Thesis (M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): Edward Thornton, Timothy Stanton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54). Also available online.

This study investigated the main and interactive effects of nearshore breakwaters and marsh vegetation on faunal abundance and diversity along an eroded shoreline in Bon Secour Bay, Alabama. In summer 2016, eight replicates of three vegetation treatments plots (naturally vegetated, planted, and open) were established along a breakwater-protected and an adjacent no breakwater shoreline. After which, three methods were used to evaluate nekton quarterly from summer 2016 to summer 2018; Breder traps along the shoreline and lift nets and trawls in nearshore waters. Data were analyzed using the Shannon-Weiner diversity index and ANOVA. Results showed breakwaters supported significantly more abundant and diverse communities along the shoreline and in parallel nearshore waters than similar no breakwater sites. However, the main vegetation treatment effects were not significant. These findings suggest that living shoreline projects with nearshore breakwater support can be beneficial for fisheries enhancement in high-wave energy environments.

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Large beach cusps with wavelengths O(200m), sometimes termed mega-cusps, were measured along 18km of the Southern Monterey Bay coastline from October 2004 to April 2005 to investigate the cuspate shoreline response to rip current systems. Monterey Bay is a unique location for the study of rip current systems, which has with well defined rips that are present all year long, a large dune erosional rate, and incident wave energy that is primarily shore-normal with a large alongshore gradient. Contours of the coastline were extrapolated from the surveys using an all-terrain vehicle equipped with Kinematic GPS. Cusp spacing was inferred from the data using a zero up-cross technique and found to be O(230m) for low wave energy beaches and O(250m) for high wave energy beaches. Migration rates of the cusps were found to be 1-5m/day owing to the quasi-uniform erosion of the dune system. Cusps were found to be semi-permanent features with length scales dependant upon the local wave climate.

Thesis. 1978. M.Arch--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references. / M.Arch

Thesis (M.S.)--East Carolina University, 2009. / Presented to the faculty of the Department of Geological Sciences. Advisor: D. Reide Corbett. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed May 3, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Adelaide, 1987. / Folded map in pocket. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 136-143).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2008 / Title from PDF title page (viewed May 27, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-69)