▁stopping ▁mechanical ▁gro oming , ▁the ▁San ▁Buen av ent ura ▁State ▁Beach ▁recovered ▁ 2 0 ▁to ▁ 4 0 ▁meters ▁of ▁veget ation , ▁formed ▁new ▁hum mock s ▁and ▁the ▁beginning ▁stages ▁of ▁sand ▁d unes , ▁improved ▁sand ▁stability , ▁and ▁increased ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁plants ▁that ▁surv ived ▁beyond ▁germ ination . ▁ ▁Best ▁practices ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁best ▁practices ▁for ▁carrying ▁out ▁beach ▁clean ing ▁have ▁been ▁discussed ▁in ▁the ▁literature . ▁ ▁Com bin ation ▁of ▁mechanical ▁and ▁manual ▁clean ing ▁methods ▁This ▁method ▁allows ▁urban ▁and ▁more ▁intens ely ▁used ▁be aches ▁to ▁manage ▁larger ▁quantities ▁of ▁l itter ▁while ▁minim izing ▁the ▁environmental ▁impact ▁of ▁mechanical ▁clean ing . ▁In ▁fact , ▁be aches ▁clean ed ▁less ▁than ▁three ▁times ▁a ▁week ▁sust ain ▁a ▁level ▁of ▁b iod iversity ▁and ▁species ▁abund ance ▁that ▁is ▁similar ▁or ▁only ▁slightly ▁lower ▁than ▁be aches ▁that ▁are ▁strictly ▁clean ed ▁by ▁hand . ▁For ▁example , ▁Mort on ▁et ▁al . ▁( 2 0 1 5 ) ▁found ▁that ▁mechanical ▁beach ▁clean ing ▁did ▁not ▁affect ▁b iod iversity ▁but ▁conced e ▁that ▁this ▁likely ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁beach ▁only ▁under w ent ▁mechanical ▁clean ing ▁once ▁to ▁twice ▁a ▁week ▁and ▁had ▁moved ▁wra ck ▁from ▁popular ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁be aches ▁to ▁less ▁commonly ▁visited ▁sites . ▁Additionally , ▁St elling - W ood ▁et ▁al . ▁( 2 0 1 6 ) ▁studied ▁g host ▁c rab ▁populations