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Thomas Weisse is a researcher affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing on specialized subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The research topics covered by Weisse include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Weisse include Xiaoteng Lu, Michael Moser, Dunja Lukić, Ulrike Scheffel, and Peter Stadler.

Weisse's recent publications showcase research on ciliates and microbial ecology, reflecting their focus on aquatic microorganisms and ecosystem processes. Selected recent papers are:

  • "Ecology of planktonic ciliates in a changing world: Concepts, methods, and challenges," 2021, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
  • "Functional Ecology of Two Contrasting Freshwater Ciliated Protists in Relation to Temperature," 2020, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
  • "Picoplankton feeding by the ciliate Vorticella similis in comparison to other peritrichs emphasizes their significance in the water purification process," 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • "Top-down control of planktonic ciliates by microcrustacean predators is stronger in lakes than in the ocean," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Chemically labeled toxins or bioactive peptides show a heterogeneous intracellular distribution and low spatial overlap with autofluorescence in bloom-forming cyanobacteria," 2020, Scientific Reports

Publication venues where Weisse commonly publishes include:

  • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • European Journal of Protistology
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Best Publications

  • Phaeocystis blooms and nutrient enrichment in the continental coastal zones of the North sea

    Christiane Lancelot;Gilles Billen;A. Sournia;T. Weisse

  • Response of the microbial loop to the phytoplankton spring bloom in a large prealpine lake

    Thomas Weisse;Helga Müller;Ricardo M. Pinto-Coelho;Anette Schweizer

  • Dynamics of Autotrophic Picoplankton in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

    Thomas Weisse

  • The annual cycle of heterotrophic freshwater nanoflagellates: role of bottom-up versus top-down control

    Thomas Weisse

  • Carbon:phosphorus stoichiometry and food chain production.

    R. W. Sterner;J. Clasen;W. Lampert;T. Weisse

  • Seasonal succession of ciliates in lake constance

    H. Müller;A. Schöne;R. M. Pinto-Coelho;A. Schweizer

  • Dispersal and Phylogenetic Diversity of Nonmarine Picocyanobacteria, Inferred from 16S rRNA Gene and cpcBA-Intergenic Spacer Sequence Analyses

    Nicholas D. Crosbie;Matthias Pöckl;Thomas Weisse

  • The trophic significance of Phaeocystis blooms

    T. Weisse;K. Tande;P. Verity;F. Hansen

  • Dynamics of autotrophic picoplankton in Lake Constance

    Thomas Weisse

  • Functional diversity of aquatic ciliates.

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  • Functional ecology of aquatic phagotrophic protists - Concepts, limitations, and perspectives.

    Thomas Weisse;Ruth Anderson;Hartmut Arndt;Albert Calbet

  • Distribution and diversity of aquatic protists: an evolutionary and ecological perspective

    Thomas Weisse

  • The microbial loop in the Red Sea: Dynamics of pelagic bacteria and heterotrophic nanoflagellates.

    T. Weisse

  • Beyond the "Code": A Guide to the Description and Documentation of Biodiversity in Ciliated Protists (Alveolata, Ciliophora).

    Alan Warren;David J. Patterson;Micah Dunthorn;John C. Clamp

  • Planktonic protozoa and the microbial food web in Lake Constance

    Thomas Weisse;Helga Müller

  • Effect of pH on growth, cell volume, and production of freshwater ciliates, and implications for their distribution

    Thomas Weisse;Peter Stadler

  • The significance of inter- and intraspecific variation in bacterivorous and herbivorous protists.

    Thomas Weisse

  • Trophic interactions among heterotrophic microplankton, nanoplankton, and bacteria in Lake Constance

    Thomas Weisse

  • Uncoupling the microbial loop: growth and grazing loss rates of bacteria and heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the North Atlantic

    T. Weisse;U. Scheffel-Moser

  • Flow-cytometric mapping provides novel insights into the seasonal and vertical distributions of freshwater autotrophic picoplankton

    Nicholas D. Crosbie;Katrin Teubner;Thomas Weisse

  • Limnoecology: The Ecology of Lakes and Streams

    Thomas Weisse

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilhelm Foissner
Wilhelm Foissner University of Salzburg
David J. S. Montagnes
David J. S. Montagnes University of Liverpool
Ursula Gaedke
Ursula Gaedke University of Potsdam
Eva S. Lindström
Eva S. Lindström Uppsala University
Paul Wassmann
Paul Wassmann University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Christiane Lancelot
Christiane Lancelot Université Libre de Bruxelles
Marcel J.W. Veldhuis
Marcel J.W. Veldhuis Apollo Vredestein
Gilles Billen
Gilles Billen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Peter G. Verity
Peter G. Verity Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

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