Pre-Nourishment Beach Benthic Invertebrate Monitoring – South Padre Island

Project Description

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will use funding to conduct beach benthic macrofaunal monitoring to assess time for the benthic invertebrate community to recover following a beach nourishment event at the City of South Padre Island. Will sample at one location in front of Clayton's Pier and at three control sites. TAMUCC will use Coastal Management Program Cycle 28 §309 and GOMESA funding to conduct pre-nourishment benthic sampling for 10+ months following nourishment at the City of South Padre Island beach (and the respective control beaches). These data as well as post-nourishment data collected in a future contract will be used to assess time for the benthic invertebrate community to recover following a beach nourishment event.