Abstract The Changjiang Delta (CD) is one of well-studied large deltas of critical socio-
economical and ecological importance regionally and global representativeness …

Net sediment transport is predominantly seaward in fluvial‐dominated estuaries worldwide.
However, a distributary branch in the Changjiang Estuary, the North Branch, undergoes net …

Abstract The Yangtze River has experienced a sharp sediment decrease as a result of
extensive dam constructions since the 1980s, similar to the sediment decline in the …

Saltmarshes are global hotspots of carbon sequestration and storage and are known as
effective blue carbon ecosystems. However, the role of porewater exchange in saltmarshes …

Human activities have severely altered the Yangtze River (Changjiang) Estuary's pattern,
beach-trough shape, and delta in recent decades. Existing research has studied the …

Offshore wind farms (OWFs), built extensively in recent years, induce changes in the
surrounding water environment. The changes in the suspended sediment concentration …

Photochemically-released dissolved organic matter (PR-DOM) from resuspended sediments
is an understudied flux of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nutrients with the potential to …

Variations in suspended sediment concentrations (SSCs) in coastal areas affect both
geomorphology and biological environment. In this study, more than 82,000 surface-water …

Classical estuary circulation theory states that in the longitudinal direction of an estuary
there exists a single circulation with landward, near-bottom, and seaward, near-surface …

Abstract Study region The Minjiang River, located on the western side of the Taiwan Strait of
East Asia, serves as a typical mountain river estuary system. Study focus This research …