Impacts of driving on the beach: Case studies from Assateague Island and Padre Island National Seashores

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-45

  Houser, Chris ^a   Labude, Brian ^a   Haider, Lars ^a   Weymer, Bradley ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS ROADS; BACKGROUND NOISE; BEACH EROSION; BEACHFACE; CONTROL SECTIONS; DRIVING SIGNAL; LIDAR DATA; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NET LOSS; OPEN ACCESS; SPACE AND TIME; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SUMMER MONTHS; TEXAS COAST; TROPICAL STORMS;

COASTAL ZONES; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

BEACHES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL PROTECTION; DUNE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HURRICANE; LIDAR; SEAWEED;

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND; ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE; PADRE ISLAND; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870225453     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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