Stephen Addy
Hydromorphologist
Environmental and Biochemical Sciences
Scottish Crop Research Institute
United Kingdom
Biography
Steve is a hydromorphologist who is interested in physical processes and forms within river systems. His background is in physical geography and fluvial geomorphology. Based at the University of Aberdeen, he gained a BSc degree in geography in 2005 and completed a PhD in fluvial geomorphology in 2009. The PhD work examined controls on the distribution of channel reach types and tested the effectiveness of an existing channel reach classification system in upland catchments of the upper River Dee catchment, north-east Scotland.
Research Interest
His main current research interests are: Evaluating the effectiveness of river restoration at the reach scale in a degraded agricultural stream (Logie Burn, Aberdeenshire) and a large gravel bed river with an altered floodplain (River Dee near Braemar, Aberdeenshire). The effectiveness of natural flood management and coarse sediment measures including novel in-stream wooden structures in upland catchments (Bowmont Water, Scottish Borders). The impacts of hydroelectric power on river geomorphology and the habitats of freshwater pearl mussels and salmonids (River Kerry, Wester Ross). Investigating the geomorphic impact of the 30th of December 2015 'Storm Frank' flood on the River Dee and the 8th of January 2016 flood on other rivers in Aberdeenshire to help inform sustainable river management.
Publications
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Addy, S.; Soulsby, C.; Hartley, A.J., (2014) Controls on the distribution of channel reach morphology in selectively glaciated catchments. Geomorphology, 211, 121-133.
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Addy, S.; Cooksley, S.; Dodd, N., (2015) IUCN NCUK River restoration and biodiversity expert workshop report, 5-6 November 2014. Report for CREW Project Number CRW2014_10.
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Addy S.; Wilkinson, M., (2016) An assessment of engineered log jam structures in response to a flood event in an upland gravel-bed river system. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 41(12), 1658-1670.
