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
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
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
Journal - Research Article
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
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
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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
Journal - Research Article
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
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
Journal - Research Article
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
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
Journal - Research Article
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
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
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
Journal - Research Article
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
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
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
Journal - Research Article
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 - Published proceedings: Abstract
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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
Journal - Research Article
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
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.
Commissioned Report for External Body
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.
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Commissioned Report for External Body
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Chapter in Book - Research
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.
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.
Journal - Research Article
Haywood, G. J., & Burns, C. W. (2003). Growth of Nyctiphanes (Euphausiacea) on different diets. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 289, 139-151.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
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
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
Hall, C., & Burns, C. W. (2002). Environmental gradients and zooplankton distribution in a shallow, tidal lake. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 154, 485-497.
Journal - Research Article
Burns, C. W. (2002). W(h)ither limnology? - revisited. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie.28, (pp. 1-5). [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Commissioned Report for External Body
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.
Journal - Research Article
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]
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]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
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.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Burns, C. W. (2000). Crowding-induced changes in growth, reproduction and morphology of Daphnia. Freshwater Biology, 43, 19-29.
Journal - Research Article
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]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
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.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Gilbert, J. J., & Burns, C. W. (1999). Some observations on the diet of the backswimmer, Anisops wakefieldi (Hemiptera: Notonectidae). Hydrobiologia, 412, 111-118.
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.
Journal - Research Article
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
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
Burns, C. W., & Dodds, A. (1999). Food limitation, predation and allelopathy in a population of Daphnia carinata. Hydrobiologia, 400, 41-53.
Journal - Research Article
Twombly, S., Clancy, N., & Burns, C. W. (1998). Life-history consequences of food quality in the freshwater copepod, Boeckella triarticulata. Ecology, 79, 1711-1724.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Burns, C. W. (1998). Planktonic interactions with an austral bias: implications for biomanipulation. Lakes & Reservoirs, 3, 95-104.
Journal - Research Article
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 - Research Article
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.
Commissioned Report for External Body
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]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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.
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
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Twombly, S., & Burns, C. (1996). Exuvium analysis: a nondestructive method of analyzing copepod growth and development. Limnology & Oceanography, 41, 1324-1329.
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
Journal - Research Article
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.
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.
Journal - Research Article
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