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Effects of mechanical cleaning and its cessation, on the strandline fauna at Sand Bay
Willmott, H.; Smith, T. (2004). Effects of mechanical cleaning and its cessation, on the strandline fauna at Sand Bay. Somerset Archaeology and Natural History: Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 147: 263-273
In: Somerset Archaeology and Natural History: Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. The Society: Somerset. ISSN 0081-2056
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  • Willmott, H.
  • Smith, T.
Abstract
    Seven years of mechanical beach cleaning to improve amenity at Sand Bay ceased in 2000. This was in response to previous research on this site that highlighted the deleterious effects of strandline removal on invertebrate life, habitats, embryo sand dunes and colonizing plants. This paper examines effects of the cessation of cleaning on strandline fauna at Sand Bay as determined by comparison of studies done by Hazel Willmott (from April 1 to July 16 in 1999) and Tony Smith (from June 14 to August 15 in 2002, and from May 31 to December 31 2003). Results showed little annual change in amphipod numbers of three species between equivalent dates in 1999 and 2002; but numbers increased dramatically in late summer of both 2002 and 2003. The data from the survey in 2003 are being extended by continuing fieldwork; this should enable differences in the population dynamics of the amphipod species to be elucidated.
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