Factoid/2006/01/13
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Mechanical Cleaning of the Beach Is Problematic
- "Grooming sandy beaches changes rich coastal habitats into barren plains of unstable sand," says Jenifer Dugan of the Marine Science Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara, whose team has surveyed over 40 beaches, both those that are regularly groomed and beaches where beach wrack -- kelps and seagrasses brought ashore by waves and tides -- is left in place. Their ongoing studies since 1995... have found far fewer creatures and far lower diversity of life on beaches that are regularly cleaned by "sanitizer" tractors." - excerpt from the article, "A Feast Interrupted," by Hal Hughes, in Surfrider Foundation's publication, MAKING WAVES, June 2004 issue, pg. 9.
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