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The University of Texas determined spatial and temporal changes in inland marshes, mangroves, tidal flats, forested and riparian wetlands, and water bodies in the Matagorda Bay area.
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Status and Trends of Inland Wetland and Aquatic Habitats of the Matagorda Bay Area
Status and Trends of Inland Wetland and Aquatic Habitats of the Freeport and San Antonio Bay Areas
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The Bureau of Economic Geology continued the coast-wide study of wetlands in inland environments of the Texas coast.
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Status and Trends of Inland Wetland and Aquatic Habitats of the Beaumont-Port Arthur Area
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The University of Texas determined spatial and temporal changes in inland marshes, mangroves, tidal flats, forested and riparian wetlands, and water bodies in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area.
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Status and Trends of Inland Wetland and Aquatic Habitats - Brownsville-Harlingen
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The Bureau of Economic Geology continued the coast-wide study of wetlands in inland environments of the Texas coast.
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Status and Trends of Dune Volume, Morphology, and Vegetative Cover along the Texas Gulf Shoreline
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Status and Trends of Barrier Wetlands, Padre Island National Seashore (Lower Coast) and the Chenier Plain (Upper Coast)
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The University of Texas determined the status and trends of wetlands on Padre Island National Seashore along the southern Texas coast and the Chenier Plain along the upper Texas coast.
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Status and Trends of Barrier Wetlands along the Coastal Bend including San Jose, Mustang, and North Padre Islands
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The University of Texas used historical and recent aerial photographs to determine spatial and temporal changes in marshes, mangroves, tidal flats, and water bodies on San Jose Island, Mustang Island, and North Padre Island.
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Shoreline Change and Beach/Dune Morphodynamics - Subrecipient
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The University of Texas at Austin - Bureau of Economic Geology
Jeffrey G Paine
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Recent Changes in Gulf Shoreline Position
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The University of Texas mapped the Gulf shoreline position in Nueces and Kleberg Counties using Global Positioning System (GPS) techniques and to evaluate shoreline movement since 1974.
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Mustang Island and Galveston Island State Parks Geoenvironmental Atlas
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The Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin created geoenvironmental atlases for Mustang Island and Galveston Island State Parks.