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| The global carbon cycle: a test of our knowledge of earth as a system P Falkowski, RJ Scholes, EEA Boyle, J Canadell, D Canfield, J Elser, ... science 290 (5490), 291-296, 2000 | 2749 | 2000 |
| Mesoscale iron enrichment experiments 1993-2005: synthesis and future directions PW Boyd, T Jickells, CS Law, S Blain, EA Boyle, KO Buesseler, KH Coale, ... science 315 (5812), 612-617, 2007 | 1568 | 2007 |
| Pelagic ecosystem structure: Heterotrophic compartments of the plankton and their relationship to plankton size fractions 1 JMN Sieburth, V Smetacek, J Lenz Limnology and oceanography 23 (6), 1256-1263, 1978 | 1547 | 1978 |
| Role of sinking in diatom life-history cycles: ecological, evolutionary and geological significance VS Smetacek Marine biology 84, 239-251, 1985 | 1170 | 1985 |
| Architecture and material properties of diatom shells provide effective mechanical protection CE Hamm, R Merkel, O Springer, P Jurkojc, C Maier, K Prechtel, ... Nature 421 (6925), 841-843, 2003 | 1033 | 2003 |
| Importance of iron for plankton blooms and carbon dioxide drawdown in the Southern Ocean HJW De Baar, JTM de Jong, DCE Bakker, BM Löscher, C Veth, ... Nature 373 (6513), 412-415, 1995 | 939 | 1995 |
| Green and golden seaweed tides on the rise V Smetacek, A Zingone Nature 504 (7478), 84-88, 2013 | 846 | 2013 |
| Organism life cycles, predation, and the structure of marine pelagic ecosystems PG Verity, V Smetacek Marine Ecology Progress Series 130, 277-293, 1996 | 826 | 1996 |
| Carbon dioxide limitation of marine phytoplankton growth rates U Riebesell, DA Wolf-Gladrow, V Smetacek Nature 361 (6409), 249-251, 1993 | 730 | 1993 |
| Diatoms and the ocean carbon cycle V Smetacek Protist 150 (1), 25-32, 1999 | 677 | 1999 |
| Polar ocean ecosystems in a changing world V Smetacek, S Nicol Nature 437 (7057), 362-368, 2005 | 586 | 2005 |
| Ocean productivity and paleoproductivity—an overview WH Berger, VS Smetacek, G Wefer Productivity of the ocean: present and past 44, 1-34, 1989 | 585 | 1989 |
| Whales as marine ecosystem engineers J Roman, JA Estes, L Morissette, C Smith, D Costa, J McCarthy, JB Nation, ... Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12 (7), 377-385, 2014 | 506 | 2014 |
| Primary productivity of planet earth: biological determinants and physical constraints in terrestrial and aquatic habitats RJ Geider, EH Delucia, PG Falkowski, AC Finzi, JP Grime, J Grace, ... Global change biology 7 (8), 849-882, 2001 | 489 | 2001 |
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| Deep carbon export from a Southern Ocean iron-fertilized diatom bloom V Smetacek, C Klaas, VH Strass, P Assmy, M Montresor, B Cisewski, ... Nature 487 (7407), 313-319, 2012 | 456 | 2012 |
| The annual cycle of protozooplankton in the Kiel Bight V Smetacek Marine Biology 63, 1-11, 1981 | 372 | 1981 |
| The possible role of the cyclopoid copepod Oithona in retarding vertical flux of zooplankton faecal material HE Gonzalez, V Smetacek Marine Ecology Progress Series, 233-246, 1994 | 354 | 1994 |
| Seasonal and regional variation in the pelagial and its relationship to the life history cycle of krill V Smetacek, R Scharek, EM Nöthig Antarctic ecosystems: ecological change and conservation, 103-114, 1990 | 342 | 1990 |
