Plants

• California Native Plant Society
• California Coastal Resources Guide by California Coastal Commission 1987. University of California Press
• Dugan & Hubbard 2010. Loss of coastal strand habitat in Southern California: The role of beach grooming.Estuaries and Coasts 33: 67-77.

Fish

• California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• www.grunion.org

Sand Dwellers

• Brown & McLachlan 2002. Sandy shore ecosystems and the threats facing them: Some predictions for the year 2025. Environmental Conservation 29: 62-77.
• Defeo & McLachlan 2005. Patterns, processes and regulatory mechanisms in sandy beach macrofauna: a multi-scale analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 295: 1–20.
• Hubbard et al. 2013. Local extirpations and regional declines of endemic upper beach invertebrates in southern California. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.

Wrack Community

• Dugan et al. 2011. Marine macrophyte wrack inputs and dissolved nutrients in beach sands. Estuaries and Coasts34: 839-850.
• Dugan & Hubbard 2010. Loss of coastal strand habitat in Southern California: The role of beach grooming.Estuaries and Coasts 33: 67-77.
• Dugan et al. 2003. The response of macrofaunal communities and shorebirds to macrophyte wrack subsidies on exposed sandy beaches of Southern California. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 58S: 133-148.
• Dybas July 20, 2012. All Washed Up and Somewhere to Go: Seaweed on beaches is an ecological treasure trove. Retrieved from National Science Foundation Discovery.
• Griffiths et al. 1983. Kelp wrack and the flow of energy through a sandy beach ecosystem. In Sandy beaches as ecosystems (pp. 547-556). Springer Netherlands.
• Hubbard et al. 2013. Local extirpations and regional declines of endemic upper beach invertebrates in southern California. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.

Birds

• Bird-Friendly Beach Recreation Tips
• Pocket Guide to Beach Birds of California: Point Blue
• www.snowyplover.org

Mammals

• Channel Islands National Parks Service
• The Marine Mammal Center
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Sand Movement

• Flick 1993. The Myth and Reality of Southern California Beaches. Shore and Beach 61(3): 3-13.
• Griggs et al. 2005. Living with the Changing California Coast. UC Press.
• ‘Living with Coastal Change’ - Scripps Coastal Morphology Group and Kavli Institute.
• Young & Ashford 2006. Application of Airborne LIDAR for Seacliff Volumetric Change and Beach-Sediment Budget Contributions. Journal of Coastal Research 22(2): 307 – 318.

Coastal Armoring

• California Coastal Act [California code 30000 – 30900]
• Coastal Clash – KQED
• Dugan et al. 2008. Ecological effects of coastal armoring on sandy beaches. Marine Ecology 29, 160-170.
• Landry et al. 2003. An economic evaluation of beach erosion management alternatives. Marine Resource Economics18: 105–127
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
• NOAA

Beach Grooming

• Dugan (NOAA Sea Grant). Kelp Wrack: Hopping with Life in San Diego County.
• Dugan & Hubbard 2010. Loss of coastal strand habitat in Southern California: The role of beach grooming.Estuaries and Coasts 33: 67-77.

Beach Nourishment

• Beach Nourishment Basics – Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College
• Beaches or Bedrooms? The dynamic coastal environment – Prentice Hall
• Coastal Connections: Beach Nourishment – NOAA
• Speybroeck et al. 2006. Beach nourishment: an ecologically sound coastal defence alternative? A review. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 16: 419-435.

Climate Change

• Adams et al. 2009. Climate change and potential hotspots of coastal erosion along the Southern California Coast.California Climate Change Center CEC-500-2009-022-D.
• Brown & McLachlan 2002. Sandy shore ecosystems and the threats facing them: Some predictions for the year 2025. Environmental Conservation 29: 62-77.
• Cayan et al. 2009. Climate change scenarios and sea level rise estimates for the California 2008 climate change scenarios assessment. California Climate Change Center CEC-500-2009-014-D.
• Defeo et al. 2009. Threats to sandy beach ecosystems: a review. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 81: 1-12.
• Dugan (NOAA Sea Grant). Kelp Wrack: Hopping with Life in San Diego County.
• Heberger et al. 2009. The Impacts of Sea-level Rise on the California Coast. California Climate Change Center CEC-500-2009-024-F.
• National Research Council 2012. Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
• Russell & Griggs 2012. Adapting to Sea Level Rise: A Guide for California’s Coastal Communities. Prepared for the California Energy Commission Public Interest Environmental Research Program. University of California, Santa Cruz.
• Schlacher et al. 2008. Sandy beach ecosystems: key features, sampling issues, management challenges and climate change impacts. Marine Ecology 29: 70-90.

Artificial Lighting

• Bird, B. L., Branch, L. C., & Miller, D. L. (2004). Effects of Coastal Lighting on Foraging Behaviorof Beach Mice. Conservation Biology, 18(5), 1435-1439
• Bruce-White, C., & Shardlow, M. A Review of the Impact of Artificial Light on Invertebrates. Budlife: The Invertebrate Conservation Trust. March 2011. ISBN: 978-1-904878-99-5
• Dwyer, R. G., Bearhop, S., Campbell, H. A., & Bryant, D. M. (2012). Shedding light on light: benefits of anthropogenic illumination to a nocturnally foraging shorebird. Journal of Animal Ecology.
• le Corre, M., Olliver, A., Ribes, S. & Jouventin, P. (2002) Light-induced mortality of petrels: a 4-year study from Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Biological Conservation, 105, 93–102.
• Rich, C., & Longcore, T. (Eds.). (2005). Ecological consequences of artificial night lighting. Island Press.
• Santos, C.D., Miranda, A.C., Granadeiro, J.P., Lourenc¸o, P.M., Saraiva, S. & Palmeirim, J.M. (2010) Effects of artificial illumination on the nocturnal foraging of waders. Acta Oecologica, 36, 166–172.

Best Practices

• Adams et al. 2009. Climate change and potential hotspots of coastal erosion along the Southern California Coast.California Climate Change Center CEC-500-2009-022-D.
• Brown & McLachlan 2002. Sandy shore ecosystems and the threats facing them: some predictions for the year 2025. Environmental Conservation 29: 62-77.
• Cayan et al. 2009. Climate change scenarios and sea level rise estimates for the California 2008 climate change scenarios assessment. California Climate Change Center CEC-500-2009-014-D.
• Defeo et al. 2009. Threats to sandy beach ecosystems: a review. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 81: 1-12. 
• Dugan (NOAA Sea Grant). Kelp Wrack: Hopping with Life in San Diego County.
• Dugan et al. 2008. Ecological effects of coastal armoring on sandy beaches. Marine Ecology 29, 160-170.
• Dugan et al. 2013. Beyond beach width: Steps toward identifying and integrating ecological envelopes with geomorphic features and datums for sandy beach ecosystems. Geomorphology 199: 95-105.
• Heberger et al. 2009. The Impacts of Sea-level Rise on the California Coast. California Climate Change Center CEC-500-2009-024-F.
• Hubbard et al. 2013. Local extirpations and regional declines of endemic upper beach invertebrates in southern California. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
• National Research Council 2012. Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
• Russell & Griggs 2012. Adapting to Sea Level Rise: A Guide for California’s Coastal Communities. Prepared for the California Energy Commission Public Interest Environmental Research Program. University of California, Santa Cruz.
• Speybroeck et al. 2006. Beach nourishment: an ecologically sound coastal defence alternative? A review. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 16: 419-435.
• Schlacher et al. 2008. Sandy beach ecosystems: key features, sampling issues, management challenges and climate change impacts. Marine Ecology 29: 70-90.