supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.41976156 and 51925905);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20200077);the Nantong Science and Technology Bureau(Grant No.MS 12021083);the Marine Science and Technology Innovation Project of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.JSZRHYKJ202105);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.B210204022).
Tidal flats and saltmarshes have been a long-standing research focus because of their high socio-economic and ecological values.The evolution of tidal flat-marsh systems is highly complex due to the intertwined proces...