Dune Grass Fertilization and Maintenance

Abstract

Hurricane and coastal flood protection projects often involve the building of sand dune stabilized with grasses. Although properly planted, fertilized and maintained during the first and perhaps second growing season, dune plants often suffer, thereafter, from neglect.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA613488

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Barrier Islands
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coastal Flooding
  • Coastal Regions
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fertilizers
  • Great Lakes
  • Maintenance
  • Nitrogen
  • Plants
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Topography
  • United States
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Systems Analysis and Design