Penelope Steel
BA, BSc, PhD
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Assistant Statistician
Penelope Donohue joined Forest Research as Assistant Statistician in IFOS-Statistics in 2015. She took an honours degree in Business at Coventry University (2000-2003) and an honours degree in Marine Biology at Plymouth University (2006-2010). Penelope was awarded a PhD in Biology from Glasgow University in 2015 during which she investigated the physiological response of marine calcifying biota to global climate change. Penelope has a range of experience in business, academia and research and, most recently, the civil service.
As a team we also represent the Forestry Commission on the Natural Environment Statistics Advisory Committee for the Scottish Government and represent the UK on the Eurostat Forestry Statistics and Accounts Working Group.
Silvan House
231 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7AT
Peer-reviewed papers
Pauly M., Kamenos N.A., Donohue P.J.C., LeDrew E. (2015) Coralline algal Mg-O bond strength as a marine pCO2 proxy. Geology. DOI:10.1130/G36386.1
Donohue P.J.C. and Murphy E. (2015) Review: displacement of commercial sea fishing as a result of policy and administrative activities in the marine environment. Scottish Government Report.
Brodie J., Williamson C., Smale D., Kamenos N., Mieszkowska N., Santo R., Cunliffe M., Steinke M., Yesson, C., Anderson K., Asnaghi V., Brownlee C., Burdett H., Burrows M., Collins S., Donohue P., Harvey B., Foggo A., Noisette F., Nunes J., Ragazzola F., Raven J A., Schmidt D., Suggett D., Teichberg M., Hall-Spencer J. (2014) The future of the NE Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1105
Burdett H., Carruthers M., Donohue P., et al. (2014) Effects of high temperature and CO2 on intracellular DMSP in the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. Marine Biology. 161(7): 1499-1506
Burdett H., Donohue P. et al. (2013) Spatiotemporal Variability of Dimethylsulphoniopropionate on a Fringing Coral Reef: The Role of Reefal Carbonate Chemistry and Environmental Variability. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64651. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0064651
Donohue P., et al. (2012) Impact of exposure to elevated pCO2 on the physiology and behaviour of an important ecosystem engineer, the burrowing shrimp Upogebia deltaura. Aquatic Biology. 15: 73-86
Books
Kafas, A., Donohue, P. et al. (2017) Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning: Chapter 10. Displacement of existing activities. Routledge (Earthscan Oceans Series)
FC and FR publications
Forestry Commission publications that I have contributed to can be found at /forestry/infd-7aqd6f
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