Limaotian

Awards:

2001  Third grade prize of Shanghai city science and technology progress award (No.3 Co-worker)

2011  First grade prize of Shanghai city nature science progress award  (No.3 Co-worker)

Dynamical sediment and geomorphology;

Interaction of river and its estuary.

Books:

Maotian Li., Lixin Zhang., Qingquan Guo.,  Wei Gong., 2011.  The riverine and oceanic Chongming Island ,  Shanghai Popular Science Press,  Shanghai,  112pp (in Chinese).

Journal Articles:

1.         Maotian Li; Zhongyuan Chen; Brian Finlayson; Taoyuan Wei. 2014. Water diversion and sea-level rise: potential threats to freshwater supplies in the Changjiang River estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.07.007.

2.         Maotian Li., Qianli Sun., Hong Wang., Yan Liu., 2014. The filter effect of big dam reservoirs on DSi flux decrease in the Yangtze River drainage basin, Journal of lake science, 26(4):505-514 (in Chinese).

3.         Yan Liu.,  Maotian Li., Qianli Sun., 2014. Palaeoclimatic and environmental changes since the Mid-Holocene in the Hangzhou bay and their possible impacts on the evolution of Liangzhu Culture. Journal of lake science, 26(3):322-330(in Chinese).

4.         Maotian Li, Jianzhong Ge, Jens Kappenberg, Dagmar Much, Ohle Nino, Zhongyuan Chen. 2013. Morphodynamic processes of the Elbe River estuary, Germany: the Coriolis effect, tidal asymmetry and human dredging. Frontier of Earth Science. DOI 10.1007/s11707-013-0418-3.

5.         Xu Hao., Chen Zhongyuan; Finlayson Brian; Webber Michael; Wu Xiaodan; Li Maotian; Chen Jing; Wei Taoyuan; Barnett Jon; Wang Mark., 2013. Assessing dissolved inorganic nitrogen flux in the Yangtze River, China: Sources and scenarios  Global and Planetary Change, 106, pp 84-89.

6.         Brian L. Finlayson., Jon Barnett., Taoyuan Wei., Michael Webber., Maotian Li., Mark Y. Wang., Jing Chen., Hao Xu., Zhongyuan Chen., 2013. The drivers of risk to water security in Shanghai. Regional Environmental Change, 13(2):329-340

7.         Wang Dongmei., Cheng Heqin., Li Maotian.,  Zhou Fengnian. Wu Jingwen., Yang Zhongyong., 2012. New formula of local scour depth of the near-shore sand waves covered areas: Sutong Bridge. The Ocean Engineering. 30(2): 58-66  (in Chinese).

8.         Maotian Li., Heqin Cheng., Jingwen Wu., Bochang Li., 2011. The effect of sand dredging to bedfrom stability of the Nangang Channel in the Changjiang River mouth. Hydrograph of surveying and charting, 30(1):30-35 (in Chinese).

9.         Maotian Li., Zhongyuan Chen., Daowei Yin., Jing Chen., Zhanghua Wang., Qianli Sun.,  2011. Geographo-dynamical characteristics of southward diversion of the Yangtze River mouth, China: tidal and the Coriolis controls. Earth Surface Processes and Landform. 2082. 36( 5): 569–710

10.      Chen, J., Wang, Z.B., Li, M.T., Wei, T.Y., Chen, Z., 2011. Bedform characteristics during fallingflood stage and morph dynamic interpretation of the mid-lower Changjiang (Yangtze) River channel,China, Geomorphology,.18-26:147-148

11.      Maotian Li., Kaiqin Xu.,  Skywura Noliao., 2010. The effect of geomorphologic change on distribution of discharge and sediment flux in the Yangtze River mouth. Environment technology. 8:34~35 (in Japanese).

12.      Maotian Li., Kaiqin Xu., Masataka Watanabe, Zhongyuan Chen., 2007. Long-term variation of dissolved silicate flux from the Yangtze River into the East China Sea and impact of estuarine ecosystem. Estuary, Coastaland Shelf Science, 1(71):3-7.1.

13.      Wang Z., Li M., Zhang R., Liu Y., Saito Y., Xie J., Li B., Zhao B., 2010, Impacts of human activity on the late Holocene development of the subaqueous Yangtze delta, China, as shown by magnetic properties and sediment accumulation rates. The Holocene, DOI:10.1177/0959683610378885.

14.      Wang Z Q., Chen  Z., Li M T., Chen J., Zhao Y W., Wang H., Yu F Y., 2009. Downstreamgrain-size variation to interpret river-channel process-form in the middle-lower Yangtze River, China. Geomorphology 113, 217–229.

15.      Jiang Hong, Guo Xingquan, Gong Wei, Li Maotian, Chen Zhongyuan, 2009. An Overview of the Modelling Work for Biological Invasion Predicting. Environment Protect Science. 35(6): 37-40(in Chinese).

16.      Heqin Cheng, Jiufa Li, Daowei Yin, Maotian Li and Baocan Wang, 2008. Nearshore bedform instability in the eastern entrance to the Qiongzhou Strait, South China Sea. Frontiers of Earth Science in China. 2(3): 283-291.

17.      Wang Zhe., Chen Zhongyuan., Maotian Li., Zhang Qiang., Wei Taoyuan., 2007. Geomorphdynamic mechanism of  sand wave of main channel in the middle and lower Yangtze River. China Science (D volume), 37(9): 1223-1234(in Chinese).

18.      Li Weihua, Cheng Heqin, Li Jiufa, Li Maotian, Chen Jianyong, Fu Gui., 2007. Estimated Effect of Bed Sediments and Sand Waves During Dry Season on the Safe Nautical Depth in the South Channel of the Changjiang River Estuary. Hydrographic Surveying and Charting, 27(2): 37-41(in Chinese).

19.      Qiang Zhang., Yangfeng Shi., Tong Jiang., Maotian Li. 2007. Channel Changes of the Makou- Tianjiazhen Reach during the Past 40 Year s in the Middle Yangtze River. Acta Geographica Sinaca. 62(1): 62-71.

20.      Cande Liu., Baoyin He., Maotian Li., Xianyou Ren., 2006.  Preliminary Study on Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediment Concentration in the Middle Yangtze River Using MODIS. Geological Science and Technology Information. 25(2): 99-93(in Chinese)

21.      Fang Tao, Li Daoji, Li Maotian, Deng Shuang ., 2006. Distribution and seasonal changes of benthos in different sediment types in Chongming tidal flat. Marine Environment Science. 25(1): 24-27(in Chinese).

22.      Maotian Li., Zhongyuan Chen., Yuanzhong Xu., Jinghua Gu., 2005. DEM simulation of sediment movement in the Baogang Doek frontal channel. Journal of East China Normal University (Natural Science), 2. 30-38. (in Chinese).

23.      Duan Lingyun., Wang Zhanghua., Li Maotian., Pan Jianming., Cheng Zhongyuan, Yishiki Saito, Yutaka kanai., 2005. Pb Distribution of the Changjiang Estuarine Sediment and the Implications to Sedimentary Environment. Acta Sedimentologica  Sinica. 23(3): 514-523.

24.      Jing Chen., Zhongyuan Chen., Kaiqin Xu., Taoyuan Wei., Maotian Li., Zhanghua Wang., Masataka Watanabe.,  2005. the character of runoff velocity profile by ADP and it implication for hydro-morphology of Changjiang Three Gorge. Chinese Science bulletin, 50(5): 463-468(in Chinese).

25.      Maotian Li., Zhongyuan Chen., 2004. Erosion-deposition analysis on east Nanhui tidal flat of the Yangtze River estuary: scientific decision for borderline of reclaiming tidal flat. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin. 13 (4): 365-369(in Chinese).

26.      Maotian Li., Zhongyuan Chen.,  2004. Analysis of Jiujiang reach of the Yangtze River evolution in recent forty years using the DEM. Advances in Water Science. 15(3): 330-336(in Chinese).

27.      Maotian Li., Xia Yu., Zhongyuan Chen., 2004. Evolution and Developing Trend of the Jiujiang River Course of the Yangtze River in Recent Forty Years. Scientia Geographica Sinica, 24(1):76-82(in Chinese)

28.      Cheng Heqin., Li Maotian., 2002. Micro-features and Their Changes of Bed Configuration in the Changjiang Estuary during the 1998 Disastrous Flood. Journal of Sediment Research,1:36-42 (in Chinese).

29.      Heqin Cheng., Maotian Li., 2002. High-resolution micro-topography movement in the Changjiang Estuary. The Ocean Engineering. 20(2): 91-97  (in Chinese).

30.      Heqin Cheng., Maotian Li., Yuanzhong Xue., Tianyu Zhou., Bo Song., 2002. Detection of  High-resolution micro-topography movement in the Changjiang Estuary. Progress in Nature Science. 11(10): 1085-1091  (in Chinese).

31.      Maotian Li., Heqin Cheng., 2001 Changes of dissolved silicate flux from the Changjiang River into sea and its influence since late 50 years. China Environmental Science. 21(3): 193-197(in Chinese).

32.      Maotian Li., Xia Yu., Heqin Cheng., 2001. the key technology and measures for China coastal management.  Ocean Science, 2001 25(8): 26-29(in Chinese). 

33.      Cheng Heqin, Li Maotian. 2001. Dissolved silicate flux fluctuation from river into the sea: a case study in Changjiang. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin, 10(6):558-563(in Chinese).

34.      Mao Xinghua, Cheng Heqin, Hu Fang xi, Li Maotian., 2000. Grade Compartmentalization of Shanghai Beaches and Its Application in Risk Evaluation. Journal of Basic Science and Engineering, 8(1): 22-30(in Chinese).