Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (CHIPS) - Retoration of Large River Deltas Timeline

	Subtask	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010
1.1A	Formulate conceptual models	•
1.1B	Develop socioeconomic and ecologic GIS database and model		•
1.1C	Develop decision making tools		•	•
1.2A	Historical land-use cover and morphologic change	•
1.2B	Historical river flow and sediment discharge analysis	•
1.2C	Reconstruct depositional environment	•	•	•
1.2D	Analyze DNA of eelgrass, sediment & fungal symbionts	•	•
1.3	Develop process-based models		•	•
2.1A	Map seafloor habitats	•	•
2.1B	Characterize macro/micro (epi)benthic communities	•	•	•
2.1C	Map water column properties	•	•	•	•
2.2A	Biotic surveys and habitat relations		•	•	•	•
2.2B	Bull trout telemetry	•	•
2.2C	Salmon life histories and habitat use from otoliths		•	•
2.2D	Isotopic studies of foodwebs		•	•	•
2.3A	Develop conceptual models of habitat/ecology	•
2.3B	Measure processes (river flow, circulation)		•	•	•	•
2.3C	Construct process model of circulation, sediment transport		•	•	•	•
2.3D	Develop process model of biologic/ecologic response		•	•	•	•

Restoration of Large River Deltas