Volume 83 No. 4 Fall 2015 Table of Contents

From the editor’s desk: Who’s out there? Lesley C. Ewing, Ph.D., editor Coastal restoration in Louisiana: An update Syed M. Khalil and Richard C. Raynie Advanced prediction of the intra-Americas Sargassum season through analysis of the Sargassum loop system using remote sensing technology Jeff Frazier, Dr. Tom Linton and Robert Webster The effects of a red tide, Karenia brevis episode, on the benthic macroinvertebrate communities of South Padre Island, Texas Liana Lerma and David W. Hicks

Composition and distribution of marine debris along three jetties in Corpus Christi, Texas Jennifer Lawrence and Kim Withers Coastal vulnerability of a populated Arctic spit: A case study of Golovin, Alaska, USA Jacquelyn R. Overbeck, Nicole E.M. Kinsman, and Debasmita Misra Coastal Forum: Miami Beach at 100: Where would it be without a beach? Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman

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First published in October, 1933, Shore & Beach is the quarterly, peer-reviewed journal of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) dedicated to publishing sound, interesting technical information concerning the shores and beaches of the nation and the world.  Its main purpose is to further the goals of ASBPA as affirmed in the mission statement of the organization: 

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