Spies, R.B., Mukhtasor, M., and Burns, K.A. (2017) The Montara oil spill: a 2009 well blowout in the Timor Sea. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 73 (1). pp. 55-62.

Berry, Kathryn L.E., Hoogenboom, Mia O., Brinkman, Diane L., Burns, Kathryn A., and Negri, Andrew P. (2016) Effects of coal contamination on early life history processes of a reef-building coral, Acropora tenuis. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 114 (1). pp. 505-514.

Farrington, John W., Burns, Kathryn A., and Leinen, Margaret S. (2016) Synthesis and crosscutting topics. Oceanography, 29 (3). pp. 204-213.

Burns, Kathyrn A., and Jones, Ross (2016) Assessment of sediment hydrocarbon contamination from the 2009 Montara oil blow out in the Timor Sea. Environmental Pollution, 211. pp. 214-225.

Burns, Kathryn A. (2014) PAHs in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon reach potentially toxic levels from coal port activities. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science , 144. pp. 39-45.

Duke, Norman C., Burns, Kathryn A., Swannell, Richard P.J., Dalhaus, Otto, and Rupp, Roland J. (2000) Dispersant use and a bioremediation strategy as alternate means of reducing the impact of large oil spills on mangrove biota in Australia: the Gladstone field trials. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 41 (7-12). pp. 403-412.

Burns, K.A., Codi, S., and Duke, N.C. (2000) Gladstone, Australia field studies: weathering and degradation of hydrocarbons in oiled mangrove and salt marsh sediments with and without the application of an experimental bioremediation protocol. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 41 (7-12). pp. 392-402.

Cavanagh, J.E., Burns, K.A., Brunskill, G.J., Ryan, D.A.J., and Ahokas, J.T. (2000) Induction of hepatic cytochrome P-450 1A in Pikey Bream (Acanthopagrus berda) collected from agricultural and urban catchments in far north Queensland. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 41 (7-12). pp. 377-384.

Cavanagh, J.E., Burns, K.A., Brunskill, G.J., and Coventry, R.J. (1999) Organochlorine pesticide residues in soils and sediments of the Herbert and Burdekin River regions: implications for contamination of the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 39 (1-12). pp. 367-375.

Burns, K.A., Cody, S., Swannell, R.J.P., and Duke, N.C. (1999) Assessing the oil degradation potential of endogenous micro-organisms in tropical marine wetland. Mangroves and Salt Marshes, 3 (2). pp. 67-83.

Burns, Kathy, Codi, Susan, Pratt, Catherine, and Duke, Norman (1999) Weathering of hydrocarbons in mangrove sediments: testing the effects of using dispersants to treat oil spills. Organic Geochemistry, 30. pp. 1273-1286.

Duke, N.C., Burns, K.A., Ellison, J.C., Rupp, R.J., and Dalhaus, O. (1998) Effects of oil and dispersed-oil on mature mangroves in field trials at Gladstone. APPEA Journal, 38 (2). pp. 637-645.

Duke, N.C., Burns, K.A., and Dalhaus, O. (1998) Effects of oils and dispersed-oils on mangrove seedlings in planthouse experiments: a preliminary assessment of results two months after oil treatments. APPEA Journal, 38 (2). pp. 631-636.

Duke, N.C., Ellison, J.C., and Burns, K.A. (1998) Surveys of oil spill incidents affecting mangrove habitat in Australia: a preliminary assessment of incidents, impacts on mangroves, and recovery of deforested areas. APPEA Journal, 38 (2). pp. 646-654.