Reading Goals
These assignments are designed to complement lectures by providing technical information and assessments in a specific problem-solving context. The readings are to be assessed in terms of:

1) questions I will ask that are designed to facilitate discussion in class;

2) specific purposes of the author that will cause you to become familiar with scientific writing and how to evaluate it; and

3) what the article means to you that will allow you to see the relationship between the work of others and your own work and help you see how to document your research results with reference to the literature.

The reading assignments also will be important in completing the mid-term exam. You are expected to respond to each question in one to three typed sentences, based on your comprehension of the readings. Late responses will be docked one grade per day. Copies of readings are located in Chang Library, the IMCS undergraduate reading room (103A) and on electronic reserve.

Readings are due on the date indicated unless otherwise noted

September Readings
September 14, 2004
Komar, P.D. 1983. Beach processes and erosion - an introduction. In: P.D. Komar ed., Handbook of Coastal Processes and Erosion. FL: CRC Press. 1-20.

Smith, D.R. P.S. Pooler, R.E. Loveland, M.L. Botton, S.F. Michels, R.G. Weber and D.B. Carter. 2002. Horseshoe crab (Limulus Polyphemus) reproductive activity on Delaware Bay beaches: interactions with beach characteristics. Journal of Coastal Research 18: 730-740.

October Readings
October 5, 2004
Nersesian, G.K., Kraus, N.C. and Carson, F.C. 1992. Functioning of groins at Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York. Coastal Engineering: Proceedings of the Twenty-third Coastal Engineering Conference. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers, 3357-3370.

Pope, J. 1997. Responding to coastal erosion and flooding damages. Journal of Coastal Research 13: 704-710.

Spalding, V.L. and N.L. Jackson. 2001. Field investigation of the influence of bulkheads on meiofaunal abundance in the foreshore of an estuarine sand beach. Journal of Coastal Research 17: 363-370.

Peterson, S.H., D.H.M. Hickerson and G.G. Johnson. 2000. Short-term consequences of nourishment and bulldozing on the dominant large invertebrates of a sandy beach. Journal of Coastal Research 16: 368-378.