Birte Matthiessen

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Birte Matthiessen is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Birte Matthiessen has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Oceanography, 17 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Birte Matthiessen's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (28 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (14 papers). Birte Matthiessen is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (28 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (14 papers). Birte Matthiessen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Finland and United States. Birte Matthiessen's co-authors include Helmut Hillebrand, Ulrich Sommer, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Angelika Graiff, Lars Gamfeldt, Catherine J. Paul, Per R. Jonsson, Aleksandra M. Lewandowska, Francesca Gallo and Sonia Blanco‐Ameijeiras and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Birte Matthiessen

41 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Biodiversity in a complex world: consolidation and progre... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Biodiversity in a complex world: consolidation and progress in functional biodiversity research
    2009 442 citations Helmut Hillebrand, Birte Matthiessen Ecology Letters profile →

Peers

Birte Matthiessen
Aleksandra M. Lewandowska Germany
Dorothee Hodapp Germany
Jennifer L. Burnaford United States
Miguel G. Matias Portugal
Carol Avois-Jacquet France
Danuta M. Bennett United States
José Miguel Fariña Chile
Catherine L. Hein United States
Éric Goberville France
Christophe Luczak France
Aleksandra M. Lewandowska Germany
Birte Matthiessen
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Countries citing papers authored by Birte Matthiessen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Birte Matthiessen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birte Matthiessen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Birte Matthiessen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Birte Matthiessen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Birte Matthiessen. Birte Matthiessen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Havenhand, Jonathan N., et al.. (2022). Temporal variation in ecological and evolutionary contributions to phytoplankton functional shifts. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(2). 297–306. 1 indexed citations
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Govaert, Lynn, et al.. (2021). Experimentally decomposing phytoplankton community change into ecological and evolutionary contributions. Functional Ecology. 36(1). 120–132. 12 indexed citations
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Matthiessen, Birte, et al.. (2020). Decrease in diatom dominance at lower Si:N ratios alters plankton food webs. Journal of Plankton Research. 42(4). 411–424. 7 indexed citations
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Dini‐Andreote, Francisco, et al.. (2020). Dispersal mitigates bacterial dominance over microalgal competitor in metacommunities. Oecologia. 193(3). 677–687. 1 indexed citations
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Wahl, Martin, Angelika Graiff, Birte Matthiessen, et al.. (2019). Season affects strength and direction of the interactive impacts of ocean warming and biotic stress in a coastal seaweed ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(4). 807–827. 33 indexed citations
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Reusch, Thorsten B. H., et al.. (2017). Inter- and intraspecific phenotypic plasticity of three phytoplankton species in response to ocean acidification. Biology Letters. 13(2). 20160774–20160774. 24 indexed citations
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Matthiessen, Birte, et al.. (2017). Warming has stronger direct than indirect effects on benthic microalgae in a seaweed system in spring. Marine Biology. 164(4). 67–67. 6 indexed citations
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Graiff, Angelika, et al.. (2016). Even moderate nutrient enrichment negatively adds up to global climate change effects on a habitat-forming seaweed system. Limnology and Oceanography. 61(5). 1891–1899. 17 indexed citations
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Graiff, Angelika, Harald Asmus, Ragnhild Asmus, et al.. (2015). Effects of warming and acidification on a benthic community in the Baltic Sea - Kiel Benthocosms. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 3 indexed citations
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Graiff, Angelika, et al.. (2015). Temperature effects on seaweed-sustaining top-down control vary with season. Oecologia. 180(3). 889–901. 40 indexed citations
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Matthiessen, Birte, et al.. (2014). Warming but not enhanced CO2 quantitatively and qualitatively affects phytoplankton biomass. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 3 indexed citations
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Matthiessen, Birte, et al.. (2012). High nitrate to phosphorus regime attenuates negative effects of rising p CO 2 on total population carbon accumulation. Biogeosciences. 9(3). 1195–1203. 21 indexed citations
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Mouquet, Nicolas, Birte Matthiessen, Tom E. X. Miller, & Andrew Gonzalez. (2011). Extinction Debt in Source-Sink Metacommunities. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17567–e17567. 18 indexed citations
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Matthiessen, Birte, et al.. (2010). Dispersal decreases diversity in heterogeneous metacommunities by enhancing regional competition. Ecology. 91(7). 2022–2033. 56 indexed citations
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Hillebrand, Helmut & Birte Matthiessen. (2009). Biodiversity in a complex world: consolidation and progress in functional biodiversity research. Ecology Letters. 12(12). 1405–1419. 442 indexed citations breakdown →
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Matthiessen, Birte, Lars Gamfeldt, Per R. Jonsson, & Helmut Hillebrand. (2007). EFFECTS OF GRAZER RICHNESS AND COMPOSITION ON ALGAL BIOMASS IN A CLOSED AND OPEN MARINE SYSTEM. Ecology. 88(1). 178–187. 39 indexed citations
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Matthiessen, Birte, Heino O. Fock, & Hein von Westernhagen. (2003). Evidence for two sympatric species of snipefishes Macroramphosus spp. (Syngnathiformes, Centriscidae) on Great Meteor Seamount. Helgoland Marine Research. 57(1). 63–72. 11 indexed citations

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