| 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 | 847 | 1997 |
| Nutrient limitation and grazing control of the Baltic plankton community during annual succession K Kivi, S Kaitala, H Kuosa, J Kuparinen, E Leskinen, R Lignell, ... Limnology and Oceanography 38 (5), 893-905, 1993 | 244 | 1993 |
| Fate of a phytoplankton spring bloom: sedimentation and carbon flow in the planktonic food web in the northern Baltic R Lignell, AS Heiskanen, H Kuosa, K Gundersen, P Kuuppo-Leinikki, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 94, 239-252, 1993 | 216 | 1993 |
| Excretion of organic carbon by phytoplankton: its relation to algal biomass, primary productivity and bacterial secondary productivity in the Baltic Sea R Lignell Marine Ecology Progress Series, 85-99, 1990 | 173 | 1990 |
| Beyond bulk properties: responses of coastal summer plankton communities to nutrient enrichment in the northern Baltic Sea R Lignell, J Seppälä, P Kuuppo, T Tamminen, T Andersen, I Gismervik Limnology and Oceanography 48 (1), 189-209, 2003 | 79 | 2003 |
| A comparative study of responses in plankton food web structure and function in contrasting European coastal waters exposed to experimental nutrient addition Y Olsen, S Agustí, T Andersen, CM Duarte, JM Gasol, I Gismervik, ... Limnology and oceanography 51 (1part2), 488-503, 2006 | 74 | 2006 |
| Factors controlling phyto-and bacterioplankton in late spring on a salinity gradient in the northern Baltic R Lignell, S Kaitala, H Kuosa Marine Ecology Progress Series 84, 121-131, 1992 | 71 | 1992 |
| Summer dynamics of the coastal planktonic food web in the northern Baltic Sea A Uitto, AS Heiskanen, R Lignell, R Autio, R Pajuniemi Marine Ecology Progress Series 151, 27-41, 1997 | 69 | 1997 |
| Problems in filtration fractionation of 14C primary productivity samples R Lignell Limnology and Oceanography 37 (1), 172-178, 1992 | 65 | 1992 |
| Specific affinity for phosphate uptake and specific alkaline phosphatase activity as diagnostic tools for detecting phosphorus-limited phytoplankton and bacteria T Tanaka, P Henriksen, R Lignell, K Olli, J Seppälä, T Tamminen, ... Estuaries and Coasts 29 (6), 1226-1241, 2006 | 60 | 2006 |
| Species-specific responses of a cyanobacteria-dominated phytoplankton community to artificial nutrient limitation in the Baltic Sea K Kangro, K Olli, T Tamminen, R Lignell Marine Ecology Progress Series 336, 15-27, 2007 | 58 | 2007 |
| Photochemical transformation of terrestrial dissolved organic matter supports hetero-and autotrophic production in coastal waters AV Vähätalo, H Aarnos, L Hoikkala, R Lignell Marine Ecology Progress Series 423, 1-14, 2011 | 46 | 2011 |
| Intracellular partitioning of 14CO2 in phytoplankton during a growth season in the northern Baltic K Lindqvist, R Lignell Marine Ecology Progress Series 152, 41-50, 1997 | 44 | 1997 |
| Effects of inorganic nutrients, glucose and solar radiation on bacterial growth and exploitation of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in the northern Baltic Sea R Lignell, L Hoikkala, T Lahtinen Aquatic Microbial Ecology 51, 209-221, 2008 | 40 | 2008 |
| Seasonal dynamics of dissolved organic matter on a coastal salinity gradient in the northern Baltic Sea L Hoikkala, T Lahtinen, M Perttilä, R Lignell Continental Shelf Research 45, 1-14, 2012 | 38 | 2012 |
| Comparative analysis of food webs based on flow networks: effects of nutrient supply on structure and function of coastal plankton communities Y Olsen, H Reinertsen, O Vadstein, T Andersen, I Gismervik, C Duarte, ... Continental Shelf Research 21 (18-19), 2043-2053, 2001 | 35 | 2001 |
| Changes in nutrient and carbon availability and temperature as factors controlling bacterial growth in the Northern Baltic Sea L Hoikkala, H Aarnos, R Lignell Estuaries and coasts 32 (4), 720-733, 2009 | 30 | 2009 |
| Getting the “right” parameter values for models of the pelagic microbial food web R Lignell, H Haario, M Laine, TF Thingstad Limnology and Oceanography 58 (1), 301-313, 2013 | 29 | 2013 |
| A theoretical approach to the question of how trophic interactions control carbon demand, growth rate, abundance and diversity TF Thingstad, R Lignell Aquat Microb Ecol 13, 19-27, 1997 | 29 | 1997 |
| L. ØVREA S, JK EGGE, T. LØVDAL, AND M. HELDAL. 2005. Use of non-limiting substrates to increase size; a generic strategy to simultaneously optimize uptake and minimize … TF Thingstad, E SAKSHAUG, R LIGNELL Ecol. Lett 8, 675-682, 0 | 22 | |