Accession Number:

AD1028246

Title:

Dune Management Challenges on Developed Coasts

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article

Corporate Author:

USACE ERDC Vicksburg United States

Personal Author(s):

• Elko,Nicole
• Brodie,Kate
• Stockdon,Hilary
• Nordstrom,Karl
• Houser,Chris
• McKenna,Kim
• Moore,Laura
• Rosati,Julie
• Ruggiero,Peter
• Thuman,Roberta
• Walker,Ian

Report Date:

2016-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

Sand dunes are large coastal features typically formed when windblown sand is trapped and stabilized by vegetation. Located between the back beach and inland features, they are an essential component of the coastal sediment budget and a primary control on the backshore ecosystem. In this role, coastal dunes provide essential ecosystem services, including habitat for endangered species such as piping plovers,sites of high tourism value, groundwater recharge zones, and protection of coastal infrastructure and properties from wave erosion and storm surge flooding.

Descriptors:

• coastal management
• shore protection
• dunes
• ecosystems
• erosion

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE