NCCOS Publications Search

This bibliography was compiled by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) at the request of scientists and managers working on issues related to the impacts and management of small docks and piers. It also serves as the bibliography for Environmental and Aesthetic Impacts of Small Docks and Piers, the workshop report from phase one of an effort to develop a science-based decision support tool for small dock management. The following references pertain to published literature and unpublished reports about various aspects of the biological, physical, chemical, ecological, and aesthetic impacts of small docks and piers. References were submitted by workshop participants and bibliographic formats have been edited from the original for consistency. NCCOS does not have copies of these articles

The bibliography is searchable by author and title as well as the following keywords:

• vegetation, shading
• contaminants, pollution, CCA, water quality
• sediments, sedimentation
• recreation, boating, recreational uses, marinas, boating impacts, water craft, marinas
• navigation
• planning, public access, zoning, shoreline regulations
• construction, design
• visual impacts, VIA, visual assessment, aesthetics, quality of life, survey, perceptions, social science

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Boolean wildcards and truncation let you easily combine or eliminate search words, making your search simpler:

• a percent sign (%) will match zero or more characters in that position (for example: "%floridana" would find "Metharpinia floridana" and "a[%]b" would find "a%b").

• an underscore (_) will match one character at that position anywhere in a word (for example: "Me_harpinia" would find Metharpinia or Mecharpinia and "a[_]b" would find "a_b").

• brackets ([]) will match any single character within the specified range [a-f]) or set ([abcdef]). Please note that "a[[]b" would find "a[b" and "a]b" would find "a]b".