WOW! Please have frank contact me as we might be related.
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> From: Andrew K. Rindsberg
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> Subject: Re: "Renourishment" and littoral species
> Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 2:33 PM
>
> Hi, David. Yes, some bivalves can burrow upward through
the sediment that
> has been dumped on top of them. Others can't. The amount
differs from
> species to species, and, I suspect, is also dependent on
how exhausted the
> poor dears are before they start. There is actually a
fairly large
> literature on the subject, and I'd guess that 0.5 m (half
a yard) of
> sediment would be enough to wipe out most of the fauna.
But "book
> knowledge" is nothing like actually being there on the
spot before and
> after a beach replenishment, and I do not have that
experience.
>
> Apologies to FRED Hinkle for calling him FRANK... We have
a Frank Hinkle
> here on staff, no kidding!
>
> Andrew K. Rindsberg
> Geological Survey of Alabama