Paul Kemp – Curriculum Vitae
Name
Paul Kemp
Position
Director of International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research
(ICER)
Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
Institution
University of Southampton UK
Education
BSc in Zoology, University of Nottingham, UK, 1994
PhD in Fish Ecology and Fisheries Management, University
of Stirling, UK, 2002
Career
February 2005: Senior Lecturer in Fish Ecology and Fisheries Management at the
University of Southampton, UK
February 2003: Fisheries Scientist, NOAA, USA
Research Focus
Research interests relate to the application of freshwater ecology to solving
challenges in river engineering. Particular interests relate to how the physical environment influences the behaviour and physiological performance of
fish, and how manipulation of that environment by engineering means can be
used to mitigate for negative environmental impact of river development.
Specific applications include investigating the influence of the behaviour and
performance of multiple species/life-stages of fish on developing fish pass
design, assigning compensation flow regimes, and improving habitat restoration strategies. Experimental and field-based research experience includes
the assessment of the behavioural response of salmonids and anguilliform
fishes to manipulations of structural and hydraulic habitat.
Dr Kemp is responsible for developing a multidisciplinary research team.
ICER acts as a hub for both research and enterprise in the area of fisheries
engineering with extensive experience advising governmental and nongovernmental organisations on fish passage, including US regulatory agencies
and Native American Tribes, the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources, the
Swedish hydropower industry, and the EU.
Awards
Kenneth Whynes Memorial Prize – University of Nottingham, UK
Percy Bullied Prize – Institute of Fisheries Management, UK
Publications (Journal Articles Only)
Kemp, P.S., Anderson, J.J. and Vowles, A.S. 2012. Quantifying behaviour of
migratory fish: Application of signal detection theory to fisheries engineering.
Ecological Engineering 41, 22-31.
Worthington, T. Kemp, P.S., Osborne, P.E., Coeck, J., Bunzel-Druke, M.,
Naura, M., Gregory, J., and Easton, K. 2012. A spatial analytical approach for
selecting reintroduction sites for burbot in English Rivers. Freshwater Biology
57, 602-611.
Russon, I.J. and Kemp, P.S. 2011. Advancing provision of multi-species fish
passage: behavior of adult European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and brown trout
(Salmo trutta) in response to accelerating flow. Ecological Engineering 37,
2018-2024.
Worthington, T., Kemp, P.S., Osborne, P.E., Howes, C. and Easton, K. 2011.
A review of the historic distribution and status of burbot (Lota lota) in English
rivers. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27, 1-8.
Worthington, T., Kemp, P.S., Osborne, P.E. 2011. Factors affecting the population viability of the burbot, Lota lota. Fisheries Management and Ecology
18, 322-332.
Kemp P.S., Sear, D., Collins, A., Naden, P., Jones, I. 2011. The impacts of
fine sediments on riverine fish. Hydrological Processes 25, 1800-1821.
Kemp, P.S., Russon, I.J., Vowles, A.S., Lucas, M.C. 2011. The influence of
discharge and temperature on the ability of upstream migrant adult river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) to pass experimental overshot and undershot weirs.
River Research and Application 27, 488-498.
Russon, I. J. and Kemp, P. S. 2011. Experimental quantification of the
swimming performance and behaviour of spawning run river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis and European eel Anguilla anguilla. Journal of Fish Biology 78,
1965–1975.
Russon, I.J., Kemp, P.S. and Lucas, M.C. 2011. Gauging weirs impede the
upstream migration of adult river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis. Fisheries
Management and Ecology 18, 201-210.
Zhu, Q., Moser, M. and Kemp, P.S. 2011. Numerical analysis of a unique
mode of locomotion: vertical climbing by Pacific lamprey. Bioinspiration and
Biomimetics 6 (9pp).
Worthington T., Tisdale, J., Kemp, P.S., Williams I.D. and Osborne P.E.
2010. Public and stakeholder attitudes to the reintroduction of the burbot, Lota lota. Fisheries Management and Ecology 17, 465-472.
Calles, O., Olsson, I.C., Comoglio, C., Kemp, P.S., Blunden, L.S., Schmitz,
M., Greenberg, L.A. 2010. Size-dependent mortality of migratory silver eels at
a hydropower plant and implications for escapement to the sea. Freshwater
Biology 55, 2167-2180.
Kemp P.S., O'Hanley J, 2010. Procedures for evaluating and prioritising the
removal of fish passage barriers: a synthesis. Fisheries Management and
Ecology 17, 297-322. (Awarded best publication in Fisheries Management
and Ecology in 2010, and the most accessed article in 2010).
Worthington, T., Kemp, P.S., Osborne, P.E, Howes, C. and Easton, K. 2010.
Former distribution and decline of the burbot (Lota lota) in the UK. Aquatic
Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20, 371-377
Russon, I.J., Kemp, P.S., Calles, O. 2010. Response of downstream migrating adult European eels (Anguilla anguilla) to bar racks under experimental
conditions. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 19, 197-205.
Rice, S, Lancaster, J, and Kemp, P.S., 2010. Experimentation at the interface
of fluvial geomorphology, stream ecology and hydraulic engineering and the
development of an effective, interdisciplinary river science. Earth Surface
Processes and Landforms 35, 64-77.
Kemp, P.S. and Williams, J.G., 2009. Illumination influences the ability of migrating juvenile salmonids to pass a submerged experimental weir. Ecology
of Freshwater Fish 18, 297-304.
Kemp, P.S., Tsuzaki, T, and Moser, M.L. 2009. Linking behaviour and performance: intermittent locomotion in a climbing fish. Journal of Zoology 277,
171-178.
Kemp, P.S. and Williams, J.G., 2008. Response of migrating Chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) smolts to in-stream structure associated with
culverts. River Research and Applications 24, 571-579.
Kemp, P.S., Gessel, M.H. and Williams, J.G. 2008. Response of downstream
migrant juvenile Pacific salmonids to accelerating flow and overhead cover.
Hydrobiologia 609, 205-207.
Kemp, P.S., Gilvear D.J., Armstrong J.D. 2006. Variations in performance
reveals discharge-related energy costs for foraging Atlantic salmon (Salmo
salar) parr. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 15, 565-571.
Kemp, P.S., Gessel, M.H., Williams, J.G. 2006. The behaviour of Pacific
salmonid smolts during passage over two experimental weirs under light and
dark conditions. River Research and Applications 22, 429-440.
Kemp, P.S., Gessel, M.H., Williams, J.G. 2005. Seaward migrating subyearling Chinook salmon avoid overhead cover. Journal of Fish Biology 67, 13811391.
Kemp, P.S., Gessel, M.H., Williams, J.G. 2005. Fine-Scale behavioral responses of Pacific salmonid smolts as they encounter divergence and acceleration of flow. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134, 390-398.
Kemp, P.S., Armstrong, J.D., Gilvear, D.J. 2005. Behavioural responses of
juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to presence of boulders. River Research and Applications 21, 1053-1060.
Kemp, P.S., Gilvear, D.J., Armstrong, J.D. 2003. Do juvenile Atlantic salmon
parr track local changes in water velocity? River Research and Applications
19, 569-575.
Armstrong, J.D., Kemp, P.S., Kennedy, G.J.A., Ladle, M., Milner, N.J. 2003.
Habitat requirements of Atlantic salmon and brown trout in rivers and
streams. Fisheries Research 62, 143-170.