1 Introduction 2 In-situ observations of sea surface temperature in coastal areas 3 Satellite remote sensing based coastal bathymetry inversion 4 Coastal eddies: transient but significant coastal features 5 Integrated Catchment-River-Estuary modelling system for better understanding on the sediment dynamics of estuaries and coastal regions 6 Recent methods for estuarine sediment provenance 7 Hydrologic and sediment investigation in coastal zones 8 Historical changes of hydro and sediment dynamics due to coastline changes in Hangzhou Bay 9 Modelling study on hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics in estuarine environments 10 Response of tidal dynamics to the construction of Yangshan Harbor, Shanghai, China 11 Recent progress in the studies of boundary upwelling 12 Influences of extreme rainfall events on the nutrient and chlorophyll dynamics in coastal regions 13 Coastal ecological and environmental management under multiple anthropogenic pressures: a review of theory and evaluation methods 14 Conclusions