Protecting beaches and sea turtles: An analysis of beach nourishment in North Carolina, the impacts on nesting loggerhead sea turtles, and how sea level rise will transform the status quo.

• Main Author: Hernandez, Kimberly
• Other Authors: Read, Andrew J
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: sea turtles; sea level rise; beach nourishment; North Carolina; Barrier Island; Head Island; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10161/8480

Federally protected loggerhead sea turtles rely on wide sandy beaches for their terrestrial reproductive phase. Accustomed to hurricanes and erosion, North Carolina has taken to extensive beach nourishment efforts for shoreline protection. The majority of these efforts have been to benefit interests...