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T. Frede Thingstad

T. Frede Thingstad

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
57
Citations
17253
World Ranking
3368
National Ranking
37

Overview

T. Frede Thingstad is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway, contributing to research primarily within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work focuses significantly on microbial community ecology and physiology as well as marine and coastal ecosystems.

Their research spans multiple subfields including ecology, oceanography, genetics, plant science, and global and planetary change. The topics addressed in their studies include microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and coastal ecosystems, isotope analysis in ecology, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, evolution and genetic dynamics, plant virus research studies, and marine biology and ecology research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Thingstad include Selina Våge, Gunnar Bratbak, Aud Larsen, Ôlav Vadstein, and Risto Lignell, each contributing multiple publications together.

Thingstad's research has been published in a variety of scientific venues, notably:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Nature Communications
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Diversity

Recent publications include:

  • "Temperate infection in a virus-host system previously known for virulent dynamics," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Seasonal nutrient dynamics in the P depleted Eastern Mediterranean Sea," 2021, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • "Effects of migrating mesopelagic fishes on the biological carbon pump," 2023, Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • "How trophic cascades and photic zone nutrient content interact to generate basin-scale differences in the microbial food web," 2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • "Mechanisms Generating Dichotomies in the Life Strategies of Heterotrophic Marine Prokaryotes," 2022, Diversity

These publications reflect a consistent focus on marine microbial ecology, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem interactions, highlighting dynamics such as virus-host relationships, biogeochemical nutrient regimes, and the biological carbon pump.

Best Publications

  • Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation

    C. M. Moore;M. M. Mills;K. R. Arrigo;I. Berman-Frank

  • Prokaryotic Diversity--Magnitude, Dynamics, and Controlling Factors

    Vigdis Torsvik;Lise Øvreås;Tron Frede Thingstad

  • Elements of a theory for the mechanisms controlling abundance, diversity, and biogeochemical role of lytic bacterial viruses in aquatic systems

    T. Frede Thingstad

  • Explaining microbial population genomics through phage predation

    Francisco Rodriguez-Valera;Ana-Belen Martin-Cuadrado;Beltran Rodriguez-Brito;Lejla Pašić

  • Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean.

    T. F. Thingstad;M. D. Krom;R. F. C. Mantoura;R. F. C. Mantoura;G. A. F. Flaten

  • Viral and microbial community dynamics in four aquatic environments.

    Beltran Rodriguez-Brito;Lin Lin Li;Linda Wegley;Mike Furlan

  • Viruses as partners in spring bloom microbial trophodynamics.

    Gunnar Bratbak;Mikal Heldal;Svein Norland;T. Frede Thingstad

  • Trade-Offs between Competition and Defense Specialists among Unicellular Planktonic Organisms: the “Killing the Winner” Hypothesis Revisited

    Christian Winter;Thierry Bouvier;Markus G. Weinbauer;T. Frede Thingstad

  • The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump

    Aditee Mitra;Kevin J. Flynn;Joann M. Burkholder;Terje Berge

  • Defining Planktonic Protist Functional Groups on Mechanisms for Energy and Nutrient Acquisition: Incorporation of Diverse Mixotrophic Strategies

    Aditee Mitra;Kevin J. Flynn;Urban Tillmann;John A. Raven

  • P limitation of heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton in the northwest Mediterranean

    T. Frede Thingstad;Ulla Li Zweifel;Fereidoun Rassoulzadegan

  • Prokaryotic genetic diversity throughout the salinity gradient of a coastal solar saltern

    Susana Benlloch;Arantxa López-López;Emilio O. Casamayor;Lise Øvreås

  • Accumulation of degradable DOC in surface waters: Is it caused by a malfunctioning microbialloop?

    T. Frede Thingstad;Åke HagstrÖm;Fereidoun Rassoulzadegan

  • Global-scale processes with a nanoscale drive: the role of marine viruses

    Corina P.D. Brussaard;Steven W. Wilhelm;T. Frede Thingstad;Markus G. Weinbauer

  • PHOSPHORUS CYCLING AND ALGAL-BACTERIAL COMPETITION IN SANDSFJORD, WESTERN NORWAY

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  • Incorporation of viruses into the budget of microbial C-transfer A first approach

    G. Bratbak;M. Heldal;TF Thingstad;B. Riemann

  • A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes

    Joshua S Weitz;Charles A Stock;Steven W Wilhelm;Lydia Bourouiba

  • Does competition for nanomolar phosphate supply explain the predominance of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus

    Thierry Moutin;Tron F. Thingstad;Dominique Marie

  • VIRUSES AND THE MICROBIAL LOOP

    G. Bratbak;F. Thingstad;M. Heldal

  • Elemental composition of single cells of various strains of marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus using X-ray microanalysis

    M. Heldal;D. J. Scanlan;S. Norland;F. Thingstad

  • Competition for inorganic nutrients between phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in nutrient manipulated mesocosms

    Ian Joint;Peter Henriksen;Gro Anita Fonnes;David Bourne

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunnar Bratbak
Gunnar Bratbak University of Bergen
Paraskevi Pitta
Paraskevi Pitta Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Aud Larsen
Aud Larsen NORCE Research
Tamar Zohary
Tamar Zohary Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research
Fereidoun Rassoulzadegan
Fereidoun Rassoulzadegan Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Markus G. Weinbauer
Markus G. Weinbauer Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michael D. Krom
Michael D. Krom University of Haifa
Jarl Giske
Jarl Giske University of Bergen
Åke Hagström
Åke Hagström Linnaeus University
Stéphan Jacquet
Stéphan Jacquet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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