Red drum : natural history and fishing techniques in South Carolina

In addition to information about the natural history of the red drum, there is also a section on fishing techniques designed to assist readers, particularly beginning anglers, in their piscatorial pursuits as well as a section explaining the approach and rationale for conservation efforts that have been or soon will be proposed

Final report Comprehensive Spatial Data on Biological Resources and Uses in Southeastern Coastal Waters of the U.S.

This study was part of a broader initiative by the Governors’ South Atlantic Alliance to begin a comprehensive spatial management plan and provide information critical to that effort through a Regional Information Management System. The primary objectives of the SCDNR component were to develop and assemble various regional databases that provide information on the distribution and relative abundance of key biological resources and evaluate the distribution and level of activity (where relevant) of selected human uses. The purpose of this document is to provide a brief description of the GIS data layers developed by the SCDNR or assembled from other sources, and how they were analyzed

Using historical data and meta-analyses to improve monitoring and management of beach nourishment in South Carolina : final report

Beach nourishment has become the primary tool for combating beach erosion in the southeast US and much of the world, and the incidence of nourishment projects has increased substantially over the past 20 years. The goal of the current study was to begin the process of centralizing and quantitatively synthesizing data from beach nourishment monitoring studies by focusing on only those projects performed in South Carolina

Charleston Harbor dredging project environmental assessment : biological and sediment composition sampling final report

The United States Army Corps of Engineers is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the feasibility of navigation improvements within the Charleston Harbor Estuary. One of the environmental effects of the proposed channel deepening is the potential for increased salt water intrusion within the estuary. This change in the salinity regime has the potential to impact the biological communities in the three river systems.This assessment provides results from quarterly sampling of the macrobenthic community, sediment grain size, and water quality at sites in the Cooper, Ashley, and Wando Rivers that have not been adequately sampled by the South Carolina Estuarine and Coastal Assessment Program