supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40876043,40976051 andJ1103408);Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean (Grant No. 201105001-2);the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions fund
The morphological characteristics of small-scale bedforms were measured by means of an acoustic profiling sonar on the Dafeng tidal flat, Jiangsu, in 2009, and in the Jiulong Estuary, Xiamen, in 2010, respectively. T...