Barrier Islands: Shifting Sands Provide Protection and Habitat
SEAcomm University of Rhode Island. 2017. Barrier Islands: Shifting Sands Provide Protection and Habitat
Fire Island is a barrier island, a long deposit of sand running parallel to the coast. By providing a buffer from the strong wind and waves that accompany storms, this barrier island protects the places we live in and love both on and off the island, including the seventeen communities within the park, the southern coast of Long Island, and the salt marshes and tidal flats of Great South Bay.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- SEAcomm University of Rhode Island
- Date of Issue
- 2017-10
- Units
- FIIS , NCBN
- Keywords
- barrier island, breach, dunes, FIIS, Fire Island National Seashore, Great South Bay, Hurricane Sandy, inlet, Long Island, NCBN, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, salt marshes, storms, tidal flats