Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Breach III: Evaluating and Predicting Restoration Thresholds in Evolving Freshwater Tidal Marshes. Taska 1, 4-9, 12, 14.

Project ID: F09AC00410

Federal Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2009

Initial Funding: $1,040,512

Total Funding: $1,049,598

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Biological

Principal Investigator: Simenstad, Charles

Agreement Technical Representative: Hroda, Pete

Abstract: Task 1: Project management and adminstrations. Task 4: Informing flood and erosion hazard management decisions. Task 5: Channel/Tidal flat morphology and wave climate. Task 6: Landscape structure and change. Task 7: Elevation change. Task 8: Plant colonization dynamics. Task 9: Macroinvertebrate response. Task 12: Hydrodynamic and morphological modeling. Task 14: Development and use of predictive modeling tools using a synthesis process.