At the International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research (ICER), research is conducted to quantify the potential environmental impacts of energy and water resource infrastructure in aquatic habitats, focusing primarily on fish populations. The researchers at ICER are working at the cutting edge, pioneering solutions to the key environmental issues facing society.
ICER is one of many internationally renowned research groups within the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, covering a broad range of disciplines. Collaborative research across groups ensures a dynamic cross-disciplinary approach. Whether such collaborations take place in large teams focused on specific needs of industry or through less formal (but no less enthusiastic) alliances the range of experience and knowledge available to ICER personnel is extensive.
Our facilities provide the foundations for our research. Through continuous investment, we ensure that our researchers have access to the equipment they need for pioneering work which addresses the problems of today and tomorrow.
Fish Passage
Fish passage design in China: Swimming ability and behaviour data of native fish species
The impact of tide gates on fish migration
Gillian Wright
Dr Paul Kemp
Professor Robert Nicholls
Dr Malcolm Hudson
Elver passage at intertidal weirs
Anguilliform passage through culverts
Lynda Newbold
Andrew Vowles
Dr Paul Kemp
Anguilliform passage over gauging structures
Jim Kerr
Andrew Vowles
Dr Paul Kemp
The behavioural response of diadromous anguilliform fish to hydraulic conditions associated with barriers to fish migration
Dr Iain Russon
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr Gerald Muller
Bioinspiration and Biomimetics
Climbing Lamprey
Dr Paul Kemp
Toru Tsuzaki
Tracking eel at barriers
E-ON eels study
Dr Paul Kemp
Luke Blunden
Stanley Mills lamprey project
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr Martyn Lucas
Fish Response to Environmental Stimuli
Velocity Gradients
Andrew Vowles
Jim Kerr
Lynda Newbold
Dr Constantino Manes
Dr Paul Kemp
Turbulence
Jim Kerr
Dr Constantino Manes
Dr Paul Kemp
Schooling Behaviour and Hydrodynamics
Jasper De Bie
Dr Constantino Manes
Dr Paul Kemp
Fish Response to Acoustics
Developing behavioural guidance/deterrent devices for adult European eel
Dr Adam Piper
Prof Paul White
Dr Paul Kemp
Investigating impacts of human underwater sounds on fish behaviour
Mathias Deleau Prof Paul White
Dr Paul Kemp
Prof Tim Leighton
The impacts of noise pollution from marine transport and infrastructure on fish Sarah Neenan
Mr Rayner Piper
Prof Paul White
Dr Peter Shaw
Dr Paul Kemp
Prof Tim Leighton
Understanding the role of stakeholders in environmental conflict: The case of hydroelectric power
Dr Laura Watkin
Dr Paul Kemp
Professor Ian Williams
Dr Ian Harwood
Hydropower
The impact of low-head hydropower development on fish passage and survival
Andrew Vowles
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr Gerald Müller
Climate Change
Using unpublished archival data to predict and possibly mitigate effects of climate change
Professor Terry Langford
Dr Peter Shaw
Dr Tom Worthington
Predicting the impacts of climate change on the UK’s freshwater fish populations
Andrew Vowles
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr Patrick Osborne
Developing autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technology through Bioinspiration
Professor Gwyn Griffiths
Dr James Blake
Dr Stephen Boyd
Dr Alex Phillips
Dr Alan Murphy
Analysis of a unique mode of locomotion: Vertical climbing by Pacific lamprey
Dr Qiang Zhu (University of California – San Diego)
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr Mary Moser (NOAA)
Species Reintroduction
The feasibility of reintroducing the burbot (Lota lota) to the UK
Dr Tom Worthington
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr Patrick Osborne
A critical review of the effects of beavers on fish and fish stocks
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr Tom Worthington
Professor Terry Langford
Habitat Modelling and Restoration
Extending the evidence base for the impacts of agriculture sediments on aquatic ecosystems
Professor David Sear
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr David Smallman
The Effects of Low Oxygen Levels on the Incubation Success of Atlantic Salmon: Mortality and Adaptation
Jack Bloomer
Professor David Sear
Dr Paul Kemp
Catchment scale assessment of environmental impacts of river infrastructure and prioritisation of restoration actions
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr Jesse O’Hanley
Dr Kate Parks
Case Study: The River Wey
Fluvial sediment dynamics
Environmental Flows
Ecological assessment of proposed changes in compensation releases in the Spey catchment
Dr Paul Kemp
Dr Tom Worthington