Marsh Hammocks

Marsh hammock / back-barrier island documents

• Georgia Coastal Ecosystems - Long Term Ecological Research project
  Hammock Research Summary 2007 (PDF -- opens in new window)
  M. Alber, C. Alexander, S. Pennings, S. Joye
  Hammock Research Summary 2008 (PDF -- opens in new window)
  M. Alber, C. Alexander, S. Pennings, S. Joye, C. Meile, A. Burd, W. Moore, V. Thompson

• Back Barrier Island Semi-annotated Bibliography 
  July 2004 (PDF -- opens in new window)
  Dr. Clark Alexander (Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Applied Coastal Research Laboratory, Georgia Southern University) and Michael Robinson (Applied Coastal Research Laboratory, Georgia Southern University

• Georgia's Marsh Hammocks: A biological survey
  September 2003 (PDF -- opens in new window)
  Southern Environmental Law Center Report

• Final Report of the Coastal Marsh Hammocks Stakeholders Dialogue
  June 2003 (Link to Coastal Resources Division of GA Dept of Natural Resources, new window)
  Report title, “Facilitating Human Dimensions Research On the Future Management Of Coastal Marsh Hammock Development

• Research Summary -- A Vegetative Survey of Back-Barrier Islands Near Sapelo Island, GA  
  March 2003 (PDF -- opens in new window)
  Gayle Albers and Merryl Alber
  Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, held April 23-24, 2003, at the University of Georgia. Kathryn J. Hatcher, editor, Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

• Report of the Coastal Marsh Hammocks Advisory Council 
  March 2002 (PDF -- opens in new window)
  Presented to Commissioner Lonice C. Barrett -- Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Additional links

• An Ecological Characterization of Coastal Hammock Islands in South Carolina - Dec 2004, final report
  South Carolina Dept of Health and Environmental Control (Office of Ocean & Coastal Resource Management)
  http://www.scdhec.net/environment/ocrm/pubs/docs/hammock_1204.pdf

• Southern Environmental Law Center, TGC Partner to Survey Plants and Wildlife on Marsh Hammocks. http://www.gaconservancy.org/CoastalGeorgia/CG_SELCpartner.asp