Emeritus Professor Carolyn Burns, Our People, Department of Zoology

Email carolyn.burns@otago.ac.nz

Phone +64 3 479 7971

Teaching

ZOOL 416 Freshwater Ecology

Research Interests

Effects of climate change and human impacts on the biodiversity, processes, conservation and management of lakes and wetlands.
Biological processes in lakes, particularly trophic interactions
Plankton ecology
Microbial food webs

Please contact me if you are interested in research projects in any of these areas.

Structure and function of microbial food webs in lakes and wetlands, particularly their role:
a) in carbon transfer up the food chain
b) as early warning indicators of eutrophication and pollution
c) nutrient recycling
Biological interactions in lakes with particular reference to:
a) population dynamics and production of zooplankton
b) zooplankton distribution (patchiness)
c) the role of competition, predation and parasitism in structuring zooplankton communities in New Zealand ecosystems
Size-selective processes in aquatic ecosystems, particularly the effects of particle size and concentration on:
a) selection and retention efficiency by grazers
b) capture by predators.
The development and testing of models related to these processes.
Physiological ecology, behaviour and life history strategies of zooplankton, primarily:
a) the effects of food, temperature and salinity on growth and reproduction
b) resistance to starvation
c) the role of chemical inhibitors from cyanobacteria, predators and competitors (allelopathy) in depressing feeding and reproduction.

Current Projects

Pelagic processes in lakes, particularly effects on water quality
Biodiversity and population dynamics of picocyanobacteria in lakes
Behaviour and life history strategies of freshwater crustaceans
Fatty acid trophic markers in planktonic food webs
Cyanobacteria-zooplankton interactions
Effects of invasive species on lake ecosystem dynamics

Current Postgraduate Students

Lena Schallenberg - (MSc) "Effects of nutrients, light and temperature on picocyanobacterial diversity in lakes of different trophic status"
Helen Trotter - (MSc) "Daphnia-phytoplankton interactions in Lakes Hayes and Johnson: potential for biomanipulation to improve water quality"
Samiullah Khan - (PhD) "Food web biomanipulation techniques to enhance ecological processes and water quality of New Zealand Lakes"

Recent Research students

Beate Bierschenk - (PhD) "Life history and distribution of mysid species in a large open estuary"
Tina Bayer - (PhD) "Effects of climate change on two large, deep oligotrophic lakes in New Zealand"
Amy Weaver - (PhD) "Low-intensity land use in grassland catchments: effects on a large oligotrophic lake"
Theresa Downs - (MSc) "Phytoplankton response to trace elements and nutrients in a shallow lake"
Lisa Galbraith - (MSc) "Effects of land use on pelagic food webs in a range of Otago wetlands"
Carolyn Faithfull - (BSc Hons) " The effects of salinity and source of inocula on germination of Anabaena flos-aquae akinetes from a New Zealand lake"
Catherine Hall - (PhD) "Effects of tidal intrusions of seawater on the crustacean zooplankton community of a tidal coastal lake"
Graeme Haywood - (PhD) "Feeding, growth and population dynamics of the euphausiid, Nyctiphanes australis, in coastal Otago waters"

Publications

Burns, C. W., Rees, A., & Wood, S. A. (2024). Predicting distribution and establishment of two invasive alien Daphnia species in diverse lakes in New Zealand-Aotearoa. Biological Invasions. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10530-024-03342-1 Journal - Research Article

Schallenberg, L. A., Wood, S. A., Puddick, J., Cabello-Yeves, P. J., & Burns, C. W. (2022). Isolation and characterisation of monoclonal picocyanobacterial strains from contrasting New Zealand lakes. Inland Waters, 12(3), 383-396. doi: 10.1080/20442041.2022.2053455 Journal - Research Article

Schallenberg, L. A., Pearman, J. K., Burns, C. W., & Wood, S. A. (2021). Metabarcoding reveals lacustrine picocyanobacteria respond to environmental change through adaptive community structuring. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 757929. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.757929 Journal - Research Article

Schallenberg, L. A., Pearman, J. K., Burns, C. W., & Wood, S. A. (2021). Spatial abundance and distribution of picocyanobacterial communities in two contrasting lakes revealed using environmental DNA metabarcoding. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97(7), fiab075. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiab075 Journal - Research Article

Ye, Z., Williams, E., Zhao, C., Burns, C. W., & Lynch, M. (2021). The rapid, mass invasion of New Zealand by North American Daphnia “pulex”. Limnology & Oceanography, 66, 2672-2683. doi: 10.1002/lno.11780 Journal - Research Article

2024

Journal - Research Article

2022

Journal - Research Article

2021

Journal - Research Article

Bierschenk, B. M., Burns, C. W., Schallenberg, M., & Closs, G. P. (2021). Life histories of two hyperbenthic mysids (Mysidacea: Mysidae) in an open estuary. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 55(3), 466-485. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2020.1840403

2020

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Khan, S., Puddick, J., Burns, C., Closs, G., & Schallenberg, M. (2020). Reconstruction of eutrophication trajectories in two monomictic lakes: The influences of a native and non-indigenous Daphnia species. Proceedings of the New Zealand Geographical Society (NZGS) Biennial Conference. (pp. 98). Retrieved from https://nzgsconference2020.gitlab.io

2018

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Schallenberg, M., Schallenberg, L., Wood, S., & Burns, C. (2018). Optimising DNA metabarcoding methods to explore ecological questions: Considering the challenges and limitations. Proceedings of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) 50th Annual Conference: Ka mua, ka muri: Looking back, moving forward. (pp. 161). Retrieved from http://nzfss2018.co.nz

Schallenberg, L., Wood, S., & Burns, C. (2018). Spatial abundance and diversity of picocyanobacteria in two lakes with contrasting geomorphology and trophic status. Proceedings of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) 50th Annual Conference: Ka mua, ka muri: Looking back, moving forward. (pp. 120). Retrieved from http://nzfss2018.co.nz

Khan, S., Burns, C., Wood, S., & Schallenberg, M. (2018). Lake sediment as sentinels of historical food web dynamics: A case study of two eutrophic lakes in Central Otago, New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) 50th Annual Conference: Ka mua, ka muri: Looking back, moving forward. (pp. 87). Retrieved from http://nzfss2018.co.nz

2017

Journal - Research Article

Weaver, A. K., Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2017). Land use, soil properties and weather conditions influence nutrient fluxes into a deep oligotrophic lake. Marine & Freshwater Research, 68(10), 1830-1844. doi: 10.1071/MF16042

Burns, C. W., Duggan, I. C., Banks, J. C., & Hogg, I. D. (2017). A new, subalpine species of Daphnia (Cladocera, Anomopode) in the D. carinata species complex, in the South Island, New Zealand. Hydrobiologia, 798(1), 151-169. doi: 10.1007/s10750-016-2702-1

2016

Journal - Research Article

Valois, A. E., & Burns, C. W. (2016). Parasites as prey: Daphnia reduce transmission success of an oomycete brood parasite in the calanoid copepod Boeckella. Journal of Plankton Research, 38(5), 1281-1288. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbw055

Bayer, T. K., Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2016). Contrasting controls on phytoplankton dynamics in two large, pre-alpine lakes imply differential responses to climate change. Hydrobiologia, 771(1), 131-150. doi: 10.1007/s10750-015-2625-2

2015

Journal - Research Article

Galloway, A. W. E., Brett, M. T., Holtgrieve, G. W., Ward, E. J., Ballantyne, A. P., Burns, C. W., … Alhgren, G. (2015). A fatty acid based Bayesian approach for inferring diet in aquatic consumers. PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0129723. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129723

Zehrer, R. F., Burns, C. W., & Flöder, S. (2015). Sediment resuspension, salinity and temperature affect the plankton community of a shallow coastal lake. Marine & Freshwater Research, 66(4), 317-328. doi: 10.1071/MF13221

2014

Journal - Research Article

Burns, C. W., Schallenberg, M., & Verburg, P. (2014). Potential use of classical biomanipulation to improve water quality in New Zealand lakes: A re-evaluation. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 48(1), 127-138. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2013.838589

2013

Journal - Research Article

Bayer, T. K., Burns, C. W., & Schallenberg, M. (2013). Application of a numerical model to predict impacts of climate change on water temperatures in two deep, oligotrophic lakes in New Zealand. Hydrobiologia, 713(1), 53-71. doi: 10.1007/s10750-013-1492-y

Burns, C. W. (2013). Predictors of invasion success by Daphnia species: Influence of food, temperature and species identity. Biological Invasions, 15(4), 859-869. doi: 10.1007/s10530-012-0335-5

2012

Journal - Research Article

Duggan, I. C., Robinson, K. V., Burns, C. W., Banks, J. C., & Hogg, I. D. (2012). Identifying invertebrate invasions using morphological and molecular analyses: North American Daphnia 'pulex' in New Zealand fresh waters. Aquatic Invasions, 7(4), 585-590. doi: 10.3391/ai.2012.7.4.015

2011

Journal - Research Article

Burns, C. W., Brett, M. T., & Schallenberg, M. (2011). A comparison of the trophic transfer of fatty acids in freshwater plankton by cladocerans and calanoid copepods. Freshwater Biology, 56(5), 889-903. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02534.x

2010

Journal - Research Article

Flöder, S., Jaschinski, S., Wells, G., & Burns, C. W. (2010). Dominance and compensatory growth in phytoplankton communities under salinity stress. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 395(1-2), 223-231. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.09.006

Galbraith, L. M., & Burns, C. W. (2010). Drivers of ciliate and phytoplankton community structure across a range of water bodies in southern New Zealand. Journal of Plankton Research, 32(3), 327-339. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbp134

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Bayer, T., Schallenberg, M., Burns, C., & Summerfield, T. (2010). Drivers of phytoplankton production and biomass in ultra-oligotrophic Lakes Wanaka & Wakatipu. Proceedings of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) Annual Conference: Freshwater Solutions Going Beyond the Problem. Retrieved from http://freshwater.science.org.nz/index.php/events/nzfss-conference-proceedings/

Burns, C. W., & Schallenberg, M. (2010). Invaders of Maui's ark: (Water) fleas, phenotypes and trout. Proceedings of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) Annual Conference: Freshwater Solutions Going Beyond the Problem. Retrieved from http://freshwater.science.org.nz/index.php/events/nzfss-conference-proceedings/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Schallenberg, M., Bayer, T., Douglas, S., & Burns, C. (2010, November). Does it 'snow' in our lakes? Report and significance of 'lake snow' in Lake Wanaka, a deep, ultra-oligotrophic lake. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) Annual Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2009

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Burns, C. W., & Brett, M. T. (2009). Trophic transfer of fatty acids in freshwater plankton: Cladocerans versus calanoid copepods. Proceedings of the New Zealand Hydrological & Freshwater Sciences Societies Joint Conference: Waters for the Future: Balancing its Values. (pp. 55). Retrieved from http://freshwater.science.org.nz/index.php/events/nzfss-conference-proceedings/

Bierschenk, B., Closs, G. P., Burns, C. W., & Schallenberg, M. (2009). What causes Mysid shrimps to segregate within an estuary? Proceedings of the New Zealand Hydrological & Freshwater Sciences Societies Joint Conference: Waters for the Future: Balancing its Values. (pp. 44). Retrieved from http://freshwater.science.org.nz/index.php/events/nzfss-conference-proceedings/

Bayer, T. K., Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2009). Picophytoplankton importance and responses to nutrient enrichment in two large ultra-oligotrophic South Island lakes. Proceedings of the New Zealand Hydrological & Freshwater Sciences Societies Joint Conference: Waters for the Future: Balancing its Values. (pp. 42). Retrieved from http://freshwater.science.org.nz/index.php/events/nzfss-conference-proceedings/

2008

Journal - Research Article

Downs, T. M., Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2008). Responses of lake phytoplankton to micronutrient enrichment: A study in two New Zealand lakes and an analysis of published data. Aquatic Sciences, 70(4), 347-360. doi: 10.1007/s00027-008-8065-6

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bierschenk, B., Burns, C., Closs, G., & Schallenberg, M. (2008, November). Mysid abundance and population structure in a large South Island estuary. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) Conference: Back to Science: The Importance of Fresh Water Science to Freshwater Management, New Plymouth, New Zealand.

2007

Journal - Research Article

Wilhelm, F. M., Closs, G. P., & Burns, C. W. (2007). Seasonal diet and amphipod size selection of juvenile common bully, Gobiomorphus cotidianus, in a coastal New Zealand lake. Hydrobiologia, 586, 303-312. doi: 10.1007/s10750-007-0703-9

Galbraith, L. M., & Burns, C. W. (2007). Linking land-use, water body type and water quality in southern New Zealand. Landscape Ecology, 22, 231-241.

Burns, C. W., & Galbraith, L. M. (2007). Relating planktonic microbial food web structure in lentic freshwater ecosystems to water quality and land use. Journal of Plankton Research, 29(2), 127-139.

Persaud, A. D., Moeller, R. E., Williamson, C. E., & Burns, C. W. (2007). Photoprotective compounds in weakly and strongly pigmented copepods and co-occurring cladocerans. Freshwater Biology, 52, 2121-2133.

Dufour, C. M., Engels, N. M., & Burns, C. W. (2007). Distribution, substrate preference and habitat enhancement of the isopod Austridotea lacustris in Tomahawk Lagoon, Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 41(3), 299-307. doi: 10.1080/00288330709509917

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Burns, C. W., Brett, M. T., Ravet, J. L., & Schallenberg, M. (2007, December). Is lake trophic state reflected in the fatty acid composition of crustacean zooplankton? Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) and the Australian Society for Limnology (ASL): Water: An Inconvenient Truth, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2007, December). Patterns of nutrient stoichiometry and algal nutrient limitation from headwaters to estuary in a catchment under moderately intense land use. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) and the Australian Society for Limnology (ASL): Water: An Inconvenient Truth, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2007, August). Patterns of nutrient stoichiometry and algal nutrient limitation from headwaters to estuary in a catchment under moderate land use intensity. Verbal presentation at the 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology: Redefining Theoretical and Applied Limnology for the 21st Century, Montréal, Canada.

Burns, C., Brett, M. T., Schallenberg, M., & Ravet, J. L. (2007, August). Is lake trophic state reflected in the fatty acid composition of crustacean zooplankton? Verbal presentation at the 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology: Redefining Theoretical and Applied Limnology for the 21st Century, Montréal, Canada.

2006

Journal - Research Article

Faithfull, C. L., & Burns, C. W. (2006). Effects of salinity and source of inocula on germination of Anabaena akinetes from a tidally influenced lake. Freshwater Biology, 51, 705-716.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Schallenberg, M., Lister, K., & Burns, C. (2006, August-September). Didymosphenia geminata and New Zealand lotic food webs. Verbal presentation at the Joint Conference of the New Zealand Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of Australia, Wellington, New Zealand.

Burns, C. W., Schallenberg, M., & Brett, M. T. (2006, June). Trophic transfer of essential fatty acids in plankton of New Zealand lakes. Verbal presentation at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Summer Meeting: Global Challenges Facing Oceanography and Limnology, Victoria, Canada.

Burns, C. W., Brett, M. T., Schallenberg, M., & Ravet, J. L. (2006, November). Trophic transfer of essential fatty acids (EFAs) in plankton of New Zealand lakes. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society Conference: Keeping it Fresh: Werohia to wero (Take up the Challenge), Rotorua, New Zealand.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Larned, S., Blair, N., Jaarvie, B., Jellyman, P., Lister, K., Schallenberg, M., … Burns, C., … Wilcock, B. (2006). Ecology of Didymosphenia geminata in New Zealand: Habitat and ecosystem effects: Phase 2. Commissioned by Biosecurity New Zealand. Christchurch, New Zealand: National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research. 53p.

2005

Journal - Research Article

Schallenberg, M., Bremer, P. J., Henkel, S., Launhardt, A., & Burns, C. W. (2005). Survival of Campylobacter jejuni in water: Effect of grazing by the freshwater crustacean Daphnia carinata (Cladocera). Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 71(9), 5085-5088.

Levine, S. N., Zehrer, R. F., & Burns, C. W. (2005). Impact of resuspended sediment on zooplankton feeding in Lake Waihola, New Zealand. Freshwater Biology, 50, 1515-1536.

Flöder, S., & Burns, C. W. (2005). The influence of fluctuating light on diversity and species number of nutrient-limited phytoplankton. Journal of Phycology, 41, 950-956.

2004

Journal - Research Article

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2004). Effects of sediment resuspension on phytoplankton production: Teasing apart the influences of light, nutrients and algal entrainment. Freshwater Biology, 49, 143-159.

Flöder, S., & Burns, C. W. (2004). Phytoplankton diversity of shallow tidal lakes: Influence of periodic salinity changes on diversity and species number of a natural assemblage. Journal of Phycology, 40, 54-61.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2004). The Waipori/Waihola lake-wetland complex: Summary of research programme (1997-2003) and recommendations. Limnology Report No. 10. Commissioned by Foundation for Research Science and Technology. Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Zoology, University of Otago. 16p.

2003

Chapter in Book - Research

Huryn, A. D., Burns, C. W., Allibone, R., Patrick, B. H., & Scott, D. (2003). Inland waters and wetlands. In J. T. Darby, R. E. Fordyce, A. F. Mark, P. K. Probert & C. R. Townsend (Eds.), The natural history of Southern New Zealand. (pp. 237-265). Dunedin: University of Otago Press.

Journal - Research Article

Stoffels, R. J., Closs, G. P., & Burns, C. W. (2003). Multiple scales and the relationship between density and spatial aggregation in littoral zone communities. Oikos, 103, 81-92.

Haywood, G. J., & Burns, C. W. (2003). Feeding response of Nyctiphanes australis (Euphausiacea) to various nanoplankton sizes and taxa. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 253, 209-216.

Hall, C. J., & Burns, C. W. (2003). Responses of crustacean zooplankton to seasonal and tidal salinity changes in the coastal Lake Waihola, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 37, 31-43.

Haywood, G. J., & Burns, C. W. (2003). Growth of Nyctiphanes (Euphausiacea) on different diets. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 289, 139-151.

Schallenberg, M., Hall, C. J., & Burns, C. W. (2003). Consequences of climate-induced salinity increases on zooplankton abundance and diversity in coastal lakes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 251, 181-189.

Schallenberg, M., Burns, C. W., & Peake, B. M. (2003). A temperate, tidal lake-wetland complex: 1. Water balance and ecological implications. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 37, 415-428.

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2003). A temperate, tidal lake-wetland complex: 2. Water quality and implications for zooplankton community structure. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 37, 429-447.

2002

Journal - Research Article

Wilhelm, F. M., Hamann, J., & Burns, C. W. (2002). Mysid predation on amphipods and Daphnia in a shallow coastal lake: Prey selection and effects of macrophytes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 59, 1901-1907. doi: 10.1139/F02-161

Hall, C., & Burns, C. W. (2002). Effects of temperature and salinity on the survival and egg production of Gladioferens pectinatus Brady (Copepodas: Calanoida). Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science, 55, 557-564.

Hall, C. J., & Burns, C. W. (2002). Mortality and growth responses of Daphnia carinata to increases in temperature and salinity. Freshwater Biology, 47, 451-458.

Hall, C., & Burns, C. W. (2002). Environmental gradients and zooplankton distribution in a shallow, tidal lake. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 154, 485-497.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Burns, C. W. (2002). W(h)ither limnology? - revisited. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie. 28, (pp. 1-5). [Full Paper]

2001

Journal - Research Article

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2001). Tests of autotrophic picoplankton as early indicators of nutrient enrichment in an ultra-oligotrophic lake. Freshwater Biology, 46, 27-37.

Burns, C. W., & Schallenberg, M. (2001). Calanoid copepods versus cladocerans: Consumer effects on protozoa in lakes of different trophic status. Limnology & Oceanography, 46(6), 1558-1565.

Couch, K. M., Downes, M., & Burns, C. W. (2001). Morphological differences between subitaneous and diapause eggs of Boeckella triarticulata (Copepoda: Calanoida). Freshwater Biology, 46, 925-933.

Hall, C. J., & Burns, C. W. (2001). Hatching of Boeckella hamata (Copepoda: Calanoida) resting eggs from sediments of a tidally influenced lake. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 35, 235-238.

Burns, C. W., & Schallenberg, M. (2001). Short-term impacts of nutrients, Daphnia, and copepods on microbial food-webs of an oligotrophic and eutrophic lake. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 35, 695-710.

Schallenberg, M., Friedrich, U., & Burns, C. W. (2001). Postulated responses of phytoplankton and bacteria to predicted increases of inorganic suspended sediments in oligotrophic lakes. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 35, 763-779.

Hall, C. J., & Burns, C. W. (2001). Effects of salinity and temperature on survival and reproduction of Boeckella hamata (Copepoda: Calanoida) from a periodically brackish lake. Journal of Plankton Research, 23, 97-103.

Hendry, A. C., & Burns, C. W. (2001). Do potential predators induce an avoidance response in Daphnia carinata? New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 35, 155-164.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Gilbert, J. J., & Burns, C. W. (2001). Day and night vertical distributions of Conochilus and other zooplankton in a New Zealand reservoir. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie. 27, (pp. 1909-1914). [Full Paper]

Christoffersen, K., & Burns, C. W. (2001). Toxic cyanobacteria in New Zealand lakes and toxicity to indigenous zooplankton. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie. 27, (pp. 3222-3225). [Full Paper]

Commissioned Report for External Body

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (2001). Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets of the Waipori / Waihola Lake - Wetland complex. Commissioned by FRST. Dunedin: Zoology Department, University of Otago. 26p.

2000

Journal - Research Article

Hampton, S. E., Gilbert, J. J., & Burns, C. W. (2000). Direct and indirect effect of juvenile Buenoa macrotibialis (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) on the zooplankton of a shallow pond. Limnology & Oceanography, 45(4), 1006-1012.

Burns, C. W. (2000). Crowding-induced changes in growth, reproduction and morphology of Daphnia. Freshwater Biology, 43, 19-29.

Jeppesen, E., Lauridsen, T. L., Mitchell, S. F., Christoffersen, K., & Burns, C. W. (2000). Trophic structure in the pelagial of 25 shallow New Zealand lakes: Changes along nutrient and fish gradients. Journal of Plankton Research, 22, 951-968.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Burns, C. W. (2000). Presidential address: Towards tomorrow: taking SIL into the 21st century. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie. 27, (pp. 1-5). [Full Paper]

Commissioned Report for External Body

Schallenberg, M., Peake, B. M., & Burns, C. W. (2000). Hydrological mass-balance model of the Waipori / Waihola Lake - Wetland complex: evidence of significant groundwater input. Commissioned by FRST. Dunedin: Department of Zoology, University of Otago. 19p.

Schallenberg, M., Bishop, J. N., Copson, J., & Burns, C. W. (2000). Effects of inflows from the Taieri main drain and the Taieri River on water quality and planktonic organisms in Lake Waipori. Commissioned by FRST. Dunedin: Department of Zoology, University of Otago. 30p.

1999

Journal - Research Article

Couch, K. M., Burns, C. W., & Gilbert, J. J. (1999). Contribution of rotifers to the diet and fitness of Boeckella (Copepoda: Calanoida). Freshwater Biology, 41, 107-118.

Gilbert, J. J., & Burns, C. W. (1999). Some observations on the diet of the backswimmer, Anisops wakefieldi (Hemiptera: Notonectidae). Hydrobiologia, 412, 111-118.

Burns, C. W., & Dodds, A. (1999). Food limitation, predation and allelopathy in a population of Daphnia carinata. Hydrobiologia, 400, 41-53.

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (1999). Does zooplankton grazing affect seston size-structure and areal hypolimnetic oxygen depletion in lakes. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 147, 1-24.

Gilbert, J. J., Burns, C. W., & Gilbert, C. C. (1999). Summer distribution patterns of the backswimmer, Anisops wakefieldi (Hemiptera: Notonectidae), in a New Zealand pond. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 33, 661-672.

Folt, C. L., & Burns, C. W. (1999). Biological drivers of zooplankton patchiness. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 14(8), 300-305. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01616-X

Commissioned Report for External Body

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (1999). Ecological effects of inorganic suspended sediments on lake plankton in some South Island lakes. Commissioned by FRST. Dunedin: Department of Zoology, University of Otago. 9p.

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (1999). The trophic state of Lake Wakatipu: past, present and future. Commissioned by FRST. Dunedin: Department of Zoology, University of Otago. 19p.

1998

Journal - Research Article

Burns, C. W. (1998). Planktonic interactions with an austral bias: implications for biomanipulation. Lakes & Reservoirs, 3, 95-104.

Twombly, S., Clancy, N., & Burns, C. W. (1998). Life-history consequences of food quality in the freshwater copepod, Boeckella triarticulata. Ecology, 79, 1711-1724.

Burns, C. W., & Schallenberg, M. (1998). Impacts of nutrients and zooplankton on the microbial food web of an ultra-oligotrophic lake. Journal of Plankton Research, 20(8), 1501-1525.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Burns, C. W. (1998). Book review of "Vegetation processes in the pelagic: a model for ecosystem theory". Reynolds, C.S. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 22, 109-110.

1997

Journal - Research Article

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (1997). Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in two oligotrophic lakes of short hydraulic residence time. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 31(1), 119-134.

Jeppesen, E., Lauridsen, T., Mitchell, S. F., & Burns, C. W. (1997). Do planktivorous fish structure the zooplankton communities in New Zealand lakes? New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 31(2), 163-173.

Galbraith, L., & Burns, C. W. (1997). The toxic effects of rubber contaminants on microbial food webs and zooplankton of two lakes of different trophic status. Hydrobiologia, 353, 29-38.

Ban, S. H., Burns, C. W., Castel, J., Chaudron, Y., Christou, E., Escribano, R., … Wang, Y. (1997). The paradox of the diatom-copepod interactions. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 157, 287-293.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Burns, C. W. (1997). Impact of copepods and cladocerans on the microbial food web of a mesotrophic lake. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie. 26(Part 1), (pp. 451). Stuttgart. [Abstract]

Commissioned Report for External Body

Schallenberg, M., & Burns, C. W. (1997). Report on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in Lake Dunstan and in the Frankton Arm of Lake Wakatipu. Commissioned by FRST. Dunedin: Department of Zoology, University of Otago. 8p.

1996

Journal - Research Article

Twombly, S., & Burns, C. (1996). Effects of food quality on individual growth and development in the freshwater copepod Boeckella triarticulata. Journal of Plankton Research, 18(11), 2179-2196.

Twombly, S., & Burns, C. (1996). Exuvium analysis: a nondestructive method of analyzing copepod growth and development. Limnology & Oceanography, 41, 1324-1329.

Burns, C. W., & Schallenberg, M. (1996). Relative impacts of copepods, cladocerans and nutrients on the microbial food web of a mesotrophic lake. Journal of Plankton Research, 18, 683-714.

1995

Journal - Research Article

Butler, M. I., & Burns, C. (1995). Effects of temperature and food level on growth and development of a planktonic water mite. Hydrobiologia, 308, 153-165.

James, M. R., Burns, C., & Forsyth, D. J. (1995). Pelagic ciliated protozoa in two monomictic, southern temperate lakes of constrasting state: seasonal distribution and abundance. Journal of Plankton Research, 17, 1479-1500.