Front Cover -- Sediment Dynamics of Chinese Muddy Coasts and Estuaries: Physics, Biology and their Interactions -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Jiaozhou Bay -- 1. Background -- 1.1. Coastline and Morphology -- 1.2. Hydrodynamics -- 1.3. Sediment Transport -- 1.4. Water Quality -- 1.5. Biology -- 2. Environmental Responses to Human Interventions -- 2.1. Coastline Change -- 2.2. Hydrodynamics -- 2.3. Sediment Transport -- 2.4. Water Quality -- 2.5. Biology -- 2.5.1. Succession of Species, Biomass, and Biodiversity of Halobios -- 2.5.2. Ecological Disasters -- 3. Environmental Management -- 3.1. Case Study: Cross-Sea Bridge -- 3.2. Case Study: Hongdao Channel -- 3.3. Politics and Laws -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Muddy Coast Off Jiangsu, China: Physical, Ecological, and Anthropogenic Processes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Physical Control -- 2.1. Hydrodynamics -- 2.2. Sediment Source -- 2.3. Sediment Transport -- 3. Ecological Control -- 3.1. Impact of Marsh Introduction on Sedimentation -- 3.2. Impact of Salt Marsh on Ecosystem -- 4. Human Intervention -- 4.1. Reclamation -- 4.2. Aquaculture -- 4.3. Shoreline Protection Engineering -- 4.4. Damming -- 5. Weakness of Current Studies on Jiangsu Mudflat -- 6. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4: Changjiang Estuary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Numerical Model -- 3. Dynamic Factors Controlling the Water Movement in the Changjiang Estuary -- 3.1. Runoff -- 3.2. Tide -- 3.3. Wind -- 3.4. Residual Current -- 4. Saltwater Intrusion -- 4.1. Impact of Wind -- 4.2. Impact of Sea Level Rise -- 4.3. Impact of Major Projects -- 5. Hypoxia off the River Mouth -- 6. Summary -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5: Changes in the Hydrodynamics of Hangzhou Bay Due to Land Reclamation in the Past 60 Years. 1. Introduction -- 2. Urbanization -- 3. Changes of Physical Environment -- 3.1. Field Data Analysis -- 3.2. Numerical Study of Changes of Tides in the Bay -- 3.2.1. Model Setup and Validation -- 3.2.2. Changes of Tidal Range -- 3.2.3. Changes of Currents -- 3.2.4. Changes of Main Tidal Channel -- 3.2.5. Changes of Residual Currents -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1. The Impact of Coastal Engineering on the Tidal Bore -- 4.2. The Stability of the Bay Under the Impact of Coastal Engineering -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6: Marine Environmental Status and Blue Bay Remediation in Xiamen -- 1. Climatology, Hydrology, and Geology -- 2. Biodiversity and Ecological Disasters -- 3. Human Interventions: Reclamation and Its Environmental Impacts -- 3.1. Extensive Reclamation Works in Xiamen Bay From the Year 1955 -- 3.2. Environmental Impacts -- 4. Modeling Approach -- 4.1. Introduction of the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC): A Powerful Tool for Coastal Environmental Management -- 4.2. Application of EFDC to Study Suspended Sediment Concentration in Xiamen Bay -- 4.2.1. Setting Up a Numerical Model for Xiamen Bay -- 4.2.2. Temporal and Spatial Variation of SSC in Tidal Cycles -- 4.2.3. Dredging-Produced SSC Increment and Marine Pollution -- 5. Recommendations and Future Steps -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7: Coastal Dynamics and Sediment Resuspension in Laizhou Bay -- 1. Laizhou Bay -- 2. Meteorological Climate -- 3. Coastal Dynamics -- 3.1. Astronomic Tides and Currents -- 3.2. Coastal Waves -- 4. Sediment Transport -- 4.1. Sediment Type -- 4.2. Sediment Settling Velocity -- 4.3. Sediment Resuspension -- 5. Human Impact -- 5.1. Coastal Land Reclamation -- 5.2. River Reservoir Construction -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8: Remarks -- Index -- Back Cover.