Ing. Karel Halačka, CSc.

Position: head
Research topics: karyology, histology and fish reproduction
Department: Department of Ichthyology
Phone: +420 543 422 532
E-mail: halackaivb.cz

Education:

1979 - 1983 Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, specialization fishery, Graduate Thesis: „Influence of aflatoxins contaminated food on fry carp“.

Professional career:

1985 - 1989 Ph.D. stay in the Institute od Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Ichthyology, Ph.D. Thesis: „Histology, histochemistry and ultrastructure of fish epidermis“

1989 – present research scientist, member of Department of Ichthyology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology (IVB) AS CR, from 2006 the head of this Department.

Profession experience:

ichthyology – ecology, reproduction of fish, histochemistry and karyology

Presently focusing on study of silver crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) polyploid complex and its dynamics on the territory of the Czech Republic. Other fields of interest: reproduction of fishes, histology of their gonads and integument and conservation of endangered fish species.

Projects

Fish biodiversity in the Morava and Dyje confluence area – supporting and stabilization of rare and endangered species populations

Population and genetic structure of brown trout and grayling as groundwork for efficient management of fisheries in salmonid waters

Publications

2009

L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, I. PAPOUŠEK, J. MENDEL, A. ŠIMKOVÁ: The first record of a natural hybrid of the roach Rutilus rutilus and nase Chondrostoma nasus in the Danube River Basin, Czech Republic: morphological, karyological and molecular characteristics, Journal of Fish Biology 74 (2009) 1669-1676.

2008

E. BARTOŇOVÁ, I. PAPOUŠEK, V. LUSKOVÁ, J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, M. ŠVÁTORA, L. VETEŠNÍK: Genetic diversity and taxonomy of Sabanejewia balcanica (Osteichthyes: Cobitidae) in the waters of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 60-70.

M. FLAJŠHANS, M. RODINA, K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, D. GELA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Charakteristika spermatu polyploidního karase stříbřitého, Carassius gibelio, Bulletin VÚRH Vodňany 44 (2008) 78-81.

M. FLAJŠHANS, M. RODINA, K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, D. GELA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Characteristics of sperm of polyploid Prussian carp Carassius gibelio, Journal of Fish Biology 73 (2008) 323-328.

J. MENDEL, S. LUSK, E. D. VASIL'EVA, V. P. VASIL'EV, V. LUSKOVÁ, F. G. EKMEKCI, F. ERK'KAN, A. RUCHIN, J. KOŠČO, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, R. ŠANDA, A. N. PASHKOV, S. I. RESHETNIKOV: Molecular phylogeny of the genus Gobio Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and its contribution to taxonomy, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47 (2008) 1061-1075.

J. MENDEL, S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, I. PAPOUŠEK: Genetic diversity of Misgurnus fossilis populations from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 90-99.

I. PAPOUŠEK, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, M. HUMPL, J. MENDEL: Identification of natural hybrids of gibel carp Carassius auratus gibelio (Bloch) and crucian carp Carassius carassius (L.) from lower Dyje River floodplain (Czech Republic), Journal of Fish Biology 72 (2008) 1230-1235.

I. PAPOUŠEK, V. LUSKOVÁ, J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, M. POVŽ, S. ŠUMER: Genetic diversity of Cobitis spp. (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from different drainage areas, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 83-89.

2007

K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, S. LUSK, J. MENDEL, I. PAPOUŠEK: The X1X1X2X2/X1X2Y multiple sex chromosome system in the Zingel zingel (Pisces: Perciformes) from the Morava River (Czech Republic), Caryologia 60 (2007) 222-225.

J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, L. PEKÁRIK, L. KOŠUTHOVÁ: Výskyt chránených a invázných druhov rýb v povodí Ipl’a, Natura Carpatica 48 (2007) 141-152.

L. VETEŠNÍK, I. PAPOUŠEK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, J. MENDEL: Morphometric and genetic analysis of the Carassius auratus complex from an artificial wetland in Morava River floodplain, Czech Republic, Fisheries Science 73 (2007) 817-822.

2006

L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Erythrocyte profile of diploid and triploid silver crucian carp (Carassius auratus), Acta veterinaria Brno 75 (2006) 203-207.

2005

J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, P. KOŠUTH: Distribution of species of the genus Gobio in the Tisza River drainage area, Slovakia, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 65-72.

B. LOJKÁSEK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, P. DROZD: The impact of the extreme floods in July 1997 on the ichthyocenosis of the Oder Catchment area (Czech Republic), Hydrobiologia 548 (2005) 11-22.

S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, V. ŠLECHTOVÁ, V. ŠLECHTA: Characteristics of the remnant Vimba vimba population in the upper part of the Dyje River, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 389-404.

S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, V. HORÁK: Distribution of Gobio species in the Czech Republic, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 56-64.

J. MENDEL, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, S. LUSK, L. VETEŠNÍK: Genetic diversity of Gobio gobio populations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, based on RAPD markers, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 13-24.

V. ŠLECHTOVÁ, V. LUSKOVÁ, V. ŠLECHTA, K. HALAČKA, S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO: Intraspecific allozyme diversity of Gobio gobio in Czech and Slovak rivers, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 25-32.

2004

V. HORÁK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: Artificial wetlands - yes or no?, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 119-127.

B. LOJKÁSEK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: Fish communities in the Poodří Protected Landscape Area (the Odra River basin), Czech Journal of Animal Science 49 (2004) 121-130.

S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, L. VETEŠNÍK: Re-occurrence of Zingel streber (Teleostei: Pisces) in the Czech Republic, Folia zoologica 53 (2004) 417-422.

S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, P. KOŠUTH: Alien fish species in the floodplains of the Dyje and the Bodrog rivers, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 199-205.

S. LUSK, P. HARTVICH, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, M. HOLUB: Impact of extreme floods on fishes in rivers and their floodplains, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 173-181.

V. LUSKOVÁ, J. KOŠČO, K. HALAČKA, I. STRÁŇAI, S. LUSK, M. FLAJŠHANS: Status of populations of the genus Cobitis in Slovakia, Biologia 59 (2004) 621-626.

V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, S. LUSK: Changes of ploidy and sexuality status of "Carassius auratus" populations in the drainage area of the River Dyje (Czech Republic), Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 165-171.

L. VETEŠNÍK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, P. SPURNÝ: Morphometric characteristics and growth of Carassius auratus in the lower part of the River Dyje (Czech Republic), Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 215-221.

2003

K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Carassius "gibelio" in the fish communities of the Czech Republic, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 3 (2003) 133-138.

J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: The expansion and occurrence of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) in eastern Slovakia, Folia zoologica 52 (2003) 329-336.

S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, M. FLAJŠHANS: Identification of Cobitis from the Slovakian part of the Tisza basin, Folia Biologica-Krakow 51 (2003) 61-65.

S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: Rehabilitating the floodplain of the lower River Dyje for fish, River Research and Applications 19 (2003) 281-288.

S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, M. SMUTNÝ: Anglers' catches as an indicator of fish population status, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 3 (2003) 113-119.

2002

S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, V. HORÁK: Osteichthyes, Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis 106 (2002) 29-49.

2001

S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, V. HORÁK: Annual dynamics of the fish stock in a backwater of the River Dyje, Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 17 (2001) 571-581.

2000

K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Contribution to the occurrence of parasites in Cobitis elonatoides and Cobitis elongatoides x C. sp, Folia zoologica 49 (2000) 215-218.

K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Fecundity of Cobitis elongatoides in the Nová Říše Reservoir, Folia zoologica 49 (2000) 141-150.

B. LOJKÁSEK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: Fish communities in the drainage area of the Osoblaha river and effect of the 1997 flood, Czech Journal of Animal Science 45 (2000) 229-236.

S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA: On the occurrence of populations of the genera Cobitis and Sabanejewia (Pisces, Cobitidae) in the Czech Republic, Folia zoologica 49 (2000) 97-106.

V. ŠLECHTOVÁ, V. LUSKOVÁ, V. ŠLECHTA, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, J. BOHLEN: Genetic differentiation of two diploid-polyploid complexes of spined loach, genus Cobitis (Cobitidae), in the Czech Republic, involving C. taenia, C. elongatoides and C. spp.: allozyme interpopulation and interspecific differences, Folia zoologica 49 (2000) 67-78.

1999

S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA: Development and status of the ichthyofauna in the waters of the Podyjí National Park, Thayensia 2 (1999) 108-119.

S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA: Vývoj a stav ichtyofauny ve vodách Národního parku Podyjí, Thayensia 2 (1999) 96-107.


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HOME GENERAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF IVB STAFF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS BOARD OF INSTITUTE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOLIA ZOOLOGICA NEWS CONFERENCE LINKS	Ing. Karel Halačka, CSc. Position: head Research topics: karyology, histology and fish reproduction Department: Department of Ichthyology Phone: +420 543 422 532 E-mail: halackaivb.cz Education: 1979 - 1983 Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, specialization fishery, Graduate Thesis: „Influence of aflatoxins contaminated food on fry carp“. Professional career: 1985 - 1989 Ph.D. stay in the Institute od Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Ichthyology, Ph.D. Thesis: „Histology, histochemistry and ultrastructure of fish epidermis“ 1989 – present research scientist, member of Department of Ichthyology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology (IVB) AS CR, from 2006 the head of this Department. Profession experience: ichthyology – ecology, reproduction of fish, histochemistry and karyology Presently focusing on study of silver crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) polyploid complex and its dynamics on the territory of the Czech Republic. Other fields of interest: reproduction of fishes, histology of their gonads and integument and conservation of endangered fish species. Projects Fish biodiversity in the Morava and Dyje confluence area – supporting and stabilization of rare and endangered species populations Population and genetic structure of brown trout and grayling as groundwork for efficient management of fisheries in salmonid waters Publications 2009 L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, I. PAPOUŠEK, J. MENDEL, A. ŠIMKOVÁ: The first record of a natural hybrid of the roach Rutilus rutilus and nase Chondrostoma nasus in the Danube River Basin, Czech Republic: morphological, karyological and molecular characteristics, Journal of Fish Biology 74 (2009) 1669-1676. 2008 E. BARTOŇOVÁ, I. PAPOUŠEK, V. LUSKOVÁ, J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, M. ŠVÁTORA, L. VETEŠNÍK: Genetic diversity and taxonomy of Sabanejewia balcanica (Osteichthyes: Cobitidae) in the waters of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 60-70. M. FLAJŠHANS, M. RODINA, K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, D. GELA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Charakteristika spermatu polyploidního karase stříbřitého, Carassius gibelio, Bulletin VÚRH Vodňany 44 (2008) 78-81. M. FLAJŠHANS, M. RODINA, K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, D. GELA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Characteristics of sperm of polyploid Prussian carp Carassius gibelio, Journal of Fish Biology 73 (2008) 323-328. J. MENDEL, S. LUSK, E. D. VASIL'EVA, V. P. VASIL'EV, V. LUSKOVÁ, F. G. EKMEKCI, F. ERK'KAN, A. RUCHIN, J. KOŠČO, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, R. ŠANDA, A. N. PASHKOV, S. I. RESHETNIKOV: Molecular phylogeny of the genus Gobio Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and its contribution to taxonomy, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47 (2008) 1061-1075. J. MENDEL, S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, I. PAPOUŠEK: Genetic diversity of Misgurnus fossilis populations from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 90-99. I. PAPOUŠEK, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, M. HUMPL, J. MENDEL: Identification of natural hybrids of gibel carp Carassius auratus gibelio (Bloch) and crucian carp Carassius carassius (L.) from lower Dyje River floodplain (Czech Republic), Journal of Fish Biology 72 (2008) 1230-1235. I. PAPOUŠEK, V. LUSKOVÁ, J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, M. POVŽ, S. ŠUMER: Genetic diversity of Cobitis spp. (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from different drainage areas, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 83-89. 2007 K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, S. LUSK, J. MENDEL, I. PAPOUŠEK: The X1X1X2X2/X1X2Y multiple sex chromosome system in the Zingel zingel (Pisces: Perciformes) from the Morava River (Czech Republic), Caryologia 60 (2007) 222-225. J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, L. PEKÁRIK, L. KOŠUTHOVÁ: Výskyt chránených a invázných druhov rýb v povodí Ipl’a, Natura Carpatica 48 (2007) 141-152. L. VETEŠNÍK, I. PAPOUŠEK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, J. MENDEL: Morphometric and genetic analysis of the Carassius auratus complex from an artificial wetland in Morava River floodplain, Czech Republic, Fisheries Science 73 (2007) 817-822. 2006 L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Erythrocyte profile of diploid and triploid silver crucian carp (Carassius auratus), Acta veterinaria Brno 75 (2006) 203-207. 2005 J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, P. KOŠUTH: Distribution of species of the genus Gobio in the Tisza River drainage area, Slovakia, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 65-72. B. LOJKÁSEK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, P. DROZD: The impact of the extreme floods in July 1997 on the ichthyocenosis of the Oder Catchment area (Czech Republic), Hydrobiologia 548 (2005) 11-22. S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, V. ŠLECHTOVÁ, V. ŠLECHTA: Characteristics of the remnant Vimba vimba population in the upper part of the Dyje River, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 389-404. S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, V. HORÁK: Distribution of Gobio species in the Czech Republic, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 56-64. J. MENDEL, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, S. LUSK, L. VETEŠNÍK: Genetic diversity of Gobio gobio populations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, based on RAPD markers, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 13-24. V. ŠLECHTOVÁ, V. LUSKOVÁ, V. ŠLECHTA, K. HALAČKA, S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO: Intraspecific allozyme diversity of Gobio gobio in Czech and Slovak rivers, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 25-32. 2004 V. HORÁK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: Artificial wetlands - yes or no?, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 119-127. B. LOJKÁSEK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: Fish communities in the Poodří Protected Landscape Area (the Odra River basin), Czech Journal of Animal Science 49 (2004) 121-130. S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, L. VETEŠNÍK: Re-occurrence of Zingel streber (Teleostei: Pisces) in the Czech Republic, Folia zoologica 53 (2004) 417-422. S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, P. KOŠUTH: Alien fish species in the floodplains of the Dyje and the Bodrog rivers, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 199-205. S. LUSK, P. HARTVICH, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, M. HOLUB: Impact of extreme floods on fishes in rivers and their floodplains, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 173-181. V. LUSKOVÁ, J. KOŠČO, K. HALAČKA, I. STRÁŇAI, S. LUSK, M. FLAJŠHANS: Status of populations of the genus Cobitis in Slovakia, Biologia 59 (2004) 621-626. V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, S. LUSK: Changes of ploidy and sexuality status of "Carassius auratus" populations in the drainage area of the River Dyje (Czech Republic), Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 165-171. L. VETEŠNÍK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, P. SPURNÝ: Morphometric characteristics and growth of Carassius auratus in the lower part of the River Dyje (Czech Republic), Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 4 (2004) 215-221. 2003 K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Carassius "gibelio" in the fish communities of the Czech Republic, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 3 (2003) 133-138. J. KOŠČO, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: The expansion and occurrence of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) in eastern Slovakia, Folia zoologica 52 (2003) 329-336. S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, M. FLAJŠHANS: Identification of Cobitis from the Slovakian part of the Tisza basin, Folia Biologica-Krakow 51 (2003) 61-65. S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: Rehabilitating the floodplain of the lower River Dyje for fish, River Research and Applications 19 (2003) 281-288. S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, M. SMUTNÝ: Anglers' catches as an indicator of fish population status, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 3 (2003) 113-119. 2002 S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, V. HORÁK: Osteichthyes, Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis 106 (2002) 29-49. 2001 S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, V. HORÁK: Annual dynamics of the fish stock in a backwater of the River Dyje, Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 17 (2001) 571-581. 2000 K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Contribution to the occurrence of parasites in Cobitis elonatoides and Cobitis elongatoides x C. sp, Folia zoologica 49 (2000) 215-218. K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, S. LUSK: Fecundity of Cobitis elongatoides in the Nová Říše Reservoir, Folia zoologica 49 (2000) 141-150. B. LOJKÁSEK, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ: Fish communities in the drainage area of the Osoblaha river and effect of the 1997 flood, Czech Journal of Animal Science 45 (2000) 229-236. S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA: On the occurrence of populations of the genera Cobitis and Sabanejewia (Pisces, Cobitidae) in the Czech Republic, Folia zoologica 49 (2000) 97-106. V. ŠLECHTOVÁ, V. LUSKOVÁ, V. ŠLECHTA, S. LUSK, K. HALAČKA, J. BOHLEN: Genetic differentiation of two diploid-polyploid complexes of spined loach, genus Cobitis (Cobitidae), in the Czech Republic, involving C. taenia, C. elongatoides and C. spp.: allozyme interpopulation and interspecific differences, Folia zoologica 49 (2000) 67-78. 1999 S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA: Development and status of the ichthyofauna in the waters of the Podyjí National Park, Thayensia 2 (1999) 108-119. S. LUSK, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA: Vývoj a stav ichtyofauny ve vodách Národního parku Podyjí, Thayensia 2 (1999) 96-107.