Dune; Landscape; Sand fence; Wind blown sand

Indexed keywords

AERIAL VIDEO; COASTAL LANDSCAPES; DUNE; INITIAL STRUCTURES; LANDSCAPE; NATURAL PROCESS; NEW JERSEY; PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC; PERPENDICULAR ORIENTATION; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN HABITATS; SAND;

FENCES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL LANDFORM; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; FLOODING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PEDESTRIAN;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; FLOODING; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; SAND; SEASHORE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WIND;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW JERSEY; PLANTS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WALKING;

EID: 68849121195     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9331-7     Document Type: Article

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