Monitoring possible impacts of beach nourishment on the Avon and Buxton 2022 construction projects Grant uri icon

abstract

  • Beach nourishment, the placement of fill sand on a beach to restore its elevation, seaward extent, and form, and to provide added protection from future erosion-producing events (e.g., intense storms), is a common and preferred soft-engineering response to the eroding ocean beach. Two nourishment projects, Avon and Buxton, will take place in the summer 2022. This project will monitor the possible impacts to infauna and sediment character associated with the nourishment project.

date/time interval

  • March 2022 - December 2024