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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Texas coast"”.
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Factors Driving Recreational Disturbance of Waterbirds on the Texas Coast
The number of people living and visiting global coastal regions has increased in the last fifty years. During this time, recreational disturbance to avian species has increased through human development and activities, resulting in a decrease in bird populations. While many recreationists may …
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Characterization of Sea Turtle Nesting on the Upper Texas Coast
… kempii) nesting activity on the upper Texas coast (UTC; defined as beaches from Sabine Pass to Matagorda Peninsula), where scientifically verifiable nesting commenced in 2002, has occurred concurrently with recent exponential increases in the nesting population of this critically …
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Spatial variability in washover deposits : Hurricane Ike and the Texas coast
… features caused by large storms that affect coastal areas. Hurricane Ike was a powerful storm that hit the gulf coast in September of 2008, the track of the eye crossing Bolivar Peninsula in Texas. The attempt was made to exhaustively identify and map washover deposits caused by Hurricane Ike …
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Response of the Texas coast to global change: Geologic versus historic timescales
The response of coastal systems to global change is currently not well understood. To understand current patterns and predict future trends, we establish a geologic record of coastal change along the Gulf of Mexico coast. A study examining the natural versus anthropogenic mechanisms of erosion …
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Factors influencing the nursery dynamics of juvenile bull sharks in two estuaries along the Texas coast
… the most abundant shark species found along the Texas coast. Little is known about their nursery dynamics in this region, especially for the young-of-the-year (YOY) age class. This study investigated how predation risk and abiotic factors influenced the occurrence and densities of YOY bull sharks …
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Late Quaternary variability in coastal changes along the Texas Gulf coast
The majority of the coastal barriers in Texas are retreating landwards, only a few are stable or progradational. The barriers are responding to both external (allogenic) forcings such as relative sea-level and sediment supply, and internal (autogenic) basinal mechanisms such as antecedent …
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Laboratory Analysis of Vortex Dynamics For Shallow Tidal Inlets
… and flow Froude scaled to inlets along the Texas coast. Using surface particle image velocimetry, the entrainment of the secondary structures into the vortex system are shown as well as variations in characteristics such as trajectory, size, vorticity, and circulation for the vortices as …
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Multi-Failure Mode Risk Assessment of the Houston/Galveston Bridge System to Hurricane Threats
… and recovery efforts before a storm impacts the Texas coast.
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The Rio Grande Expedition, 1863-1865
… Expedition left New Orleans, bound for the Texas coast. Reacting to the recent French occupation of Mexico, President Abraham Lincoln believed that the presence of U.S. troops in Texas would dissuade the French from intervening in the American Civil War. The first major objective of this …
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A Pre-Feasibility Assessment of Geologic CO₂ Storage, Offshore Corpus Christi
… production, which create emissions along the Texas coast. To identify offshore CO2 storage within proximity to coastal CO2 sources, this study assesses the CO2 storage potential within a set of adjacent leasing blocks in federal waters offshore Corpus Christi. Site characterization is based on …
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Wintering Reddish Egret (Egretta Rufescens) Foraging Response To Environmental Variability On The Southern Texas Gulf Coast
… habitat requirement, relying exclusively on coastal tidal flats throughout its yearly cycle. It is therefore vulnerable to stressors ranging from human coastal development to sea level rise due to climate change. While Reddish Egret breeding ecology has been well studied, little information …
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Application of Ground Penetrating Radar to Study the Internal Architecture of Coastal Dunes, North Padre Island, Texas
The Texas Coast is eroding at a fast rate, and maintenance is necessary to protect the public beaches so that they are accessible under the Open Beaches Act. Therefore, sand dunes are constructed in these areas by building fences, planting vegetation, or importing sand. This study examines the …