
Expected Products
- Inventory and database on all naturally- and artificially
breached-dike sites.
- Images (GIS maps, digital computer files) documenting
geomorphic and other (e.g., vegetation) changes at sites
since ca 1930.
- Wetland community analysis of structural changes through
time record compared to natural variation at reference
sites.
- Results from sampling and analysis of selected indicators
of marsh functions and restoration patterns and rates at
both breached dike and reference sites.
- Synthesis report and scientific journal publications
describing patterns and rates of estuarine habitat
function, factors controlling the probability and time to
functional equivalency, and recommendations to CALFED for
dike-breach criteria as part of ecosystem-scale
restoration strategy.