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.