Browsing Department of Natural Resources Documents by Author "Bergquist, Derk C."

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Change and recovery of physical and biological characteristics at beach and borrow areas impacted by the 2005 Folly Beach renourishment project

Bergquist, Derk C.; South Carolina Marine Resources Division (South Carolina State Library, 2008)

Due to erosion, the Atlantic shoreface of Folly Island was nourished in 1991 using material dredged from the Folly River. Ongoing erosion, combined with an active hurricane season in 2004, resulted in another renourishment ...
The 2006-2007 Hilton Head Island renourishment project : physical and biological responses of the Joiner and Barrett Shoals borrow areas to dredging

Bergquist, Derk C.; Crowe, Stacie E.; Levisen, Martin; South Carolina Marine Resources Division (South Carolina State Library, 2009-08)

Dredging of subtidal sand deposits for beach nourishment is a common strategy for countering erosion in the southeastern US, but its impacts on soft bottom habitats remain poorly understood. During 2006-2007, Hilton Head ...