These layers were developed by the Resilient Landscapes Program of the San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center for the Delta Landscapes Project. They are presented and analyzed in the report "A Delta Transformed: Ecological Functions, Spatial Metrics, and Landscape Change in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta" (SFEI-ASC 2014), which is available online at http://www.sfei.org/projects/delta-landscapes. These files are not currently intended for public release--we ask that you contact SFEI-ASC staff if you wish to use, cite, or distribute the data further.Since these layers are only intended for limited release, detailed metadata have not been generated. Instead, field aliases are used to help identify the purpose of each field. Please refer to the full report (cited below) for the methods and sources used to develop the layers:

San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center (SFEI-ASC). 2014. A Delta Transformed: Ecological Functions, Spatial Metrics, and Landscape Change in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Ecosystem Restoration Program. A Report of SFEI-ASC’s Resilient Landscapes Program, Publication #729, San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center, Richmond, CA.

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