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| Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation CM Moore, MM Mills, KR Arrigo, I Berman-Frank, L Bopp, PW Boyd, ... Nature geoscience 6 (9), 701-710, 2013 | 1898 | 2013 |
| Prokaryotic diversity--magnitude, dynamics, and controlling factors V Torsvik, L Øvreås, TF Thingstad Science 296 (5570), 1064-1066, 2002 | 1503 | 2002 |
| Elements of a theory for the mechanisms controlling abundance, diversity, and biogeochemical role of lytic bacterial viruses in aquatic systems TF Thingstad Limnology and Oceanography 45 (6), 1320-1328, 2000 | 956 | 2000 |
| Theoretical models for the control of bacterial growth rate, abundance, diversity and carbon demand TF Thingstad, R Lignell Aquatic microbial ecology 13 (1), 19-27, 1997 | 781 | 1997 |
| Explaining microbial population genomics through phage predation F Rodriguez-Valera, AB Martin-Cuadrado, B Rodriguez-Brito, L Pasic, ... Nature Precedings, 1-1, 2009 | 712 | 2009 |
| Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean TF Thingstad, MD Krom, RFC Mantoura, GAF Flaten, S Groom, B Herut, ... Science 309 (5737), 1068-1071, 2005 | 532 | 2005 |
| Viruses as partners in spring bloom microbial trophodynamics G Bratbak, M Heldal, S Norland, TF Thingstad Applied and Environmental Microbiology 56 (5), 1400-1405, 1990 | 474 | 1990 |
| Viral and microbial community dynamics in four aquatic environments B Rodriguez-Brito, LL Li, L Wegley, M Furlan, F Angly, M Breitbart, ... The ISME journal 4 (6), 739-751, 2010 | 456 | 2010 |
| Phytoplankton-bacteria interactions: an apparent paradox? Analysis of a model system with both competition and commensalism. G Bratbak, TF Thingstad Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf 25 (1), 23-30, 1985 | 444 | 1985 |
| P limitation of heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton in the northwest Mediterranean TF Thingstad, UL Zweifel, F Rassoulzadegan Limnology and Oceanography 43 (1), 88-94, 1998 | 402 | 1998 |
| Trade-offs between competition and defense specialists among unicellular planktonic organisms: the “killing the winner” hypothesis revisited C Winter, T Bouvier, MG Weinbauer, TF Thingstad Microbiology and molecular biology reviews 74 (1), 42-57, 2010 | 399 | 2010 |
| The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump A Mitra, KJ Flynn, JM Burkholder, T Berge, A Calbet, JA Raven, E Granéli, ... Biogeosciences 11 (4), 995-1005, 2014 | 390 | 2014 |
| Defining planktonic protist functional groups on mechanisms for energy and nutrient acquisition: incorporation of diverse mixotrophic strategies A Mitra, KJ Flynn, U Tillmann, JA Raven, D Caron, DK Stoecker, F Not, ... Protist 167 (2), 106-120, 2016 | 383 | 2016 |
| Prokaryotic genetic diversity throughout the salinity gradient of a coastal solar saltern S Benlloch, A López‐López, EO Casamayor, L Øvreås, V Goddard, ... Environmental Microbiology 4 (6), 349-360, 2002 | 378 | 2002 |
| Accumulation of degradable DOC in surface waters: Is it caused by a malfunctioning microbialloop? TF Thingstad, Å HagstrÖm, F Rassoulzadegan Limnology and Oceanography 42 (2), 398-404, 1997 | 353 | 1997 |
| Nutrient limitations, microbial food webs and'biological C-pumps': suggested interactions in a P-limited Mediterranean TF Thingstad, F Rassoulzadegan Marine Ecology Progress Series, 299-306, 1995 | 305 | 1995 |
| Global-scale processes with a nanoscale drive: the role of marine viruses CPD Brussaard, SW Wilhelm, F Thingstad, MG Weinbauer, G Bratbak, ... The ISME journal 2 (6), 575-578, 2008 | 295 | 2008 |
| Phosphorus cycling and algal-bacterial competition in Sandsfjord, western Norway TF Thingstad, EF Skjoldal, RA Bohne | 282 | 1993 |
| Incorporation of viruses into the budget of microbial C-transfer. A first approach G Bratbak, M Heldal, TF Thingstad, B Riemann, OH Haslund Marine Ecology Progress Series, 273-280, 1992 | 275 | 1992 |
