Department of Fish Ecology

Head

Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr.  <jurajdabrno.cas.cz> - fish ecology

Research scientists

doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Adámek, CSc.  <adamekivb.cz> - hydrobiology and feeding ecology of fish
Mgr. Markéta Ondračková, Ph.D.  <audreysci.muni.cz> - fish parasitology
Mgr. Matej Polačik, Ph.D.  <polacikivb.cz> -
RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.  <reichardivb.cz> - behavioural and evolutionary ecology of fish
Mgr. Zdenka Valová, Ph.D.  <valovaivb.cz> - fish reproduction

Technician

Ing. Jiří Huml  <humlivb.cz>

PhD students

Mgr. Kateřina Francová  <77695mail.muni.cz>
Mgr. Michal Janáč  <janacivb.cz>
Mgr. Markéta Konečná  <makomail.muni.cz>

Undergraduates

Bc. Ivona Petrášová  <ivonapetrasovacentrum.cz>
Milan Vrtílek  <184530mail.muni.cz>
Vítězslav Štrom  <184614mail.muni.cz>
Radomil Řežucha  <184379mail.muni.cz>

Research priorities

We use fish to investigate general questions in ecology and evolution as well as applied issues in fisheries management, conservation of aquatic habitats and floodplain restoration. Our field and experimental studies are conducted in Europe, Asia and Africa.

The current topics investigated in our department are:

  • behavioural and evolutionary ecology of bitterling fish
  • adaptation and coevolution of bitterling and their mussel hosts
  • demography, ecology and biogeography of Nothobranchius furzeri
  • ecology, distribution and parasites of invasive Neogobius fishes
  • 0+ juvenile fish community structure in lowland rivers and their flood plains
  • optimisation of methods for 0+ juvenile fish sampling
  • impacts of metazoan parasites on 0+ juvenile fish development
  • community ecology of fishes in the Gambia River floodplain, Senegal, West Africa
  • reproductive isolating mechanisms in the East African annual fishes Nothobranchius spp.