Geoforensics and Information Management for crime Investigation (GIMI)

Project Staff - Lynne Macdonald

Dr. Lynne Macdonald BSc, PhD.
The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland, UK

Tel: 01224 395000
Fax: 01224 395010

e-mail: l.macdonald@macaulay.ac.uk
http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/

Current research activities

Application of modern analytical and statistical methods in describing soil characteristics. Structure-function relationships of the soil microbial community. Nutrient cycling in agro-ecosystems.
Currently post doc researcher on the SoilFit project (link here please to SoilFit page and EPSRC page).

Selected Publications

• Defoliation and fertilizer influences on the soil microbial community associated with two contrasting Lolium perenne cultivars. Macdonald, L.M., Paterson, E., Dawson, L.A. McDonald, A. J. S., 2005. Soil Biology & Biochemistry in press.
• Metal mobility and low molecular weight organic acids in the rhizosphere of Australian forest trees. Little, D.A., Macdonald, L.M., Field, J.B., Welch, S.A., Rogers, S.L. 2005. Eos Trans. AGU, 82(52), Fall Meet. Sppl., Abstract B43A-0257
• Microbial community structural and functional diversity in the rhizosphere of co-occuring forest trees. In Roach ID (ed) Regolith 2005 – Ten Years of CRC LEME. CRC LEME, pp. 202-206.
• Ammonia oxidizer diversity and N2O: influence of long-term fertiliser application. Macdonald, L.M., Mitch, M.J., Janzen, H.H., Clapperton, M.J. British Ecological Society: Biological diversity and Function in soils, March 2003, Lancaster, UK.
• Short-term effects of defoliation on the soil microbial community associated with two contrasting Lolium perenne cultivars. Macdonald, L.M., Paterson, E., Dawson, L.A., McDonald, A. J. S., 2004. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 36(3), 489 - 498.