Blair, David, McMahon, Adrian, McDonald, Brenda, Tikel, Daniela, Waycott, Michelle, and Marsh, Helene (2014) Pleistocene sea level fluctuations and the phylogeography of the dugong in Australian waters. Marine Mammal Science, 30 (1). pp. 104-121.

McDonald, Brenda J. (2005) Population genetics of dugongs around Australia : implications of gene flow and migration. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

van Oppen, Madeleine J. H., Catmull, Julian, McDonald, Brenda J, Hislop, Nikki R., Hageman, Paul J., and Miller, David J. (2002) The mitochondrial genome of Acropora tenuis (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) contains a large group I intron and a candidate control region. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 55 (1). pp. 1-13.

van Oppen, Madeleine J.H., McDonald, Brenda J., Willis, Bette, and Miller, David J. (2001) The evolutionary history of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia, Cnidaria) based on a mitochondrial and a nuclear marker: reticulation, incomplete lineage sorting, or morphological convergence? Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18 (7). pp. 1315-1329.