Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Project) (Grant No. 2006CB403304);the National Natural Science Fundation of China (Grant No. 90610028);the State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering of Tsinghua University (Grant No. 2008-ZY-5)
The Yellow River Delta supports the ecological function as a typical estuarine foreshore wetland. The wetland area is changing greatly every year because of sediment deposition and erosion, which influences the wetlan...