My profile

Biography

Fellow of the British Society of Geomorphology

Previously: Bureau, International Association of Sedimentologists; Vice-Chair British Society of Geomorphology; Chief Editor Sedimentology; Editorial Board Journal of Ecohydraulics

Currently: Editorial Board RGS-IBG Book Series

External examiner of degrees at Durham University, Lancaster University and University of Manchester and for PhDs in the UK and Australia.

Interests and expertise

I am a fluvial geomorphologist interested in the physical processes at work in gravel-bed rivers and the interactions between fluvial processes and river ecosystems. My research has two main strands:

  • Biogeomorphology, ecohydraulics and freshwater zoogeomorphology, particularly the role of biotic energy in driving and conditioning geomorphological processes in rivers and the interactions between organisms, sediment transport and near-bed hydraulics. This includes recent work on the zoogeomorphic roles of crayfish, freshwater fish and aquatic insect larvae using a combination of field investigations and flume experiments.
  • The sedimentary structures and size characteristics of gravelly, river-bed sediments including sediment sorting and water-worked structures, bar formation processes and the links between fluvial sediments and lotic ecology. This includes work on emergent rocks as key habitat features, fine sediment ingress into river beds and a longstanding interest in the role of “sedimentary links” and geomorphologically significant confluences for structuring and explaining sediment characteristics and biodiversity at network scales.

Self-funded or match-funded PhDs
I am interested in supervising doctoral research in any areas of river geomorphology or biogeomorphology. From the Summer of 2024, this could include work in the new BioGeomorphology (BiG) Lab that we are developing at MMU, which will be equipped with an experimental flume, PIV and other fun kit. Please contact me if you have access to PhD funding and are interested in collaborating; that might be as an individual with personal funds or a PhD scholarship, or if you are associated with an organisation who can share the cost of a PhD with MMU.

Research outputs

  • Books (authored/edited/special issues)

    Frostick, L.E., Thomas, R.E., Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., McLelland, S.J. (2014) Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation. CRC Press.

    Clifford, N., Holloway, S., Rice, S.P., Valentine, G. (2008) Key Concepts in Geography. SAGE Publications Limited.

    Rice, S.P., Roy, A.G., Rhoads, B.L. (2008) River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network.

    Holloway, S., Rice, S.P., Valentine, G. (2003) Key Concepts in Geography. SAGE Publications Limited.

  • Chapters in books

    Thomas, R.E., McLelland, S.J., Frostick, L.E., Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., Penning, W.E., Djikstra, J.T. (2014) 'Conclusion: Decision-making framework.' In Frostick, L.E., Thomas, R.E., Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., McLelland, S.J. (ed.) Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation. CRC Press, pp. 149-157.

    Johnson, M.F., Dijkstra, J.T., Paul, M., Penning, W.E., Rice, S.P., Thomas, R.E. (2014) 'Using surrogates, including scaling surrogates, in laboratory flumes and basins.' In Frostick, L.E., Thomas, R.E., Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., McLelland, S. (ed.) Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation. pp. 23-39.

    Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., Penning, W.E., Dijkstra, J.T. (2014) 'Maintaining the health and behavioural integrity of plants and animals in experimental facilities.' In Frostick, L.E., Thomas, R.E., Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., McLelland, S. (ed.) Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation. pp. 11-21.

    Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P. (2014) 'Macrozoobenthos, hydraulics and sediment dynamics.' In Frostick, L.E., Thomas, R.E., Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., McLelland, S. (ed.) Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation. pp. 117-147.

    Frostick, L.E., Johnson, M.F., Thomas, R.E., Rice, S.P., McLelland, S.J. (2014) 'Introduction.' Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation. pp. 1-7.

    Bertoldi, W., Piégay, H., Buffin-Belanger, T., Graham, D.J., Rice, S. (2012) 'Applications of Close-Range Imagery in River Research.' In Carbonneau, P., Piégay, H. (ed.) Fluvial Remote Sensing for Science and Management. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 341-366.

    Rice, S.P., Johnson, M.F., Reid, I. (2012) 'Animals and the geomorphology of gravel-bed rivers.' In Church, M., Biron, P.M., Roy, A.G. (ed.) Gravel-bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 225-241.

    Toone, J.A., Wilby, R.L., Rice, S. (2011) 'Surface-water temperature variations and river corridor properties.' pp. 129-134.

    Reid, I., Graham, D.J., Laronne, J.B., Rice, S.P. (2010) 'Essential Ancillary Data Requirements for the Validation of Surrogate Measurements of Bedload:Non-Invasive Bed material Grain Size and Definitive Measurements of Bedload Flux.' In Gray, J.R., Laronne, J.B., Marr, J.D.G. (ed.) Bedload-surrogate monitoring technologies: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010. USGS, pp. 387-399.

    Rice, S.P. (2010) 'Sampling in Geography.' In Clifford, N., French, S., Valentine, G. (ed.) Key Methods in Gepgraphy (2nd Edition). London: Sage, pp. 000-000.

    Rice, S.P., Kiffney, P., Greene, C., Pess, G.R. (2008) 'The Ecological Importance of Tributaries and Confluences.' River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network. pp. 209-242.

    Rice, S.P., Rhoads, B.L., Roy, A.G. (2008) 'Introduction: River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network.' River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network. pp. 1-9.

    Rice, S.P. (2008) 'Introduction to Part II: Tributary-Main-Stem Interactions.' River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network. pp. 149-157.

    Rice, S.P., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Lancaster, J., Reid, I. (2007) '24 Movements of a macroinvertebrate (Potamophylax latipennis) across a gravel-bed substrate: effects of local hydraulics and micro-topography under increasing discharge.' pp. 637-659.

    Holloway, S.L., Rice, S.P., Valentine, G. (2003) 'Preface.' In Holloway, , L, S., Rice, , P, S., Valentine, , eds, G. (ed.) Key Concepts in Geography. London: Sage, pp. xiv-xxvi.

  • Reports

    Vettori, D., Rice, S., Aberle, J., Bodewes, B., Dijkstra, J.T., Fernandez, R., Henry, P.Y., McLelland, S.J., Middelboe, A.L., Thom, M. (2019) Innovative approaches for measuring organism stress and behavioural integrity in flume facilities: Deliverable D8-IV. © Hydralab+.

    Graham, D., Rice, S. (2015) Chesil Beach grain-size report: a technical report on the impact of beach management works and evaluation of the Sedimetrics Digital Gravelometer software. Loughborough University (A report for the Environment Agency).

    Rice, S.P., Mathers, K., Smith, J. (2015) Biological control of invasive signal crayfish by European eel and associated effects on sediment dynamics and flood risk management.

    Rice, S.P., Toone, J.A. (2011) Fluvial Audit of the Upper Dove Catchment.

    Rice, S.P., Toone, J.A. (2010) River bed sediments of the Dove and Manifold Rivers.

    Rice, S.P., Toone, J., Worral, T. (2010) Recommendations regarding condition assessments in SSSI units 89 (R.Manifold), 93 (Hoo Brook), 90, 40, 42 and 43 (R. Dove).

  • Journal articles

    Johnson, M., Albertson, L., Everall, N., Harvey, G., Mason, R., Pledger, A., Rice, S., Thorne, C. 'Accounting for the power of Nature: using flume and field studies to compare the capacities of bio-energy and fluvial energy to move surficial gravels.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,

    Sanders, C.H., Rice, S.P., Wood, P.J., Mathers, K.L. (2023) 'The long-term dynamics of invasive signal crayfish forcing of fluvial sediment supply via riverbank burrowing.' Geomorphology, 442

    Sanders, C.H., Rice, S.P., Wood, P., Albertson, L.K. (2023) 'River bank burrowing is innate in native and invasive signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) and is driven by biotic and abiotic cues.' Biological Invasions, 25(11) pp. 3425-3442.

    Mason, R.J., Mason, M.F., Bailey, L., Rice, S.P., Wood, P.J. (2022) 'Vertical reworking of sediment by the cased caddisfly Glossosomatidae (Agapetus fuscipes) increases sand exposure and availability in armoured gravel-bed rivers.' Geomorphology, 418

    Sanders, H., Mason, R.J., Mills, D.N., Rice, S.P. (2022) 'Stabilization of fluvial bed sediments by invasive quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis).' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(14) pp. 3259-3275.

    Mathers, K., Rice, S.P., Chadd, R., Wood, P.J. (2022) 'Influence of invasive crayfish on fine sediment transport, ingress and bed storage in lowland rivers.' River Research and Applications, 38(8) pp. 1481-1494.

    Mason, R.J., Rice, S.P., Johnson, M.F., Wood, P., Vettori, D. (2022) 'Aquatic insect bioconstructions modify fine‐sediment entrainment and mobility.' Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127(2)

    Rice, S.P. (2021) 'Why so skeptical? The role of animals in fluvial geomorphology.' WIREs Water, 8(6)

    Vettori, D., Niewerth, S., Aberle, J., Rice, S.P. (2021) 'A Link Between Plant Stress and Hydrodynamics? Indications From a Freshwater Macrophyte.' Water Resources Research, 57(9)

    Dwyer, G.K., Cummings, C.R., Rice, S., Lancaster, J., Downes, B.J., Slater, L., Lester, R.E. (2021) 'Using fractals to describe ecologically-relevant patterns in distributions of large rocks in streams.' Water Resources Research, 57(7)

    Lancaster, J., Rice, S.P., Slater, L., Lester, R.E., Downes, B.J. (2021) 'Hydrological controls on oviposition habitat are associated with egg-laying phenology of some caddisflies.' Freshwater Biology, 66(7) pp. 1311-1327.

    Sanders, H., Rice, S.P., Wood, P.J. (2021) 'Signal crayfish burrowing, bank retreat and sediment supply to rivers: A biophysical sediment budget.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(4) pp. 837-852.

    Han, S., Rice, S., Tan, G., Wang, K., Zheng, S. (2020) 'Geomorphic evolution of the Qingshuigou channel of the Yellow River Delta in response to changing water and sediment regimes and human interventions.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(10) pp. 2350-2364.

    Lancaster, J., Downes, B.J., Lester, R.E., Rice, S.P. (2020) 'Avoidance and aggregation create consistent egg distribution patterns of congeneric caddisflies across spatially variable oviposition landscapes.' Oecologia, 192pp. 375-389.

    Gutmann Roberts, C., Bašić, T., Britton, J.R., Rice, S., Pledger, A.G. (2019) 'Quantifying the habitat and zoogeomorphic capabilities of spawning European barbel Barbus barbus, a lithophilous cyprinid.' River Research and Applications,

    Vettori, D., Rice, S. (2019) 'Implications of environmental conditions for health status and biomechanics of freshwater macrophytes in hydraulic laboratories.' Journal of Ecohydraulics, 5pp. 71-83.

    Mason, R., Rice, S., Wood, P., Johnson, M.F. (2019) 'The zoogeomorphology of case-building caddisfly: quantifying sediment use.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44

    Han, X., Fang, H., Johnson, M.F., Rice, S. (2019) 'The impact of biological bedforms on near-bed and subsurface flow: a laboratory evaluated numerical study of flow in the vicinity of pits and mounds.' Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124pp. 1939-1957.

    Mathers, K.L., Rice, S.P., Wood, P.J. (2019) 'Discharge and suspended sediment time series as controls on fine sediment ingress into gravel river beds.' Catena, 173pp. 253-263.

    Mathers, K., Rice, S., Wood, P. (2019) 'Predator, prey and substrate interactions – the role of faunal activity and substrate characteristics.' Ecosphere,

    Rice, S., Pledger, A., Toone, J., Mathers, K.L. (2018) 'Zoogeomorphological behaviours in fish and the potential impact of benthic feeding on bed material mobility in fluvial landscapes.' Earth Surface Processes andLandforms, 44pp. 54-66.

    Bašić, T., Britton, J.R., Rice, S., Pledger, A.G. (2018) 'Does sand content in spawning substrate result in early larval emergence? Evidence from a lithophilic cyprinid fish..' Ecology of Freshwater Fish,

    Baynes, E.R.C., van de Lageweg, W.I., McLelland, S.J., Parsons, D.R., Aberle, J., Dijkstra, J., Henry, P.Y., Rice, S.P., Thom, M., Moulin, F. (2018) 'Beyond equilibrium: Re-evaluating physical modelling of fluvial systems to represent climate changes.' Earth-Science Reviews, 181pp. 82-97.

    Cooper, J.R., Ockleford, A., Rice, S.P., Powell, D.M. (2018) 'Does the permeability of gravel river beds affect near-bed hydrodynamics?.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(5) pp. 943-955.

    Mathers, K.L., Rice, S.P., Wood, P.J. (2018) 'Temporal variability in lotic macroinvertebrate communities associated with invasive signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) activity levels and substrate character.' Biological Invasions, 20(3) pp. 567-582.

    Mathers, K.L., Collins, A.L., England, J., Brierley, B., Rice, S.P. (2017) 'The fine sediment conundrum; quantifying, mitigating and managing the issues.' River Research and Applications, 33pp. 1509-1514.

    Mathers, K., Rice, S.P., Wood, P.J. (2017) 'Temporal effects of enhanced fine sediment loading on macroinvertebrate community structure and functional traits.' Science of the Total Environment, 599-600pp. 513-522.

    Pledger, A.G., Rice, S.P., Millett, J. (2017) 'Foraging Fish as Zoogeomorphic Agents: An Assessment of Fish Impacts at Patch, Barform, and Reach Scales.' Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 122pp. 2105-2123.

    Bašić, T., Britton, J.R., Rice, S.P., G Pledger, A. (2017) 'Impacts of gravel jetting on the composition of fish spawning substrates: Implications for river restoration and fisheries management.' Ecological Engineering, 107pp. 71-81.

    Lin, Y.F., Chappuis, A., Rice, S., Dumont, E.R. (2017) 'The effects of soil compactness on the burrowing performance of sympatric eastern and hairy-tailed moles.' Journal of Zoology, 301pp. 310-319.

    Wilby, R., Clifford, N., De Luca, P., Harrigan, S., Hillier, J., Hodgkins, R., Johnson, M.F., Matthews, T.K.R., Murphy, C., Noone, S., Parry, S., Prudhomme, C., Rice, S., Slater, L., Smith, K., Wood, P. (2017) 'The “dirty dozen” of freshwater science: Detecting then reconciling hydrological data biases and errors.' Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs) Water,

    Powell, D.M., Ockelford, A., Rice, S., Hillier, J., Nguyen, T., Reid, I., Tate, N.J., Ackerley, D. (2016) 'Structural properties of mobile armors formed at different flow strengths in gravel-bed rivers.' Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface,

    Rice, S.P., Johnson, M.F., Mathers, K., Reeds, J., Extence, C. (2016) 'THE IMPORTANCE OF BIOTIC ENTRAINMENT IN BASE FLOW FLUVIAL SEDIMENT TRANSPORT.' Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 121pp. 890-906.

    Rice, S. (2016) 'Tributary connectivity, confluence aggradation and network biodiversity.' Geomorphology, 277pp. 6-16.

    Mathers, K.L., Chadd, R., Extence, C., Rice, S.P., Wood, P.J. (2016) 'The implications of an invasive species on the reliability of macroinverterbrate biomonitoring tools used in freshwater ecological assessments..' Ecological Indicators, 63pp. 23-28.

    Mathers, K., Chadd, R.P., Dunbar, M.J., Extence, C.A., Reeds, J., Rice, S., Wood, P. (2016) 'The long-term effects of invasive signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) on instream macroinvertebrate communities.' Science of the Total Environment, 556pp. 207-218.

    Pledger, A.G., Rice, S.P., Millett, J. (2015) 'Bed disturbance via foraging fish increases bedload transport during subsequent high flows and is controlled by fish size and species.' Geomorphology, 253pp. 83-93.

    Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., Reid, I. (2014) 'The activity of signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in relation to thermal and hydraulic dynamics of an alluvial stream, UK.' Hydrobiologia, 724pp. 41-54.

    Toone, J., Rice, S.P., Piégay, H. (2014) 'Spatial discontinuity and temporal evolution of channel morphology along a mixed bedrock-alluvial river, upper DrÔme River, southeast France: Contingent responses to external and internal controls.' Geomorphology, 205pp. 5-16.

    Rice, S.P., Johnson, M.F., Extence, C., Reeds, J., Longstaff, H. (2014) 'Diel patterns of suspended sediment flux and the zoogeomorphic agency of invasive crayfish.' Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 40pp. 7-28.

    Thomas, R.E., Johnson, M.F., Frostick, L.E., Parsons, D.R., Bouma, T.J., Dijkstra, J.T., Eiff, O., Gobert, S., Henry, P.Y., Kemp, P., McLelland, S.J., Moulin, F.Y., Myrhaug, D., Neyts, A., Paul, M., Penning, W.E., Puijalon, S., Rice, S., Stanica, A., Tagliapietra, D., Tal, M., Torum, A., Vousdoukas, M.I. (2014) 'Physical modelling of water, fauna and flora: knowledge gaps, avenues for future research and infrastructural needs.' JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH, 52pp. 311-325.

    Rice, S.P., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Reid, I. (2014) 'Sensitivity of interfacial hydraulics to the microtopographic roughness of water-lain gravels.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 39pp. 184-199.

    Pledger, A., Rice, S., Millett, J. (2014) 'Reduced bed material stability and increased bedload transport caused by foraging fish: a flume study with juvenile Barbel (Barbus barbus).' EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 39pp. 1500-1513.

    Johnson, M.F., Rice, S. (2014) 'Animal perception in gravel-bed rivers: scales of sensing and environmental controls on sensory information.' CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, 71pp. 945-957.

    Foot, G.W., Rice, S., Millett, J. (2014) 'Red trap colour of the carnivorous plant Drosera rotundifolia does not serve a prey attraction or camouflage function.' BIOLOGY LETTERS, 10

    Stoffel, M., Rice, S., Turowski, J.M. (2013) 'Process geomorphology and ecosystems: Disturbance regimes and interactions.' Geomorphology, 202pp. 1-3.

    Rice, S., Stoffel, M., Turowski, J.M., Wolf, A. (2012) 'Disturbance regimes at the interface of geomorphology and ecology.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,

    Graham, D.J., Rollet, A.J., Rice, S., Piégay, H. (2012) 'Conversions of surface grain-size samples collected and recorded using different procedures.' Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 138pp. 1-1.

    Rice, S.P., Swart, P.K. (2011) 'What makes a good Sedimentology paper?.' Sedimentology, 58pp. 1675-1677.

    Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., Reid, I. (2011) 'Increase in coarse sediment transport associated with disturbance of gravel river beds by signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus).' EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 36pp. 1680-1692.

    Harvey, G.L., Moorhouse, T.P., Clifford, N.J., Henshaw, A.J., Johnson, M.F., Macdonald, D.W., Reid, I., Rice, S.P. (2011) 'Evaluating the role of invasive aquatic species as drivers of fine sediment-related river management problems: The case of the signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus).' Progress in Physical Geography, 35pp. 517-534.

    Best, J., Carling, P., Rice, S., Swart, P. (2011) 'Preface to Decadal Issue.' Sedimentology, 58pp. 1-1.

    Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., Reid, I. (2010) 'Topographic disturbance of subaqueous gravel substrates by signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus).' Geomorphology, 123pp. 269-278.

    Rice, S.P., Little, S., Wood, P.J., Moir, H.J., Vericat, D. (2010) 'The relative contributions of ecology and hydraulics to ecohydraulics.' River Research and Applications, 26pp. 363-366.

    Olmeadow, D., Lancaster, J., Rice, S.P. (2010) 'Drift and settlement of stream insects in a complex hydraulic environment.' Freshwater Biology, pp. 55-55.

    Graham, D.J., Rollet, A.J., Piégay, H., Rice, S.P. (2010) 'Maximising the accuracy of image-based surface sediment sampling techniques.' Water Resources Research, 46pp. Jan-15.

    Rice, S.P., Church, M. (2010) 'Grain size sorting within river bars in relation to downstream fining along a wandering channel.' Sedimentology, 57pp. 232-251.

    Rice, S.P., Lancaster, J.L., Kemp, P.S. (2010) 'Experimentation at the interface of fluvial geomorphology, stream ecology and hydraulic engineering and the development of an effective river science.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 35pp. 64-77.

    Wood, P.J., Rice, S.P., Little, S., Moir, H.J., Verica, D. (2010) 'Ecohydraulics at Scales Relevant to Organisms. (Special Issue).' River Research and Applications, 26

    Church, M., Rice, S.P. (2009) 'Growth and form of gravel bars in lower Fraser River.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34pp. 1422-1432.

    Rice, S.P., Church, M., Wooldridge, C.L., Hickin, E.J. (2009) 'Morphology and evolution of bars in a wandering gravel-bed river; lower Fraser river, British Columbia, Canada.' Sedimentology, 56(3) pp. 709-736.

    Johnson, M.F., Reid, I., Rice, S.P., Wood, P.J. (2009) 'Stabilisation of fine gravels by net-spinning caddisfly larvae.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34pp. 413-23.

    Rice, S.P., Macklin, M.G. (2008) 'Geomorphology and earth system science: A reflection.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(13) pp. 2118-2120.

    Haschenburger, J.K., Rice, S.P., Voyde, E. (2007) 'Evaluation of bulk sediment sampling criteria for gravel-bed rivers.' Journal of Sedimentary Research, 77(5-6) pp. 415-423.

    Rice, S.P., Ferguson, R.I., Hoey, T.B. (2006) 'Tributary control of physical heterogeneity and biological diversity at river confluences.' Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 63(11) pp. 2553-2566.

    Ferguson, R.I., Cudden, J.R., Hoey, T.B., Rice, S.P. (2006) 'River system discontinuities due to lateral inputs: Generic styles and controls.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31(9) pp. 1149-1166.

    Lancaster, J., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Reid, I., Rice, S. (2006) 'Flow- and substratum-mediated movement by a stream insect.' Freshwater Biology, 51(6) pp. 1053-1069.

    Buffin-Bélanger, T., Rice, S., Reid, I., Lancaster, J. (2006) 'Spatial heterogeneity of near-bed hydraulics above a patch of river gravel.' Water Resources Research, 42(4)

    Graham, D.J., Rice, S.P., Reid, I. (2005) 'Comment: Photographic techniques for characterizing streambed particle sizes.' Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 134(6) pp. 1599-1603.

    Graham, D.J., Rice, S.P., Reid, I. (2005) 'A transferable method for the automated grain sizing of river gravels.' Water Resources Research, 41(7) pp. 1-12.

    Graham, D.J., Reid, I., Rice, S.P. (2005) 'Automated sizing of coarse-grained sediments: Image-processing procedures.' Mathematical Geology, 37(1) pp. 1-28.

    Haschenburger, J.K., Rice, S.P. (2004) 'Changes in woody debris and bed material texture in a gravel-bed channel.' Geomorphology, 60(3-4) pp. 241-267.

    Rice, S.P., Haschenburger, J.K. (2004) 'A hybrid method for size characterization of coarse subsurface fluvial sediments.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 29(3) pp. 373-389.

    Chandler, J.H., Buffin-Bélanger, T., Rice, S., Reid, I., Graham, D.J. (2003) 'The accuracy of a river bed moulding/casting system and the effectiveness of a low-cost digital camera for recording river bed fabric.' Photogrammetric Record, 18(103) pp. 209-223.

    Buffin-Bélanger, T., Reid, I., Rice, S., Chandler, J.H., Lancaster, J. (2003) 'A casting procedure for reproducing coarse-grained sedimentary surfaces.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 28(7) pp. 787-796.

    Franks, C.A., Rice, S.P., Wood, P.J. (2002) 'Hydraulic habitat in confluences: An ecological perspective on confluence hydraulics.' IAHS-AISH Publication, (276) pp. 61-67.

    Rice, S.P., Greenwood, M.T., Joyce, C.B. (2001) 'Macroinvertebrate community changes at coarse sediment recruitment points along two gravel bed rivers.' Water Resources Research, 37(11) pp. 2793-2803.

    Rice, S.P., Church, M. (2001) 'Longitudinal profiles in simple alluvial systems.' Water Resources Research, 37(2) pp. 417-426.

    Rice, S.P., Greenwood, M.T., Joyce, C.B. (2001) 'Tributaries, sediment sources, and the longitudinal organisation of macroinvertebrate fauna along river systems.' Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 58(4) pp. 824-840.

    Rice, S. (1999) 'The nature and controls on downstream fining within sedimentary links.' Journal of Sedimentary Research, 69(1) pp. 32-39.

    Rice, S. (1999) 'The nature and controls on downstream fining within sedimentary links.' Journal of Sedimentary Research, 69(1) pp. 32-39.

    Rice, S. (1998) 'Which tributaries disrupt downstream fining along gravel-bed rivers?.' Geomorphology, 22(1) pp. 39-56.

    Rice, S., Church, M. (1998) 'Grain size along two gravel-bed rivers: Statistical variation, spatial pattern and sedimentary links.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 23(4) pp. 345-363.

    Rice, S., Church, M. (1996) 'Sampling surficial fluvial gravels: The precision of size distribution percentile estimates.' Journal of Sedimentary Research, 66(3) pp. 654-665.

    Rice, S., Church, M. (1996) 'Bed material texture in low order streams on the queen Charlotte islands, British Columbia.' Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 21(1) pp. 1-18.

    Rice, S. (1994) 'Towards a model of changes in bed material texture at the drainage basin scale.' Process models and theoretical geomorphology, pp. 159-172.

  • Conference papers

    Vettori, D., Rice, S. (2019) 'THE EFFECTS OF ABIOTIC FACTORS ON PLANT HEALTH AND BIOMECHANICS: A MESOCOSM STUDY ON POTAMOGETON CRISPUS.' In 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics. Toyko, Japan, 19/8/2018 - 25/8/2018.

    Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P., Thomas, R., Webb, J.A., Costelloe, J.F., CasasMulet, R., Lyon, J.P., Stewardson, M.J. (2016) 'HOW DO ANIMALS COMMUNICATE IN COMPLEX HYDRODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS? LINKING HYDRAULICS AND ECOLOGY IN RIVERS.'

    Pattison, I., Chandler, J., Rice, S. (2013) 'Quantifying fluvial gravel surface and sub-surface topography using photogrammetry.' In EGU 2013. Vienna, Austria, 8/4/2013 - 12/4/2013. pp. 1-1.

    Thomas, R.E., Johnson, M.F., Frostick, L.E., Parsons, D.R., Bouma, T.J., Dijkstra, J.T., Eiff, O., Gobert, S., Henry, P.Y., Kemp, P., McLelland, S.J., Moulin, F.Y., Myrhaug, D., Neyts, A., Paul, M., Penning, W.E., Rice, S.P., Puijalon, S., Stanica, A., Tagliapietra, D., Tal, M., Torum, A., Vousdoukas, M.I. (2013) 'Physical Modeling of Water, Fauna and Flora: A Foresight Study for Ecohydraulics.' pp. 3001-3008.

    Johnson, M.F., Rice, S.P. (2013) 'Geomorphic impacts of macroinvertebrate animals in rivers: perspectives from marine environments and future challenges.' In 10th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology. Leeds, UK, 14/7/2013 - 19/7/2013. pp. 1-1.

    Johnson, M.F. (2012) 'The impact of aquatic animals on bedload transport in gravel-bed rivers.' In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, USA, 3/12/2012 - 7/12/2012. pp. N/A-N/A.

    Rice, S.P. (2012) 'The impact of benthic fauna on fluvial bed load transport: Challenges of scaling up laboratory experiments to river and landscape scales.' In European Geosciences Union. Vienna, Austria, 22/4/2012 - 27/4/2012.

    Pledger, A., Rice, S.P., Millett, J. (2012) 'The impact of feeding Cyprinids on river bed sediment structures and grain entrainment. Poster Presentation..' In European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Vienna, 22/4/2012 - 27/4/2012.

    Johnson, M.F. (2010) 'Disturbance of fluvial gravel substrates by signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus).' In British Hydrological Society 3rd International Symposium. Newcastle University, UK, 19/7/2010 - 23/7/2010. pp. N/A-N/A.

    Johnson, M.F. (2010) 'The disturbance and destabilisation of fluvial gravel substrates by signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus).' In European Geophysical Union general assembly. Vienna, Austria, 5/4/2010 - 8/4/2010. pp. N/A-N/A.

    Rice, S.P., Johnson, M.F., Reid, I. (2010) 'Linkages between biota and geomorphology in gravel-bed rivers.' In Gravel Bed Rivers VII. Tadoussac, Canada, pp. N/A-N/A.

    Johnson, M.F. (2009) 'Disturbance of gravel substrates by signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus).' In 27th Meeting of the International Association of Sedimentologists. Alghero, Italy, 20/9/2009 - 23/9/2009. pp. N/A-N/A.

    Johnson, M.F. (2009) 'Disturbance of gravel substrates by signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus).' In British Society for Geomorphology Annual Meeting. Durham University, UK, 7/9/2009 - 9/9/2009. pp. N/A-N/A.

    Chandler, J.H., Rice, S., Church, M. (2004) 'Colour aerial photography for riverbed classification.' 35. pp. 1079-1084.

  • Other

    Mathers, K., Rice, S., Chadd, R., Wood, P. Supplementary information files for Influence of invasive crayfish on fine sediment transport, ingress and bed storage in lowland rivers.

    Mason, R., Rice, S., Johnson, M.F., Wood, P., Vettori, D. Supplementary information files for Aquatic Insect Bioconstructions Modify Fine-Sediment Entrainment and Mobility.

    Houseago, R., Hodge, R., Ferguson, R., Hardy, R., Hackney, C., Rice, S., Johnson, J., Yager, E., Hoey, T., Yamasaki, T. (2024) Surface roughness: capturing rough-bed river diversity.

    Yamasaki, T., Houseago, R., Hodge, R., Hardy, R., Rice, S., Ferguson, R., Hackney, C., Yager, E., Johnson, J., Hoey, T. (2024) Measuring flow resistance in rough-bed rivers using flume and CFD approaches.

    Whitfield, D., Baynes, E., Rice, S., Jeffries, R. (2023) Hydraulic Geometry of ‘Equilibrium’ Channels: From Theory to Application at the National Scale.

    Rice, S.P., Johnson, M.F., Reeds, J., Longstaff, H., Extence, C. (2013) Mobilisation of fine sediment by signal crayfish: implications for fine sediment flux in gravel-bed rivers.

    Rice, S.P., Johnson, M.F., Reeds, J., Longstaff, H., Extence, C. (2013) Crayfish as zoogeomorphic agents: diel patterns of fine sediment suspension and increased sediment loads.

    Pledger, A., Rice, S.P., Millett, J. (2012) The impact of feeding Cyprinids on river bed sediment structures and grain entrainment..

Career history

1985-1988

BA Geography, Oxford University, Herford College. EW Gilbert Prize

1995-2011

Lecturer, senior lecturer, reader, professor at Loughborough University

2016-2018

Head of Department, Geography and Environment, Loughborough University

2018-2024

Associate Dean for Research & Innovation, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University

Feb 2024 -

Professor of River Science and Environmental Sustainability, Manchester Metropolitan University