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Dr. Ian Donohue
Assistant Professor
Ussher Lecturer in Ecosystem Functioning
Member of the Ecological and Evolutionary Networks Research Cluster
and the Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research

Email: ian.donohue@tcd.ie
Tel: + 353 1 8961356
Fax: + 353 1 6778094
Skype: ian_donohue

My site on academia.edu
Ian on Twitter [@donohueian]
EcoEvo@TCD blog

Publications

Donohue, I., Petchey, O.L., Montoya, J.M., Jackson, A.L., McNally, L., Viana, M., Healy, K., Lurgi, M., O’Connor, N.E. & Emmerson, M.C. (2013) On the dimensionality of ecological stability. Ecology Letters 16: 421–429

O'Connor, N.E., Emmerson, M.C., Crowe, T.P. & Donohue, I. (2013) Distinguishing between direct and indirect effects of predators in complex ecosystems. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 438-448

O'Connor, N.E. & Donohue, I. (2013) Environmental context determines the multi-trophic effects of consumer species loss. Global Change Biology 19: 431-440

Jackson, M.C., Donohue, I., Jackson, A.L., Britton, J.R., Harper, D.M. & Grey, J. (2012) Population-level metrics of trophic structure based on stable isotopes and their application using invasion ecology. PLoS ONE 7: e31757

O'Connor, N.E., Donohue, I., Crowe, T.P. & Emmerson, M.C. (2011) Importance of consumers on exposed and sheltered rocky shores. Marine Ecology Progress Series 443: 65-75

García-Molinos, J. & Donohue, I. (2011) Temporal variability within disturbance events regulates their effects on natural commuities. Oecologia 166: 795-806

O'Reilly, J., Léon Vintró, L., Mitchell, P.I., Donohue, I., Leira, M., Hobbs, W. & Irvine, K. (2011) 210Pb-dating of a lake sediment core from Lough Carra (Co. Mayo, western Ireland): use of paleolimnological data for chronology validation below the 210Pb dating horizon. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 102: 495-499

Donohue, I., Leira, M., Hobbs, W., León-Vintró, L., O’Reilly, J. & Irvine, K. (2010) Rapid ecosystem recovery from diffuse pollution after the Great Irish Famine. Ecological Applications 20: 1733-1743. Paper highlighted in the photo gallery of the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. Click here to view the press release for this publication.

García-Molinos, J. & Donohue, I. (2010) Interactions among temporal patterns determine the effects of multiple stressors. Ecological Applications 20: 1794-1800

Donohue, I., Jackson, A.L., Pusch, M.T. & Irvine, K. (2009) Nutrient enrichment homogenizes lake benthic assemblages at local and regional scales. Ecology 90: 3470-3477

Donohue, I. & García-Molinos, J. (2009) Impacts of increased sediment loads on the ecology of lakes. Biological Reviews 84: 517-531

Donohue, I., Donohue, L.A., Ní Ainín, B. & Irvine, K. (2009) Assessment of eutrophication pressure on lakes using littoral invertebrates. Hydrobiologia 633: 105-122

García Molinos, J. & Donohue, I. (2009) Differential contribution of concentration and exposure time to sediment dose effects on stream biota. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28: 110-121

Donohue, I. & Irvine, K. (2008) Quantifying variability within water samples: The need for adequate subsampling. Water Research 42: 476-482

O'Toole, C., Donohue, I., Moe, J. & Irvine, K. (2008) Nutrient optima and tolerances of benthic invertebrates, the effects of taxonomic resolution and testing of selected metrics in lakes using an extensive European data base. Aquatic Ecology 42: 277-291

McCarthy, V., Donohue, I. & Irvine, K. (2006) Field evidence for stoichiometric relationships between zooplankton and N and P availability in a shallow calcareous lake. Freshwater Biology 51: 1589-1604

Donohue, I., McGarrigle, M. & Mills, P. (2006) Linking catchment characteristics and water chemistry with the ecological status of Irish rivers. Water Research 40: 91-98

Solimini, A.G., Free, G., Donohue, I., Irvine, K., Push, M., Rossaro, B., Sandin, L. & Cardoso, A.C. (2006) Using benthic macroinvertebrates to assess ecological status of lakes: current knowledge and way forward to support WFD implementation. EUR 22347 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg

Styles, D. Donohue, I., Coxon, C.E. & Irvine, K. (2006) Linking soil phosphorus to water quality in the Mask Catchment of western Ireland through the analysis of moist soil samples. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 112: 300-312

Donohue, I., Styles, D. Coxon, C.E. & Irvine K. (2005) Importance of spatial and temporal patterns for assessment of risk of diffuse emissions to surface waters. Journal of Hydrology 304: 183-192

Hobbs, W., Irvine, K. & Donohue, I. (2005) Using sediments to assess the resistance of a calcareous lake to diffuse nutrient loading. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 164: 109-125

Venohr, M., Donohue, I., Fogelberg, S., Arheimer, B., Irvine, K. & Behrendt, H. (2005) Nitrogen retention in a river system and the effects of river morphology and lakes. Water Science and Technology 51: 19-29

Donohue, I. & Irvine, K. (2004) Seasonal patterns of sediment loading and benthic invertebrate community dynamics in Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Freshwater Biology 49: 320-331

Donohue, I. & Irvine, K. (2004) Size-specific effects of increased sediment loads on gastropod communities in Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Hydrobiologia 522: 337-342

Donohue, I., Verheyen, E. & Irvine, K. (2003) In-situ experiments on the effects of increased sediment loads on littoral rocky shore communities in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. Freshwater Biology 48: 1603-1616

Donohue, I. & Irvine, K. (2003) Effects of sediment particle size composition on survivorship of benthic invertebrates from Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 157: 131-144

Donohue, I., Duck, R.W. & Irvine, K. (2003) Land use, sediment loads and dispersal pathways from two catchments at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika, Africa: implications for lake management. Environmental Geology 44: 448-455