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  1. Numerical and functional response of phagotrophic aquatic protists: the ideal experiment—and why we cannot get it

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2025, Frontiers

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  2. Ciliates, ubiquitous unicellular organisms (protists), are sensitive to lake warming

    Article • Freshwater Biology, July 2024, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  3. Numerical and Thermal Response of the Bacterivorous Ciliate Colpidium kleini, a Species Potentially at Risk of Extinction by Rising Water Temperatures

    Article • Microbial Ecology, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  4. Mortality rates of aquatic ciliates, unicellular organisms living in the ocean and lakes

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, January 2024, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  5. After 15 years, it is time for a change

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, October 2023, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  6. Temperature-dependent resistance to starvation of three contrasting freshwater ciliates

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, April 2023, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  7. Functional ecology of planktonic ciliates: Measuring mortality rates in response to starvation

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, March 2023, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  8. Thermal performance of planktonic ciliates differs between marine and freshwaters: A case study providing guidance for climate change studies

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography Letters, September 2022, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  9. Top-down control of planktonic ciliates by microcrustacean predators is stronger in lakes than in the ocean

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  10. Ecology of planktonic ciliates in a changing world: Concepts, methods, and challenges

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, December 2021, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  11. Container volume may affect growth rates of ciliates and clearance rates of their microcrustacean predators in microcosm experiments

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  12. Picoplankton feeding by the ciliate Vorticella similis in comparison to other peritrichs emphasizes their significance in the water purification process

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2021, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  13. Functional Ecology of Two Contrasting Freshwater Ciliated Protists in Relation to Temperature

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, December 2020, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  14. Chemically labeled toxins or bioactive peptides show a heterogeneous intracellular distribution and low spatial overlap with autofluorescence in bloom-forming cyanobacteria

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  15. Light affects picocyanobacterial grazing and growth response of the mixotrophic flagellate Poterioochromonas malhamensis

    Article • The Journal of Microbiology, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  16. First study on the male inducing signal in Keratella cochlearis: Crowding is the key

    Article • Limnologica, July 2019, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse, PhD Ulrike Obertegger

  17. Living on the edge: reproduction, dispersal potential, maternal effects and local adaptation in aquatic, extremophilic invertebrates

    Article • Aquatic Sciences, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  18. Temperature × light interaction and tolerance of high water temperature in the planktonic freshwater flagellates Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae) and Dinobryon (Chrysophyceae)

    Article • Journal of Phycology, January 2019, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  19. Editorial

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  20. Rapid detection and quantification of the potentially toxic cyanobacterium Planktothrix rubescens by in-vivo fluorometry and flow cytometry

    Article • Water Research, July 2018, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  21. Moderate weather extremes alter phytoplankton diversity—A microcosm study

    Article • Freshwater Biology, May 2018, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  22. Life history traits and demographic parameters in the Keratella cochlearis (Rotifera, Monogononta) species complex

    Article • Hydrobiologia, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse, PhD Ulrike Obertegger

  23. Do current European lake monitoring programmes reliably estimate phytoplankton community changes?

    Article • Hydrobiologia, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  24. Functional diversity of aquatic ciliates

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, October 2017, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

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

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, February 2017, Wiley

    Professor Pierangelo Luporini, Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  26. Phytoplankton response to the summer 2015 heat wave – a case study from prealpine Lake Mondsee, Austria

    Article • Inland Waters, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  27. Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr Yuri L. R. Leite, Mark D. Scherz, Luiz Malabarba, Professor Jean-Lou Justine, Dr Santiago Claramunt, Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse, Charles Morphy Santos, Dr Diego Astúa

  28. Functional ecology of aquatic phagotrophic protists – Concepts, limitations, and perspectives

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Albert Calbet, Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  29. Editorial

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, August 2016, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  30. Phytoplankton response to short-term temperature and nutrient changes

    Article • Limnologica, July 2016, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  31. High diversity in Keratella cochlearis (Rotifera, Monogononta): morphological and genetic evidence

    Article • Hydrobiologia, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse, PhD Ulrike Obertegger

  32. Impacts of Climate Warming on Alpine Lake Biota Over the Past Decade

    Article • Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  33. Ciliates in Planktonic Food Webs: Communication and Adaptive Response

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  34. Ciliates — Protists with complex morphologies and ambiguous early fossil record

    Article • Marine Micropaleontology, September 2015, Elsevier

    Miroslav Macek, Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  35. Editorial

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  36. A paleolimnological perspective on aquatic biodiversity in Austrian mountain lakes

    Article • Aquatic Sciences, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tomi P Luoto, Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  37. Ciliates and the Rare Biosphere—Community Ecology and Population Dynamics

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, June 2014, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  38. Editorial

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, August 2013, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  39. Editorial

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  40. The most acidified Austrian lake in comparison to a neutralized mining lake

    Article • Limnologica, December 2011, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  41. The outcome of competition between the two chrysomonads Ochromonas sp. and Poterioochromonas malhamensis depends on pH

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, May 2011, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  42. Combined stress effect of pH and temperature narrows the niche width of flagellates in acid mining lakes

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  43. Article • European Journal of Protistology, November 2010, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  44. Lake morphometry and wind exposure may shape the plankton community structure in acidic mining lakes

    Article • Limnologica, May 2010, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  45. The European Journal of Protistology – Changes, chances and challenges

    Article • European Journal of Protistology, August 2009, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  46. Photosynthetic and growth response of freshwater picocyanobacteria are strain-specific and sensitive to photoacclimation

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, January 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  47. Short‐term temperature change may impact freshwater carbon flux: a microbial perspective

    Article • Global Change Biology, November 2008, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  48. Distribution and diversity of aquatic protists: an evolutionary and ecological perspective

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  49. Freshwater ciliates as ecophysiological model organisms – lessons from Daphnia, major achievements, and future perspectives

    Article • Archiv für Hydrobiologie, October 2006, Schweizerbart

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

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

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, July 2006, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  51. Pronounced ecophysiological clonal differences of two common freshwater ciliates, Coleps spetai (Prostomatida) and Rimostrombidium lacustris (Oligotrichida), challenge the morphospecies concept

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, January 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  52. Rapid establishment of clonal isolates of freshwater autotrophic picoplankton by single-cell and single-colony sorting

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, November 2003, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

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

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2003, ASM Journals

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  54. Live sorting and survival of unstained and DAPI-stained ciliates by flow cytometry

    Article • Archiv für Hydrobiologie, June 2003, Schweizerbart

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  55. Interactive effect of temperature and food concentration on growth rate: A test case using the small freshwater ciliate Urotricha farcta

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, September 2002, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  56. Enumeration of small ciliates in culture by flow cytometry and nucleic acid staining

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, April 2002, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  57. Biomass and Size Composition of the Comb Jelly Mnemiopsis sp. in the North-western Black Sea During Spring 1997 and Summer 1995

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, March 2002, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  58. Direct and indirect impact of two common rotifer species (Keratella spp.) on two abundant ciliate species (Urotricha furcata, Balanion planctonicum)

    Article • Freshwater Biology, January 2002, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  59. Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  60. Significance and fate of bacterial production in oligotrophic lakes in British Columbia

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, January 2000, Canadian Science Publishing

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  61. Growth and production of heterotrophic nanoflagellates in a meso-eutrophic lake

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, January 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  62. The trophic significance of Phaeocystis blooms

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, April 1994, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  63. Laboratory and field observations on the scuticociliate Histiobalantium from the pelagic zone of Lake Constance, FRG

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, January 1994, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  64. The significance and future potential of using microbes for assessing ecosystem health: The Great Lakes example

    Article • Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health, January 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  65. Dynamics of Autotrophic Picoplankton in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  66. Significance of Picocyanobacteria in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden

    Article • Botanica Marina, January 1992, De Gruyter

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  67. Seasonal succession of ciliates in lake constance

    Article • Microbial Ecology, December 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  68. Ecological Characteristics of Autotrophic Picoplankton in a Prealpine Lake

    Article • Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie, January 1991, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  69. The Microbial Food Web and its Sensitivity to Eutrophication and Contaminant Enrichment: A Cross‐system Overview

    Article • Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie, January 1991, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

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

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, January 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  71. Growth and grazing loss rates in single-celledPhaeocystis sp. (Prymnesiophyceae)

    Article • Marine Biology, July 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

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

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, June 1990, Wiley

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

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

    Article • Hydrobiologia, February 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  74. Morphometric Characteristics and Carbon Content of Phaeocystis cf. pouchetii (Prymnesiophyceae)

    Article • Botanica Marina, January 1990, De Gruyter

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  75. Is the ‘microbial loop’ an early warning indicator of anthropogenic stress?

    Article • Hydrobiologia, December 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  76. Excretion and respiration rates of Neomysis integer (Mysidaceae): effects of temperature, sex and starvation

    Article • Hydrobiologia, July 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  77. Dynamics of autotrophic picoplankton in Lake Constance

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, January 1988, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  78. Dynamics of Phaeocystis pouchetii blooms in the Wadden Sea of Sylt (German Bight, North Sea)

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, August 1986, Elsevier

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  79. Temperature dependence of growth in Phaeocystis pouchetii (Haptophyceae) in batch cultures

    Article • Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, June 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  80. Metabolism measurements ofAurelia aurita planulae larvae, and calculation of maximal survival period of the free swimming stage

    Article • Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, March 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  81. Feeding of calanoid copepods in relation to Phaeocystis pouchetii blooms in the German Wadden Sea area off Sylt

    Article • Marine Biology, January 1983, Springer Science + Business Media

    Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse