- E-mailfrede.thingstad@uib.no
- Visitor AddressHIB - Thormøhlens gate 555006 Bergen
- Postal AddressPostboks 78035020 Bergen
Interested in the system of micro-organisms in the pelagic: phytoplankton, protozoa, bacteria, archaea, and their viruses. Working on the theoretical aspects of how organism strategies for competition and defense generates pattern in the complexity of this "invisible" ecosystem. Has worked in particular with the microbial P-cycle. Work with laboratory model ecosystems, mesocosm experiments and field/cruise observations together with mathematical modelling.
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- (2022). Competition–defense trade-offs in the microbial world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2 pages.
- (2021). Seasonal nutrient dynamics in the P depleted Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.
- (2020). Temperate infection in a virus–host system previously known for virulent dynamics. Nature Communications. 1-13.
- (2020). Reproducing the virus-to-copepod link in Arctic mesocosms using host fitness optimization. Limnology and Oceanography.
- (2020). How trophic cascades and photic zone nutrient content interact to generate basin-scale differences in the microbial food web. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
- (2018). Why growth of nutrient-limited micro-organisms should have low-temperature sensitivity. The ISME Journal. 557-558.
- (2018). Bacterial community composition responds to changes in copepod abundance and alters ecosystem function in an Arctic mesocosm study. The ISME Journal. 2694-2705.
- (2017). The response of heterotrophic prokaryote and viral communities to labile organic carbon inputs is controlled by the predator food chain structure. Viruses. 1-15.
- (2017). Parameterization of aquatic ecosystem functioning and its natural variation: Hierarchical Bayesian modelling of plankton food web dynamics. Journal of Marine Systems. 40-53.
- (2017). Micromonas versus virus: New experimental insights challenge viral impact. Environmental Microbiology. 2068-2076.
- (2017). Linking bacterial community structure to advection and environmental impact along a coast-fjord gradient of the Sognefjord, western Norway. Progress in Oceanography. 13-30.
- (2017). Exploring the distance between nitrogen and phosphorus limitation in mesotrophic surface waters using a sensitive bioassay. Biogeosciences. 379-387.
- (2017). Dampened copepod-mediated trophic cascades in a microzooplankton-dominated microbial food web: A mesocosm study. Limnology and Oceanography. 1031-1044.
- (2016). Linking internal and external bacterial community control gives mechanistic framework for pelagic Virus-To-Bacteria ratios. Environmental Microbiology. 3932-3948.
- (2016). Heterotrophic nanoflagellate grazing facilitates subarctic Atlantic spring bloom development. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 161-176.
- (2016). Defining planktonic protist functional groups on mechanisms for energy and nutrient acquisition: incorporation of diverse mixotrophic strategies. Protist. 106-120.
- (2016). Confirming the "rapid phosphorus transfer from microorganisms to mesozooplankton in the eastern mediterranean sea" scenario through a mesocosm experiment. Journal of Plankton Research. 502-521.
- (2015). Winter−spring transition in the subarctic Atlantic: microbial response to deep mixing and pre-bloom production. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 49-69.
- (2015). What difference does it make if viruses are strain-, rather than speciesspecific? Frontiers in Microbiology.
- (2015). Top-down and bottom-up control on bacterial diversity in a western Norwegian deep-silled fjord. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
- (2015). Fractal hypothesis of the pelagic microbial ecosystem-can simple ecological principles lead to self-similar complexity in the pelagic microbial food web? Frontiers in Microbiology.
- (2015). Contrasting response to nutrient manipulation in Arctic mesocosms are reproduced by a minimum microbial food web model. Limnology and Oceanography. 360-374.
- (2015). A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes. The ISME Journal. 1352-1364.
- (2014). The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump. Biogeosciences. 995-1005.
- (2014). Phosphate addition has minimal short-term effects on bacterioplankton community structure of the p-starved Eastern Mediterranean. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 98-104.
- (2014). Optimal defense strategies in an idealized microbial food web under trade-off between competition and defense. PLOS ONE.
- (2014). A theoretical analysis of how strain-specific viruses can control microbial species diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 7813-7818.
- (2013). The Scaled Subspaces Method: A new trait-based approach to model communities of populations with largely inhomogeneous density. Ecological Modelling. 173-186.
- (2013). Successful strategies in size structured mixotrophic food webs. Aquatic Ecology. 329-347.
- (2013). Strong seasonality and interannual recurrence in marine myovirus communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 6253-6259.
- (2013). Getting the "right" parameter values for models of the pelagic microbial food web. Limnology and Oceanography. 301-313.
- (2013). Effects of differences in organic supply on bacterial diversity subject to viral lysis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 202-213.
- (2013). Adding a cost of resistance description extends the ability of virus-host model to explain observed patterns in structure and function of pelagic microbial communities. Environmental Microbiology. 1842-1852.
- (2012). Relationship between fish and jellyfish as a function of eutrophication and water clarity. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 73-85.
- (2012). Mg2+ as an indicator of nutritional status in marine bacteria. The ISME Journal. 524-530.
- (2012). Effect of increased pCO2 on bacterial assemblage shifts in response to glucose addition in Fram Strait seawater mesocosms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 713-723.
- (2012). Bacterioplankton groups involved in the uptake of phosphate and dissolved organic phosphorus in a mesocosm experiment with P-starved Mediterranean waters. Environmental Microbiology. 2334-2347.
- (2012). An unaccounted fraction of marine biogenic CaCO3 particles. PLOS ONE. 6 pages.
- (2011). Organic carbon and mineral nutrient limitation of oxygen consumption, bacterial growth and efficiency in the Norwegian Sea. Polar Biology. 871-882.
- (2011). Lack of P-limitation of phytoplankton and heterotrophic prokaryotes in surface waters of three anticyclonic eddies in the stratified Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences. 525-538.
- (2010). Viral and microbial community dynamics in four aquatic environments. The ISME Journal. 739-751.
- (2010). Nutrient pathways through the microbial food web: principles and predictability discussed, based on five different experiments. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 238-260.
- (2010). Bacterial community composition in an Arctic phytoplankton mesocosm bloom: the impact of silicate and glucose. Polar Biology. 1557-1565.
- (2009). Viral control of bacterial biodiversity - evidence from a nutrient-enriched marine mesocosm experiment. Environmental Microbiology. 2585-2597.
- (2009). Transregional linkages in the North-Eastern Atlantic - an end-to-end analysis of pelagic ecosystems. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 1-75.
- (2009). Relationship between phosphate affinities and cell size and shape in various bacteria and phytoplankton. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 311-320.
- (2009). Primary production during nutrient-induced blooms at elevated CO2 concentrations. Biogeosciences. 877-885.
- (2009). Explaining microbial population genomics through phage predation. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 828-836.
- (2009). Determining the availability of phosphate and glucose for bacteria in P-limited mesocosms of NW Mediterranean surface waters. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 81-91.
- (2008). P-affinity measurements of specific osmotroph population using cell-sorting flow cytometry. Limnology and Oceanography : Methods. 355-363.
- (2008). Mesocosm CO2 perturbation studies: from organism to community level. Biogeosciences. 1157-1164.
- (2008). Counterintuitive carbon-to-nutrient coupling in an Arctic pelagic ecosystem. Nature. 387-391.
- (2008). Competition for inorganic and organic forms of nitrogen and phosphorous between phytoplankton and bacteria during an Emiliania huxleyi spring bloom. Biogeosciences. 371-383.
- (2008). Changes in morphology and elemental composition of Vibrio splendidus along a gradient from carbon-limited to phosphate-limited growth. Microbial Ecology. 152-161.
- (2008). Availability of phosphate for phytoplankton and bacteria and of glucose for bacteria at different pCO(2) levels in a mesocosm study. Biogeosciences. 669-678.
- (2007). Primary production during nutrient-induced blooms at elevated CO2 concentrations. Biogeosciences. 4385-4410.
- (2007). Partitioning of organic production in marine plankton communities: The effects of inorganic nutrient ratios and community composition on new dissolved organic matter. Limnology and Oceanography. 753-765.
- (2007). Microbial community structure and function in the Levantine Basin of the eastern Mediterranean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 1721-1743.
- (2007). Algal-bacterial competition for phosphorus from dissolved DNA, ATP, and orthophosphate in a mesocosm experiment. Limnology and Oceanography. 1407-1419.
- (2007). Ability of a "minimum" microbial food web model to reproduce response patterns observed in mesocosms manipulated with N and P, glucose, and Si. Journal of Marine Systems. 15-34.
- (2006). Variability in microbial population dynamics between similarly perturbed mesocosms. Journal of Plankton Research. 783-791.
- (2005). Use of non-limiting substrates to increase size; a generic strategy to simultaneously optimize uptake and minimize predation in pelagic osmotrophs? Ecology Letters.
- (2005). The fate of phosphate in an in situ Lagrangian addition experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 2911-2927.
- (2005). Summary and overview of the CYCLOPS P addition Lagrangian experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 3090-3108.
- (2005). Summary and overview of the CYCLOPS P addition Lagrangian experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 3090-3108.
- (2005). Studies of the microbial P-cycle during a Lagrangian phosphate-addition experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 2928-2943.
- (2005). Simulating the response to phosphate additions in the oligotrophic eastern Mediterranean using an idealized four-member microbial food web model. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 3074-3089.
- (2005). Response of East Mediterranean surface water to Saharan dust: On-board microcosm experiment and field observations. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 3024-3040.
- (2005). Phytoplankton response to a Lagrangian phosphate addition in the Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 2944-2960.
- (2005). P-limited bacteria but N and P co-limited phytoplankton in the Eastern Mediterranean - a microcosm experiment. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 3011-3023.
- (2005). Nutrient cycling in the south east Levantine basin of the eastern Mediterranean: Results from a phosphorus starved system. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 2879-2896.
- (2005). Nutrient cycling in the south east Levantine basin of the eastern Mediterranean: Results from a phosphorus starved system. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 2879-2896.
- (2005). Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean. Science. 1068-1071.
- (2005). Effect of P and N addition to oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean waters influenced by near-shore waters: A microcosm experiment. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 3054-3073.
- (2005). Analyzing the trophic link between the mesopelagic microbial loop and zooplankton from observed depth profiles of bacteria and protozoa. Biogeosciences. 9-13.
- (2004). Orthophosphate uptake by heterotrophic bacteria, cyanobacteria, and autotrophic nanoflagellates in Villefranche Bay, northwestern Mediterranean: Vertical, seasonal, and short-term variations of the competitive relationship for P. Limnology and Oceanography. 1063-1072.
- (2004). Incorporating turbulence into a plankton foodweb model. Journal of Marine Systems. 105-122.
- (2004). Impact of changing ice cover on pelagic productivity and food web structure in Disko Bay, West Greenland: a dynamic model approach. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 171-187.
- (2003). Stable coexistence in marine algal host-virus systems. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 27-35.
- (2003). Response of bacterial and viral communities to nutrient manipulations in seawater mesocosms. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 109-212.
- (2003). Measurements of phosphate affinity constants and phosphorus release rates from the microbial food web in Villefranche Bay, northwestern Mediterranean. Limnology and Oceanography. 1150-1160.
- (2003). Interpretation of nutrient-enrichment bioassays by looking at sub-populations in a marint bacterial community. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 11-18.
- (2003). Elemental composition of single cells of various strains of marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus using X-ray microanalysis. Limnology and Oceanography. 1732-1743.
- (2002). Procaryotic genetic diversity throughout the salinity gradient of a coastal solar saltern. Environmental Microbiology. 349-360.
- (2000). Elements of a theory for the mechanisms controlling abundance, diversity, and biogeochemical role of lytic bacterial viruses in aquatic systems. Limnology and Oceanography. 1320-1328.
- (1999). Trophic control of bacterial growth in microcosms containing a natural community from northwest Mediterranean surface waters. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 145-156.
- (1999). Functioning of the photic zone microbial food web. Concepts, models an experiments in the MEDEA project. Proceedings of the 3�rd Marine Sceience and Technology Conference. Lisbon June 23-28 1998..
- (1999). Conceptual models for the biogeochemical role of the photic zone microbial food web, with particular reference to the Mediterranean Sea. Progress in Oceanography. 271-286.
- (1999). Bacteria-protist interactions and organic matter degradation under P-limited conditions. Comparison between an enclosure experiment and a simple model. Limnology and Oceanography. 62-79.
- (1998). P limitation of heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton in the northwest Mediterranean. Limnology and Oceanography. 88-94.
- (1998). Elemental composition of individual pico- and nano-sized marine detrital particles in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Oceanologica Acta. 589-596.
- (1998). Elemental composition of individual pico- and nano- sized marine detrital particles in the northwestern Medeteranian Sea. Oceanologica Acta. 589-596.
- (1998). A theoretical approach to structuring mechanisms in the pelagic food web. Hydrobiologia. 59-72.
- (1997). Theoretical models for the control of bacterial growth rate, abundancem diversity and carbon demand. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 19-27.
- (1997). Accumulation of degradable DOC in surface waters: caused by a "malfunctioning" microbial loop? Limnology and Oceanography. 398-404.
- (1996). The elemental composition of bacteria: a signature of growth conditions? Marine Pollution Bulletin. 3-9.
- (1996). On the strategy of 'eating your competitor'. A mathematical analysis of algal mixotrophy. Ecology. 2108-2118.
- (1996). Loss rate of an oligotrophic bacterial assemblage as measured by 3H-thymidine and 32PO4: good agreement and near-balance with production. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 29-36.
- (1996). Dynamics of virus abundance in coastal seawater. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 263-269.
- (1996). C:P-stoichiometry of biomass and incorporation rates in microbial plankton in the Bay of Aarhus (Denmark) June 1992. Journal of Plankton Research. 97-121.
- (1994). Microbial degradation of Phaeocystis material in the water column. Journal of Marine Systems. 55-65.
- (1993). Phosphorus cycling and algal-bacterial competition in Sandsfjord, western Norway. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 239-259.
- (1990). Viruses as Partners in Spring Bloom Microbial Trophodynamics. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 1400-1405.
- (1990). Control of phytoplankton growth in nutrient recycling ecosystems. Theory and terminology. Mar.Ecol.Ser.. 261-272.
- (2007). On the interface between ocean chemistry and the microbial end of the pelagic food chain.
- (1999). Microbiology in the Mediterranean, P-limitation.
- (1997). The usefulness of steady state descriptions of pelagic microbial food webs.
- (1997). Size-structured models of pelagic food webs.
- (1997). Næringsstofdynamik, diversitet og konkurrenceforhold i marine økosystemer.(invitert keynote).
- (1997). Modeller for kontroll av mikrobiell diversitet.
- (1997). Kontrollmekanismer for diversitet i det mikrobielle økosystem.
- (1997). Enkle konseptuelle modeller som et verktøy for hypotesedannelse i mikrobiell økologi.
- (1997). Effekter av TBT på bakterier og marine økosystemer.
- (1996). Microbial control of Mediterranean biogeochemical cycles. Implications of Medipelagos results.
- (1996). Implications of Medipelagos results for decision makers.
- (1994). The role of mixotrophy in pelagic environments.
- (1994). The possible impact of viruses on marine food webs.
- (1994). P-limitation in Villefranche Bay? presentation of intergrated results from the MEDIPELAGOS project.
- (1994). Kontroll av bakterievekst i mikrobielle næringskjeder.
- (1994). Inorganic phosphorus excretion by the planktonic marine ciliate Stormbidium sulcatum.
- (1994). Does degradable DOC accumulate in surface waters?
- (1993). Phosphate transfer between microbial size-fractions during autumn in Villefranche Bay, France (Western Meditteranean Sea).
- (1993). Nutrient additions and food web interactions.
- (1993). Jutland Current Spring 1990. Nitrogen and phosphorus metabolism in frontal regions.
- (1993). Fosfatomsetning i tilførselområdene til den norske kyststrøm.
- (2017). Microbial Food web structure in a changing Arctic.
- (2017). Can we constrain the “everything” in “everything is everywhere” ?
- (2016). Top down controls in the microbial food web and its consequences for the Carbon pumps.
- (2015). INTERACT - interaksjoner mellom miljøfaktorer: pelagiske og bentiske habitat.
- (2012). When Si and glucose give neither diatoms nor bacteria. A zooplankton effect in an Arctic ecosystem?
- (2012). Viruses, a controlling force on prokaryotic diversity?
- (2011). Interactions between eutrophication, oil and contaminants in marine ecosystems.
- (2009). THE MEDITERRANEAN AS A LABORATORY FOR THE STUDY OF MICROBIAL P-CYCLING.
- (2008). Marine ecosystem response and feedback to a changing climate.
- (2005). X-ray microanalyses of bacteria at the single cell level: Does elemental composition of cells relate to activity and nutritional status of cells?
- (2005). Viral diversity in the marine environment. Effect on the species richness and activity of planktonic organisms.
- (2005). TWO POWERFUL DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETERS FOR DETECTING P-LIMITATION.
- (2005). THE NATURE OF NUTRIENT LIMITATION IN THE ULTRA-OLIGOTROPHIC EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN~.
- (2005). System properties emerging from organism life strategies in idealized food webs.
- (2005). Single cell analysis: X-ray microanalysis in TEM.
- (2005). Single cell analysis: X-ray microanalysis in TEM.
- (2005). Microbial food web dynamics: Linking experiments and models.
- (2002). The measurements of affinity constants of osmotrophs for P and release rates of P from microbial food web from late summer to early winter in the Bay of Villefranche, the NW Mediterranean.
- (2002). Marine phytoplankton viruses - ecology, physiology and host virus interactions.
- (2001). Pitfalls in interpretation of nutrient enrichment bioassays.
- (2000). The role of inorganic and organic pollutants in structuring the microbial food web.
- (2000). The role of community structure in regulating export flux from the upper ocean.
- (2000). Physiological Models in the Context of Microbial Food Webs.
- (2000). Phosphate as a key factor controlling production and carbon export in the Mediterranean Sea.
- (2000). Molecular characterization of the microbial community along a salinity gradient.
- (2000). Modelling bacterial production in the Sea: The problem of organic carbon supply.
- (2000). How is DOC-loss from the food web related to nutrient loading?
- (2000). Food web mechanisms controlling carbon and mineral nutrient limitation of bacteria in the photic zone.
- (2000). Elements of a theory connecting viruses, bacterial diversity and biogeochemical fluxes.
- (2000). Different steady states in the photic zone food web.
- (2000). DGGE and T-RFLP fingerprinting data from mesocosms experiment in a Danish Fjord.
- (1999). Why Si should interfere with bacterial consumption of glucose added to mesocosms.
- (1999). The role of protozoa in food web models.
- (1999). Enrichment with phytoplankton nutrients can lead to a replacement of algae by bacteria.
- (1999). Can dominant structure of the food web explain the variability of vertical flux.
- (1998). Steady state models of the bicrobial food web. A useful tool in exploration and management of Mediterranan surface waters?
- (1998). Microbial affinity for orthophophate studied in microcosms with natural plankton communities from western Mediterranean.
- (1998). Marine ecosystem - Food web structure as a function of nutrients.
- (1998). Life between Skylla and Charybdis; microbes in a sea of competition and predation.
- (1998). Changes in microbial size structure induced by silicate addition to mesocosms.
- (1998). Bacterial degradation of DOC, how much can we learn from simple steady-state descriptions.
- (1998). Bacterial activity measured by different single-cell methods.
- (1998). Bacteria-protist interactions and organic matter degradation under P-limitation: enclosure experiment and a simple model.
- (1997). Trophic interactions controlling the diversity in pelagic microbial food webs.
- (1997). Theoretical models for the control of bacterial production.
- (1997). The marine microbial ecology revised.
- (1997). Oligotrophy in the Mediterranean Sea - Microbial cycling og nutrients.
- (1997). Microbial Ecology in the Mediterranean Sea. From science to management.
- (1997). Hutchinson's paradox reversed? Is the bacterioplankton diversity lower than predicted by steady state models?
- (1997). Estimating bacterioplankton diversity in a meromictic lake by use of denaturant gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). [poster].
- (1996). Variable nitrogen versus phosphorus limitation in European coastal systems; may this lead to important differences in the functioning of the microbial loop.
- (1996). UV-B regulation of alkaline phosphatase in a phosphorus depleted marine ecosystem.
- (1996). Can Export of Degradable DOC From Oligotrophic Surface Waters be Caused by an Unbalance Between Production and Degradation in the Microbial Loop?
- (1994). Nutrient transport, ratios and consumption patterns in Skagerrak.
- (1993). Virus and the Microbial Loop, Paradigms and Paradoxes in the microbial loop.
- (2013). "Arctic ocean acidification: pelagic ecosystem and biogeochemical responses during a mesocosm study" Preface. Biogeosciences. 5619-5626.
- (2008). Global-scale processes with a nanoscale drive: the role of marine viruses. The ISME Journal. 575-578.
- (2006). Response to Comment on ‘‘Nature of Phosphorus Limitation in the Ultraoligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean’’. Science. 1748.
- (2016). Microbial Oceanography. Viral strategies at sea. Nature. 454-455.
- (1999). Små organismer i et stort hav. QED Fakultetsavisa for Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet. 11.
- (2016). Predation in the marine microbial food web. Challenging models with experimental results.
- (2010). Quantitative microbial ecology off the northern Antarctic Peninsula - Antarctic microbial ecology.
- (1987). Analyzing the "microbial loop" : experimental and mathe- matical model studies of interactions between heterotrophic bacteria and their trophic neighbors in pelagic food webs.
- (2016). Integrating scientific knowledge, data and stakeholder perceptions for decision support. 8 pages.
- (2008). Aquatic phage ecology.
- (2000). Control of bacterial growth in idealised food webs. 32 pages.
- (1993). Microbial processes and the biological carbon pump.
- (2003). Models and functioning of marine ecosystems. . In:
- (2003). Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)[elektronisk ressurs]. x.
- (2004). Biogeochemical role of the euphotic microbial food web and the aphotic microbial loop in the NW Mediterranean.
- (2022). Mechanisms Generating Dichotomies in the Life Strategies of Heterotrophic Marine Prokaryotes. Diversity. 14 pages.
- (2018). Simple models combining competition, defence and resource availability have broad implications in pelagic microbial food webs. Ecology Letters. 1440-1452.
- (2013). Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation. Nature Geoscience. 701-710.
- (2010). Trade-offs between competition and defense specialists among unicellular planktonic organisms: the "Killing the Winner" hypothesis revisited. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 42-57.
- (2010). Stepwise building of plankton functional type (PFT) models: A feasible route to complex models? Progress in Oceanography. 6-15.
- (2009). OPINION Explaining microbial population genomics through phage predation. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 828-836.
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Thingstad, TF, Vage, S, Storesund, J. Sandaa R.A, and Giske J (2014) A theoretical analysis of how strain-specific viruses can control microbial species diversity. PNAS. Early on-line edition May 13 2014
Mitra, A; Flynn, KJ; Burkholder, JM; Berge, T; Calbet, A; Raven, JA; Graneli, E; Glibert, PM; Hansen, PJ; Stoecker, DK; Thingstad, F; Tillmann, U; Vage, S; Wilken, S; Zubkov, MV; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Burkholder, J. M.; Berge, T.; Calbet, A.; Raven, J. A.; Graneli, E.; Glibert, P. M.; Hansen, P. J.; Stoecker, D. K.; Thingstad, F.; Tillmann, U.; Vage, S.; Wilken, S.; Zubkov, M. V. (2014) The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump. BIOGEOSCIENCES. 11:995-1005
Pagarete, A.; Chow, C. -E. T.; Johannessen, T.; Fuhrman, J. A.; Thingstad, T. F.; Sandaa, R. A.(2013) Strong Seasonality and Interannual Recurrence in Marine Myovirus Communities. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 79: 6253-6259
Moore, CM; Mills, MM; Arrigo, KR; Berman-Frank, I; Bopp, L; Boyd, PW; Galbraith, ED; Geider, RJ; Guieu, C; Jaccard, SL; Jickells, TD; La Roche, J; Lenton, TM; Mahowald, NM; Maranon, E; Marinov, I; Moore, JK; Nakatsuka, T; Oschlies, A; Saito, MA; Thingstad, TF; Tsuda, A; Ulloa, O (2013) Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation. NATURE GEOSCIENCE. 6: 701-710
Vage, S; Castellani, M; Giske, J; Thingstad, T. F. (2013) Successful strategies in size structured mixotrophic food webs AQUATIC ECOLOGY. 47:329-347
Vage, S. ; Storesund, J. E.; Thingstad, T. F. (2013) Adding a cost of resistance description extends the ability of virus-host model to explain observed patterns in structure and function of pelagic microbial communities ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 15: 1842-1852
Castellani, M.; Vage, S.; Strand, E.; Thingstad, T. F.; Giske, J. (2013) The Scaled Subspaces Method: A new trait-based approach to model communities of populations with largely inhomogeneous density. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. 251: 173-186
Riebesell, U.; Gattuso, J. -P.; Thingstad, T. F.; Middelburg, J. J. (2013) "Arctic ocean acidification: pelagic ecosystem and biogeochemical responses during a mesocosm study" Preface. BIOGEOSCIENCES. 10: 5619-5626
Lignell, R.; Haario, H.; Laine, M.; Thingstad, T. F. (2013) Getting the "right" parameter values for models of the pelagic microbial food web. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 58:301-313
Topper, B.; Thingstad, T.F.; Sandaa, R.-A. (2013) Effects of differences in organic supply on bacterial diversity subject to viral lysis. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 83: 202-213
Ray, JL; Topper, B; An, S; Silyakova, A; Spindelbock, J; Thyrhaug, R; DuBow, MS; Thingstad, TF; Sandaa, RA(2013) Effect of increased pCO2 on bacterial assemblage shifts in response to glucose addition in Fram Strait seawater mesocosms. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 82: 713-723
Heldal, M; Norland, S; Erichsen, ES; Thingstad, TF; Bratbak, G (2012) An Unaccounted Fraction of Marine Biogenic CaCO3 Particles. PLOS ONE . 7 (10) e47887 10.1371
Sebastian, M; Pitta, P; Gonzalez, JM; Thingstad, TF; Gasol, JM (2012) Bacterioplankton groups involved in the uptake of phosphate and dissolved organic phosphorus in a mesocosm experiment with P-starved Mediterranean waters ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 14:2334-2347
Heldal, M; Norland, S; Erichsen, ES; Sandaa, RA; Larsen, A; Thingstad, F; Bratbak, G (2012) Mg2+ as an indicator of nutritional status in marine bacteria. ISME JOURNAL. 2:1751-7362
Haraldsson, M; Tonnesson, K; Tiselius, P; Thingstad, TF; Aksnes, DL (2012) Relationship between fish and jellyfish as a function of eutrophication and water clarity. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 471:73-85
Cuevas, LA; Egge, JK; Thingstad, TF; Topper, B (2011) Organic carbon and mineral nutrient limitation of oxygen consumption, bacterial growth and efficiency in the Norwegian Sea POLAR BIOLOGY. 34: 871-882
Tanaka, T; Thingstad, TF; Christaki, U; Colombet, J; Cornet-Barthaux, V; Courties, C; Grattepanche, JD; Lagaria, A; Nedoma, J; Oriol, L; Psarra, S; Pujo-Pay, M; Van Wambeke, F (2011) Lack of P-limitation of phytoplankton and heterotrophic prokaryotes in surface waters of three anticyclonic eddies in the stratified Mediterranean Sea BIOGEOSCIENCES. 8:525-538
Topper, B; Larsen, A; Thingstad, TF; Thyrhaug, R; Sandaa, RA (2011) Bacterial community composition in an Arctic phytoplankton mesocosm bloom: the impact of silicate and glucose POLAR BIOLOGY. 33:1557-1565
Beltran Rodriguez-Brito, LinLin Li, Linda Wegley, Mike Furlan, Florent Angly, Mya Breitbart, John Buchanan, Christelle Desnues, Elizabeth Dinsdale, Robert Edwards, Ben Felts, Matthew Haynes, Hong Liu, David Lipson, Joseph Mahaffy, Anna Belen Martin-Cuadrado, Alex Mira5, Jim Nulton, Lejla Pasˇic´, Steve Rayhawk, Jennifer Rodriguez-Mueller, Francisco Rodriguez-Valera, Peter Salamon, Shailaja Srinagesh, Tron Frede Thingstad, Tuong Tran, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Dana Willner, Merry Youle and Forest Rohwer (2010) Viral and microbial community dynamics in four aquatic environments. The ISME Journal , 1–13
Winter C, Bouvier T, Weinbauer MG, Thingstad TF (2010) Trade-Offs between Competition and Defense Specialists among Unicellular Planktonic Organisms: the "Killing the Winner" Hypothesis Revisited. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 74:42-57
Thingstad TF, Strand E, Larsen A (2010) Stepwise building of plankton functional type (PFT) models: A feasible route to complex models? Progress in Oceanography 84:6-15
Tanaka T, Thingstad TF, Gasol JM, Cardelus C, Jezbera J, Sala MM, Simek K, Unrein F (2009) Determining the availability of phosphate and glucose for bacteria in P-limited mesocosms of NW Mediterranean surface waters. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 56:81-91
Tambi H, Flaten GAF, Egge JK, Bodtker G, Jacobsen A, Thingstad TF (2009) Relationship between phosphate affinities and cell size and shape in various bacteria and phytoplankton. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 57:311-320
Sandaa RA, Gomez-Consarnau L, Pinhassi J, Riemann L, Malits A, Weinbauer MG, Gasol JM, Thingstad TF (2009) Viral control of bacterial biodiversity - evidence from a nutrient-enriched marine mesocosm experiment. Environmental Microbiology 11:2585-2597
Rodriguez-Valera F, Martin-Cuadrado AB, Rodriguez-Brito B, Pasic L, Thingstad TF, Rohwer F, Mira A (2009) OPINION Explaining microbial population genomics through phage predation. Nature Reviews Microbiology 7:828-836
Fox C, Harris R, Sundby S, Achterberg E, Allen JI, Allen J, Baker A, Brussaard CPD, Buckley P, Cook EJ, Dye SR, Edwards M, Fernand L, Kershaw P, Metcalfe J, Osterhus S, Potter T, Sakshaug E, Speirs D, Stenevik E, John MS, Thingstad F, Wilson B (2009) Transregional Linkages in the North-Eastern Atlantic - an 'End-to-End' Analysis of Pelagic Ecosystems. In: Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review, Vol 47, Vol 47, p 1-75
Egge JK, Thingstad TF, Larsen A, Engel A, Wohlers J, Bellerby RGJ, Riebesell U (2009) Primary production during nutrient-induced blooms at elevated CO2 concentrations. Biogeosciences 6:877-885
Thingstad TF, Bratbak G, Heldal M (2008) Ch. 10: Aquatic phage ecology In: Abedon ST (ed) Bacteriophage Ecology. Cambridge
Thingstad TF, Bellerby RGJ, Bratbak G, Borsheim KY, Egge JK, Heldal M, Larsen A, Neill C, Nejstgaard J, Norland S, Sandaa RA, Skjoldal EF, Tanaka T, Thyrhaug R, Topper B (2008) Counterintuitive carbon-to-nutrient coupling in an Arctic pelagic ecosystem. Nature 455:387-U337
Tanaka T, Thingstad TF, Lovdal T, Grossart HP, Larsen A, Allgaier M, Meyerhofer M, Schulz KG, Wohlers J, Zollner E, Riebesell U (2008) Availability of phosphate for phytoplankton and bacteria and of glucose for bacteria at different pCO(2) levels in a mesocosm study. Biogeosciences 5:669-678
Riebesell U, Bellerby RGJ, Grossart HP, Thingstad F (2008) Mesocosm CO2 perturbation studies: from organism to community level. Biogeosciences 5:1157-1164
Lovdal T, Skjoldal EF, Heldal M, Norland S, Thingstad TF (2008) Changes in morphology and elemental composition of Vibrio splendidus along a gradient from carbon-limited to phosphate-limited growth. Microbial Ecology 55:152-161
Lovdal T, Eichner C, Grossart HP, Carbonnel V, Chou L, Martin-Jezequel V, Thingstad TF (2008) Competition for inorganic and organic forms of nitrogen and phosphorous between phytoplankton and bacteria during an Emiliania huxleyi spring bloom. Biogeosciences 5:371-383
Larsen A, Tanaka T, Zubkov MV, Thingstad TF (2008) P-affinity measurements of specific osmotroph populations using cell-sorting flow cytometry. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods 6:355-363
Brussaard CPD, Wilhelm SW, Thingstad F, Weinbauer MG, Bratbak G, Heldal M, Kimmance SA, Middelboe M, Nagasaki K, Paul JH, Schroeder DC, Suttle CA, Vaque D, Wommack KE (2008) Global-scale processes with a nanoscale drive: the role of marine viruses. Isme Journal 2:575-578
Thingstad TF, Havskum H, Zweifel UL, Berdalet E, Sala MM, Peters F, Alcaraz M, Scharek R, Perez M, Jacquet S, Flaten GAF, Dolan JR, Marrase C, Rassoulzadegan F, Hagstrom A, Vaulot D (2007) Ability of a "minimum" microbial food web model to reproduce response patterns observed in mesocosms manipulated with N and P, glucose, and Si. Journal of Marine Systems 64:15-34
Tanaka T, Zohary T, Krom MD, Law CS, Pitta P, Psarra S, Rassoulzadegan F, Thingstad TF, Tselepides A, Woodward EMS, Flaten GAF, Skjoldal EF, Zodiatis G (2007) Microbial community structure and function in the Levantine Basin of the eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 54:1721-1743
Lovdal T, Tanaka T, Thingstad TF (2007) Algal-bacterial competition for phosphorus from dissolved DNA, ATP, and orthophosphate in a mesocosm experiment. Limnology and Oceanography 52:1407-1419
Conan P, Sondergaard M, Kragh T, Thingstad F, Pujo-Pay M, Williams P, Markager S, Cauwet G, Borch NH, Evans D, Riemann B (2007) Partitioning of organic production in marine plankton communities: The effects of inorganic nutrient ratios and community composition on new dissolved organic matter. Limnology and Oceanography 52:753-765
Thingstad TF, Law CS, Krom MD, Mantoura RFC, Pitta P, Psarra S, Rassoulzadegan F, Tanaka T, Wassmann P, Riser CW, Zohary T (2006) Response to comment on "Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean". Science 312
Tanaka T, Henriksen P, Lignell R, Olli K, Seppala J, Tamminen T, Thingstad TF (2006) Specific affinity for phosphate uptake and specific alkaline phosphatase activity as diagnostic tools for detecting phosphorus-limited phytoplankton and bacteria. Estuaries and Coasts 29:1226-1241
Martinez-Martinez J, Norland S, Thingstad TF, Schroeder DC, Bratbak G, Wilsow WH, Larsen A (2006) Variability in microbial population dynamics between similarly perturbed mesocosms. Journal of Plankton Research 28:783-791
Zohary T, Herut B, Krom MD, Mantoura RFC, Pitta P, Psarra S, Rassoulzadegan F, Stambler N, Tanaka T, Thingstad TF, Woodward EMS (2005) P-limited bacteria but N and P co-limited phytoplankton in the Eastern Mediterranean - a microcosm experiment. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 52:3011-3023
Thingstad TF, Ovreas L, Egge JK, Lovdal T, Heldal M (2005) Use of non-limiting substrates to increase size; a generic strategy to simultaneously optimize uptake and minimize predation in pelagic osmotrophs? Ecology Letters 8:675-682
Thingstad TF, Mantoura RFC (2005) Titrating excess nitrogen content of phosphorous-deficient eastern Mediterranean surface water using alkaline phosphatase activity as a bio-indicator. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods 3:94-100
Thingstad TF, Krom MD, Mantoura RFC, Flaten GAF, Groom S, Herut B, Kress N, Law CS, Pasternak A, Pitta P, Psarra S, Rassoulzadegan F, Tanaka T, Tselepides A, Wassmann P, Woodward EMS, Riser CW, Zodiatis G, Zohary T (2005) Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean. Science 309:1068-1071
Thingstad TF (2005) Simulating the response to phosphate additions in the oligotrophic eastern Mediterranean using an idealized four-member microbial food web model. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 52:3074-3089
Tanaka T, Rassoulzadegan F, Thingstad TF (2005) Analyzing the trophic link between the mesopelagic microbial loop and zooplankton from observed depth profiles of bacteria and protozoa. Biogeosciences 2:9-13
Psarra S, Zohary T, Krom MD, Mantoura RFC, Polychronaki T, Stambler N, Tanaka T, Tselepides A, Thingstad TF (2005) Phytoplankton response to a Lagrangian phosphate addition in the Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 52:2944-2960
Law CS, Abraham ER, Woodward EMS, Liddicoat MI, Fileman TW, Thingstad TF, Kitidis V, Zohary T (2005) The fate of phosphate in an in situ Lagrangian addition experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 52:2911-2927
Krom MD, Woodward EMS, Herut B, Kress N, Carbo P, Mantoura RFC, Spyres G, Thingstad TF, Wassmann P, Wexels-Riser C, Kitidis V, Law CS, Zodiatis G (2005) Nutrient cycling in the south east Levantine basin of the eastern Mediterranean: Results from a phosphorus starved system. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 52:2879-2896
Krom MD, Thingstad TF, Brenner S, Carbo P, Drakopoulos P, Fileman TW, Flaten GAF, Groom S, Herut B, Kitidis V, Kress N, Law CS, Liddicoat MI, Mantoura RFC, Pasternak A, Pitta P, Polychronaki T, Psarra S, Rassoulzadegan K, Skjoldal EF, Spyres G, Tanaka T, Tselepides A, Wassmann P, Riser CW, Woodward EMS, Zodiatis G, Zohary T (2005) Summary and overview of the CYCLOPS P addition Lagrangian experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 52:3090-3108
Kress N, Thingstad TF, Pitta P, Psarra S, Tanaka T, Zohary T, Groom S, Herut B, Mantoura RFC, Polychronaki T, Rassoulzadegan F, Spyres G (2005) Effect of P and N addition to oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean waters influenced by near-shore waters: A microcosm experiment. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 52:3054-3073
Herut B, Zohary T, Krom MD, Mantoura RFC, Pitta P, Psarra S, Rassoulzadegan F, Tanaka T, Thingstad TF (2005) Response of East Mediterranean surface water to Saharan dust: On-board microcosm experiment and field observations. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 52:3024-3040
Flaten GAF, Skjoldal EF, Krom MD, Law CS, Mantoura RFC, Pitta P, Psarra S, Tanaka T, Tselepides A, Woodward EMS, Zohary T, Thingstad TF (2005) Studies of the microbial P-cycle during a Lagrangian phosphate-addition experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 52:2928-2943
Tanaka T, Rassoulzadegan F, Thingstad TF (2004) Orthophosphate uptake by heterotrophic bacteria, cyanobacteria, and autotrophic nanoflagellates in Villefranche Bay, northwestern Mediterranean: Vertical, seasonal, and short-term variations of the competitive relationship for phosphorus. Limnology and Oceanography 49:1063-1072
Metcalfe AM, Pedley TJ, Thingstad TF (2004) Incorporating turbulence into a plankton foodweb model. Journal of Marine Systems 49:105-122
Thyrhaug R, Larsen A, Thingstad TF, Bratbak G (2003) Stable coexistence in marine algal host-virus systems. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 254:27-35
Tanaka T, Rassoulzadegan F, Thingstad TF (2003) Measurements of phosphate affinity constants and phosphorus release rates from the microbial food web in Villefranche Bay, northwestern Mediterranean. Limnology and Oceanography 48:1150-1160
Ovreas L, Bourne D, Sandaa RA, Casamayor EO, Benlloch S, Goddard V, Smerdon G, Heldal M, Thingstad TF (2003) Response of bacterial and viral communities to nutrient manipulations in seawater mesocosms. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 31:109-121
Heldal M, Scanlan DJ, Norland S, Thingstad F, Mann NH (2003) Elemental composition of single cells of various strains of marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus using X-ray microanalysis. Limnology and Oceanography 48:1732-1743
Havskum H, Thingstad TF, Scharek R, Peters F, Berdalet E, Sala MM, Alcaraz M, Bangsholt JC, Zweifel UL, Hagstrom A, Perez M, Dolan JR (2003) Silicate and labile DOC interfere in structuring the microbial food web via algal-bacterial competition for mineral nutrients: Results of a mesocosm experiment. Limnology and Oceanography 48:129-140
Hansen AS, Nielsen TG, Levinsen H, Madsen SD, Thingstad TF, Hansen BW (2003) Impact of changing ice cover on pelagic productivity and food web structure in Disko Bay, West Greenland: a dynamic model approach. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 50:171-187
Flaten GAF, Castberg T, Tanaka T, Thingstad TF (2003) Interpretation of nutrient-enrichment bioassays by looking at sub-populations in a marine bacterial community. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 33:11-18
Torsvik V, Ovreas L, Thingstad TF (2002) Prokaryotic diversity - Magnitude, dynamics, and controlling factors. Science 296:1064-1066
Thingstad TF, Nielsen TG, Hansen AS, Levinsen H (2002) Control of bacterial production in cold waters. A theoretical analysis of mechanisms relating bacterial production and zooplankton biomass in Disko Bay, Western Greenland. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 228:15-24
Moutin T, Thingstad TF, Van Wambeke F, Marie D, Slawyk G, Raimbault P, Claustre H (2002) Does competition for nanomolar phosphate supply explain the predominance of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus? Limnology and Oceanography 47:1562-1567
Joint I, Henriksen P, Fonnes GA, Bourne D, Thingstad TF, Riemann B (2002) Competition for inorganic nutrients between phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in nutrient manipulated mesocosms. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 29:145-159
Jacquet S, Havskum H, Thingstad TF, Vaulot D (2002) Effects of inorganic and organic nutrient addition on a coastal microbial community (Isefjord, Denmark). Marine Ecology-Progress Series 228:3-14
Benlloch S, Lopez-Lopez A, Casamayor EO, Ovreas L, Goddard V, Daae FL, Smerdon G, Massana R, Joint I, Thingstad F, Pedros-Alio C, Rodriguez-Valera F (2002) Prokaryotic genetic diversity throughout the salinity gradient of a coastal solar saltern. Environmental Microbiology 4:349-360
Thingstad TF (2000) Elements of a theory for the mechanisms controlling abundance, diversity, and biogeochemical role of lytic bacterial viruses in aquatic systems. Limnology and Oceanography 45:1320-1328
Thingstad TF, Rassoulzadegan F (1999) Conceptual models for the biogeochemical role of the photic zone microbial food web, with particular reference to the Mediterranean Sea. Progress in Oceanography 44:271-286
Thingstad TF, Perez M, Pelegri S, Dolan J, Rassoulzadegan F (1999) Trophic control of bacterial growth in microcosms containing a natural community from northwest Mediterranean surface waters. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 18:145-156
Thingstad TF, Havskum H (1999) Bacteria-protist interactions and organic matter degradation under P-limited conditions: Analysis of an enclosure experiment using a simple model. Limnology and Oceanography 44:62-79
Thingstad TF, Zweifel UL, Rassoulzadegan F (1998) P limitation of heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton in the northwest Mediterranean. Limnology and Oceanography 43:88-94
Thingstad TF (1998) A theoretical approach to structuring mechanisms in the pelagic food web. Hydrobiologia 363:59-72
Mostajir B, Fagerbakke KM, Heldal M, Thingstad TF, Rassoulzadegan F (1998) Elemental composition of individual pico- and nano-sized marine detrital particles in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Oceanologica Acta 21:589-596
Bratbak G, Jacobsen A, Heldal M, Nagasaki K, Thingstad F (1998) Virus production in Phaeocystis pouchetii and its relation to host cell growth and nutrition. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 16:1-9
Thingstad TF, Lignell R (1997) Theoretical models for the control of bacterial growth rate, abundance, diversity and carbon demand. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 13:19-27
Thingstad TF, Hagstrom A, Rassoulzadegan F (1997) Accumulation of degradable DOC in surface waters: Is it caused by a malfunctioning microbial loop? Limnology and Oceanography 42:398-404
Bratbak G, Thingstad TF (1997) Untitled. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 13:1-1
Thingstad TF, Riemann B, Havskum H, Garde K (1996) Incorporation rates and biomass content of C and P in phytoplankton and bacteria in the Bay of Aarhus (Denmark) June 1992. Journal of Plankton Research 18:97-121
Thingstad TF, Havskum H, Garde K, Riemann B (1996) On the strategy of ''eating your competitor'': A mathematical analysis of algal mixotrophy. Ecology 77:2108-2118
Thingstad TF, Dolan JR, Fuhrman JA (1996) Loss rate of an oligotrophic bacterial assemblage as measured by H-3-thymidine and (PO4)-P-32: Good agreement and near-balance with production. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 10:29-36
Heldal M, Norland S, Fagerbakke KM, Thingstad F, Bratbak G (1996) The elemental composition of bacteria: a signature of growth conditions? Marine Pollution Bulletin 33:3-9
Bratbak G, Heldal M, Thingstad TF, Tuomi P (1996) Dynamics of virus abundance in coastal seawater. Fems Microbiology Ecology 19:263-269
Thingstad TF, Rassoulzadegan F (1995) Nutrient Limitations, Microbial Food Webs, and Biological C-Pumps - Suggested Interactions in a P-Limited Mediterranean. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 117:299-306
Dolan JR, Thingstad TF, Rassoulzadegan F (1995) Phosphate Transfer between Microbial Size-Fractions in Villefranche Bay (Nw Mediterranean-Sea), France in Autumn 1992. Ophelia 41:71-85
Thingstad F, Billen G (1994) Microbial-Degradation of Phaeocystis Material in the Water Column. Journal of Marine Systems 5:55-65
Kristiansen S, Thingstad TF, Vanderwal P, Farbrot T, Skjoldal EF (1994) An Emiliania-Huxleyi Dominated Subsurface Bloom in Samnangerfjorden, Western Norway - Importance of Hydrography and Nutrients. Sarsia 79:357-368
Bratbak G, Thingstad F, Heldal M (1994) Viruses and the Microbial Loop. Microbial Ecology 28:209-221
Thingstad TF, Skjoldal EF, Bohne RA (1993) Phosphorus Cycling and Algal-Bacterial Competition in Sandsfjord, Western Norway. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 99:239-259
Thingstad TF, Heldal M, Bratbak G, Dundas I (1993) Are Viruses Important Partners in Pelagic Food Webs. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 8:209-213
Bratbak G, Heldal M, Thingstad TF, Riemann B, Haslund OH (1992) Incorporation of Viruses into the Budget of Microbial C-Transfer - a 1st Approach. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 83:273-280
Thingstad TF, Martinussen I (1991) Are Bacteria Active in the Cold Pelagic Ecosystem of the Barents Sea. Polar Research 10:255-266
Thingstad TF, Sakshaug E (1990) Control of Phytoplankton Growth in Nutrient Recycling Ecosystems - Theory and Terminology. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 63:261-272
Bratbak G, Heldal M, Norland S, Thingstad TF (1990) Viruses as Partners in Spring Bloom Microbial Trophodynamics. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 56:1400-1405
Nygaard K, Borsheim KY, Thingstad TF (1988) Grazing Rates on Bacteria by Marine Heterotrophic Microflagellates Compared to Uptake Rates of Bacterial-Sized Monodisperse Fluorescent Latex Beads. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 44:159-165
Thingstad TF (1987) Utilization of N, P, and Organic C by Heterotrophic Bacteria .1. Outline of a Chemostat Theory with a Consistent Concept of Maintenance Metabolism. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 35:99-109
Pengerud B, Skjoldal EF, Thingstad TF (1987) The Reciprocal Interaction between Degradation of Glucose and Ecosystem Structure - Studies in Mixed Chemostat Cultures of Marine-Bacteria, Algae, and Bacterivorous Nanoflagellates. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 35:111-117
Martinussen I, Thingstad TF (1987) Utilization of Organic-N, Organic-P and Organic-C by Heterotrophic Bacteria .2. Comparison of Experiments and a Mathematical-Model. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 37:285-293
Thingstad TF, Pengerud B (1985) Fate and Effect of Allochthonous Organic Material in Aquatic Microbial Ecosystems - an Analysis Based on Chemostat Theory. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 21:47-62
Bratbak G, Thingstad TF (1985) Phytoplankton-Bacteria Interactions - an Apparent Paradox - Analysis of a Model System with Both Competition and Commensalism. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 25:23-30
Pengerud B, Thingstad F, Tjessem K, Aaberg A (1984) Photoinduced Toxicity of North-Sea Crude Oils toward Bacterial-Activity. Marine Pollution Bulletin 15:142-146
Thingstad T, Pengerud B (1983) The Formation of Chocolate Mousse from Statfjord Crude-Oil and Seawater. Marine Pollution Bulletin 14:214-216
Azam F, Fenchel T, Field JG, Gray JS, Meyerreil LA, Thingstad F (1983) The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 10:257-263
Skjoldal HR, Dale T, Haldorsen H, Pengerud B, Thingstad TF, Tjessem K, Aaberg A (1982) Oil Pollution and Plankton Dynamics .1. Controlled Ecosystem Experiment During the 1980 Spring Bloom in Lindaspollene, Norway. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 16:511-523
Gottschal JC, Thingstad TF (1982) Mathematical-Description of Competition between 2 and 3 Bacterial Species under Dual Substrate Limitation in the Chemostat - a Comparison with Experimental-Data. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 24:1403-1418
Bakke T, Dale T, Thingstad TF (1982) Structural and Metabolic Responses of a Subtidal Sediment Community to Water Extracts of Oil. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 16:524-537
Thingstad TF (1976) Connection between Bacterial-Growth and Division. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 38:415-423
Thingstad TF, Langeland TI (1974) Dynamics of Chemostat Culture - Effect of a Delay in Cell Response. Journal of Theoretical Biology 48:149-159
Hanssen JF, Thingstad TF, Goksoyr J (1974) Evaluation of Hyphal Lengths and Fungal Biomass in Soil by a Membrane-Filter Technique. Oikos 25:102-107
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