RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.

Position: research scientist
Research topics: behavioural and evolutionary ecology of fish
Department: Department of Fish Ecology
Phone: +420 543 422 522
E-mail: reichardivb.cz

I use fishes as model systems to study general processes in population, behavioural and evolutionary biology. My principal interests are sexual selection, evolution of mating systems, and their roles in speciation. Currently, I focus on studies on (i) sexual selection, mating and life history tactics and their population consequences in the bitterling fishes, (ii) the coevolutionary dynamics between bitterling and their mussel hosts, (iii) speciation in Nothobranchius annual fishes, (iv) demography, ecology and biogeography of Nothobranchius furzeri and (v) general ecology of African fishes. Fieldwork is conducted in Europe, China and Africa. For more information see my personal webpage with full publication list including PDFs.

Personal webpage

Projects

Demography, metapopulation dynamics and ecology of Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique

Host specialization and host-race formation in the European bitterling

Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius annual fishes - the roles of mate choice, ecological divergence and vicariance

Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius fishes (Aplocheilidae)

The European bitterling - endangered or non-native species in central Europe?

The impact of mating tactics on individual reproductive success and population parameters in the European bitterling: behavioural and genetic approach

Publications

2010

M. AGBALI, M. REICHARD, A. BRYJOVÁ, J. BRYJA, C. SMITH: Mate choice for nonadditive genetic benefits correlate with MHC dissimilarity in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Evolution 64 (2010) 1683-1696.

M. CASALINI, M. REICHARD, C. SMITH: The effect of crowding and density on male mating behaviour in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Behaviour 147 (2010) 1035-1050.

M. KONEČNÁ, C. SMITH, M. REICHARD: Population and individual consequences of breeding resource availability in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64 (2010) 1069-1079.

M. POLAČIK, M. REICHARD: Diet overlap among three sympatric African annual killifish species (Nothobranchius spp.) from Mozambique, Journal of Fish Biology (2010) .

M. REICHARD, M. POLAČIK, A. S. TARKAN, R. SPENCE, Ö. GAYGUSUZ, E. ERCAN, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, C. SMITH: The bitterling–mussel coevolutionary relationship in areas of recent and ancient sympatry, Evolution (2010) .

M. REICHARD, M. POLAČIK: Reproductive isolating barriers between colour-differentiated populations of an African annual killifish, Nothobranchius korthausae (Cyprinodontiformes), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100 (2010) 62-72.

M. REICHARD: Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique, Zootaxa 2332 (2010) 49-60.

2009

M. CASALINI, M. AGBALI, M. REICHARD, M. KONEČNÁ, A. BRYJOVÁ, C. SMITH: Male dominance, female mate choice and intersexual conflict in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Evolution 63 (2009) 366-376.

M. KONEČNÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. REICHARD: River discharge drives recruitment success of the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus in a regulated river in central Europe, Journal of Fish Biology 74 (2009) 1642-1650.

M. POLAČIK, M. REICHARD: Indirect fitness benefits are not related to male dominance in a killifish, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63 (2009) 1427-1435.

M. REICHARD, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, A. BRYJOVÁ, C. SMITH, J. BRYJA: Breeding resource distribution affects selection gradients on male phenotypic traits: experimental study on lifetime reproductive success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus amarus), Evolution 63 (2009) 377-390.

M. REICHARD, M. POLAČIK, O. SEDLÁČEK: Distribution, colour polymorphism and habitat use of the African killifish, Nothobranchius furzeri, the vertebrate with the shortest life span, Journal of Fish Biology 74 (2009) 198-212.

C. SMITH, C. PATEMAN-JONES, G. ZIEBA, M. PRZYBYLSKI, M. REICHARD: Sperm depletion as a consequence of increased sperm competition risk in the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus, Animal Behaviour 77 (2009) 1227-1233.

2008

P. JURAJDA, M. PEŇÁZ, M. REICHARD, I. BERNARDOVÁ: Water quality improvements following political changes, enhanced fish communities, and fisheries in the Czech Republic, American Fisheries Society Symposium 49 (2008) 845-850.

M. REICHARD: Microhabitat use by fishes in the middle course of the River Gambia in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal: a unique example of an undisturbed West African assemblage, Journal of Fish Biology 72 (2008) 1815-1824.

M. REICHARD, C. SMITH, J. BRYJA: Seasonal change in the opportunity for sexual selection, Molecular Ecology 17 (2008) 642-651.

S. A. H. ZAKI, W. C. JORDAN, M. REICHARD, M. PRZYBYLSKI, C. SMITH: A morphological and genetic analysis of the European bitterling species complex, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95 (2008) 337-347.

2007

M. PRZYBYLSKI, M. REICHARD, R. SPENCE, C. SMITH: Spatial distribution of oviposition sites determines variance in the reproductive rate of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), Behaviour 144 (2007) 1403-1417.

M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA: Seasonal dynamics and age structure of drifting cyprinid fishes: an interspecific comparison, Ecology of Freshwater Fish 16 (2007) 482-492.

M. REICHARD, S. C. LE COMBER, C. SMITH: Sneaking from a female perspective, Animal Behaviour 74 (2007) 679-688.

M. REICHARD, H. LIU, C. SMITH: The co-evolutionary relationship between bitterling fishes and freshwater mussels: insights from interspecific comparisons, Evolutionary Ecology Research 9 (2007) 239-259.

M. REICHARD, M. PRZYBYLSKI, P. KANIEWSKA, H. LIU, C. SMITH: A possible evolutionary lag in the relationship between freshwater mussels and European bitterling, Journal of Fish Biology 70 (2007) 709-725.

C. SMITH, Y. ZHU, H. LIU, M. REICHARD: Deceptive female oviposition behaviour elicits male ejaculation in the European bitterling, Journal of Fish Biology 71 (2007) 1841-1846.

2006

P. JURAJDA, M. REICHARD, C. SMITH: Immediate impact of an extensive summer flood on the adult fish assemblage of a channelized lowland river, Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21 (2006) 493-502.

H.-Z. LIU, Y.-R. ZHU, C. SMITH, M. REICHARD: Evidence of host specificity and congruence between phylogenies of bitterling and freshwater mussels, Zoological Studies 45 (2006) 428-434.

M. REICHARD, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. PRZYBYLSKI, H. LIU, C. SMITH: The costs and benefits in an unusual symbiosis: experimental evidence that bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus) are parasites of unionid mussels in Europe, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19 (2006) 788-796.

C. SMITH, M. REICHARD, A. DOUGLAS, P. JURAJDA: Population consequences of behaviour in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Cyprinidae), Ecology of Freshwater Fish 15 (2006) 139-145.

R. SPENCE, M. K. FATEMA, M. REICHARD, K. A. HUQ, M. A. WAHAB, Z. F. AHMED, C. SMITH: The distribution and habitat preferences of the zebrafish in Bangladesh, Journal of Fish Biology 69 (2006) 1435-1448.

2005

M. DÁVIDOVÁ, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. REICHARD, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Nematode infections of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776: Cypriniformes), Helminthologia 42 (2005) 45-48.

M. REICHARD, J. BRYJA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. DÁVIDOVÁ, P. KANIEWSKA, C. SMITH: Sexual selection for male dominance reduces opportunities for female mate choice in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Molecular Ecology 14 (2005) 1533-1542.

C. SMITH, M. REICHARD: Females solicit sneakers to improve fertilization success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus), Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B - Biological Sciences 272 (2005) 1683-1688.

2004

P. JURAJDA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. REICHARD: Managed flooding as a tool for supporting natural fish reproduction in man-made lentic waterbodies, Fisheries Management and Ecology 11 (2004) 237-242.

M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, M. GELNAR: Seasonal dynamics of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea, Diplostomatidae) metacercariae and parasite-enhanced growth of juvenile host fish, Parasitology Research 93 (2004) 131-136.

M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA: The effects of elevated river discharge on the downstream drift of young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes, Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19 (2004) 465-471.

M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, C. SMITH: Male-male interference competition decreases spawning rate in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56 (2004) 34-41.

M. REICHARD, C. SMITH, W. C. JORDAN: Genetic evidence reveals density-dependent mediated success of alternative mating behaviours in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Molecular Ecology 13 (2004) 1569-1578.

M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, C. SMITH: Spatial distribution of drifting cyprinid fishes in a shallow lowland river, Archiv für Hydrobiologie 159 (2004) 395-407.

C. SMITH, M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, M. PRZYBYLSKI: The reproductive ecology of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Journal of Zoology 262 (2004) 107-124.

2003

C. SMITH, M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA: Assessment of sperm competition by European bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53 (2003) 206-213.

2002

M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, A. ŠIMKOVÁ, I. MATĚJUSOVÁ: Size-related habitat use by bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) in a regulated lowland river, Ecology of Freshwater Fish 11 (2002) 112-122.

M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ: The effect of light intensity on the drift of young-of-the year cyprinid fishes, Journal of Fish Biology 61 (2002) 1063-1066.

M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ: Interannual variability in seasonal dynamics and species composition of drifting young-of-the-year fishes in two European lowland rivers, Journal of Fish Biology 60 (2002) 87-101.

2001

Š. BARTOŠOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. REICHARD: Importance of lentic waterbodies as fish nurseries in the flood plain of the Dyje River, Czech Republic, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 1 (2001) 347-353.

P. JURAJDA, M. REICHARD, E. HOHAUSOVÁ, J. ČERNÝ: Comparison of 0+ fish communities between regulated-channelized and floodplain stretches of the River Morava, Archiv für Hydrobiologie 135 (2001) 187-202.

M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, R. VÁCLAVÍK: Drift of larval and juvenile fishes: a comparison between small and large lowland rivers, Archiv für Hydrobiologie 135 (2001) 373-389.


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HOME GENERAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF IVB STAFF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS BOARD OF INSTITUTE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOLIA ZOOLOGICA PRESS RELEASE CONFERENCE LINKS	RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D. Position: research scientist Research topics: behavioural and evolutionary ecology of fish Department: Department of Fish Ecology Phone: +420 543 422 522 E-mail: reichardivb.cz I use fishes as model systems to study general processes in population, behavioural and evolutionary biology. My principal interests are sexual selection, evolution of mating systems, and their roles in speciation. Currently, I focus on studies on (i) sexual selection, mating and life history tactics and their population consequences in the bitterling fishes, (ii) the coevolutionary dynamics between bitterling and their mussel hosts, (iii) speciation in Nothobranchius annual fishes, (iv) demography, ecology and biogeography of Nothobranchius furzeri and (v) general ecology of African fishes. Fieldwork is conducted in Europe, China and Africa. For more information see my personal webpage with full publication list including PDFs. Personal webpage Projects Demography, metapopulation dynamics and ecology of Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique Host specialization and host-race formation in the European bitterling Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius annual fishes - the roles of mate choice, ecological divergence and vicariance Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius fishes (Aplocheilidae) The European bitterling - endangered or non-native species in central Europe? The impact of mating tactics on individual reproductive success and population parameters in the European bitterling: behavioural and genetic approach Publications 2010 M. AGBALI, M. REICHARD, A. BRYJOVÁ, J. BRYJA, C. SMITH: Mate choice for nonadditive genetic benefits correlate with MHC dissimilarity in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Evolution 64 (2010) 1683-1696. M. CASALINI, M. REICHARD, C. SMITH: The effect of crowding and density on male mating behaviour in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Behaviour 147 (2010) 1035-1050. M. KONEČNÁ, C. SMITH, M. REICHARD: Population and individual consequences of breeding resource availability in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64 (2010) 1069-1079. M. POLAČIK, M. REICHARD: Diet overlap among three sympatric African annual killifish species (Nothobranchius spp.) from Mozambique, Journal of Fish Biology (2010) . M. REICHARD, M. POLAČIK, A. S. TARKAN, R. SPENCE, Ö. GAYGUSUZ, E. ERCAN, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, C. SMITH: The bitterling–mussel coevolutionary relationship in areas of recent and ancient sympatry, Evolution (2010) . M. REICHARD, M. POLAČIK: Reproductive isolating barriers between colour-differentiated populations of an African annual killifish, Nothobranchius korthausae (Cyprinodontiformes), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100 (2010) 62-72. M. REICHARD: Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique, Zootaxa 2332 (2010) 49-60. 2009 M. CASALINI, M. AGBALI, M. REICHARD, M. KONEČNÁ, A. BRYJOVÁ, C. SMITH: Male dominance, female mate choice and intersexual conflict in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Evolution 63 (2009) 366-376. M. KONEČNÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. REICHARD: River discharge drives recruitment success of the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus in a regulated river in central Europe, Journal of Fish Biology 74 (2009) 1642-1650. M. POLAČIK, M. REICHARD: Indirect fitness benefits are not related to male dominance in a killifish, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63 (2009) 1427-1435. M. REICHARD, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, A. BRYJOVÁ, C. SMITH, J. BRYJA: Breeding resource distribution affects selection gradients on male phenotypic traits: experimental study on lifetime reproductive success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus amarus), Evolution 63 (2009) 377-390. M. REICHARD, M. POLAČIK, O. SEDLÁČEK: Distribution, colour polymorphism and habitat use of the African killifish, Nothobranchius furzeri, the vertebrate with the shortest life span, Journal of Fish Biology 74 (2009) 198-212. C. SMITH, C. PATEMAN-JONES, G. ZIEBA, M. PRZYBYLSKI, M. REICHARD: Sperm depletion as a consequence of increased sperm competition risk in the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus, Animal Behaviour 77 (2009) 1227-1233. 2008 P. JURAJDA, M. PEŇÁZ, M. REICHARD, I. BERNARDOVÁ: Water quality improvements following political changes, enhanced fish communities, and fisheries in the Czech Republic, American Fisheries Society Symposium 49 (2008) 845-850. M. REICHARD: Microhabitat use by fishes in the middle course of the River Gambia in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal: a unique example of an undisturbed West African assemblage, Journal of Fish Biology 72 (2008) 1815-1824. M. REICHARD, C. SMITH, J. BRYJA: Seasonal change in the opportunity for sexual selection, Molecular Ecology 17 (2008) 642-651. S. A. H. ZAKI, W. C. JORDAN, M. REICHARD, M. PRZYBYLSKI, C. SMITH: A morphological and genetic analysis of the European bitterling species complex, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95 (2008) 337-347. 2007 M. PRZYBYLSKI, M. REICHARD, R. SPENCE, C. SMITH: Spatial distribution of oviposition sites determines variance in the reproductive rate of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), Behaviour 144 (2007) 1403-1417. M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA: Seasonal dynamics and age structure of drifting cyprinid fishes: an interspecific comparison, Ecology of Freshwater Fish 16 (2007) 482-492. M. REICHARD, S. C. LE COMBER, C. SMITH: Sneaking from a female perspective, Animal Behaviour 74 (2007) 679-688. M. REICHARD, H. LIU, C. SMITH: The co-evolutionary relationship between bitterling fishes and freshwater mussels: insights from interspecific comparisons, Evolutionary Ecology Research 9 (2007) 239-259. M. REICHARD, M. PRZYBYLSKI, P. KANIEWSKA, H. LIU, C. SMITH: A possible evolutionary lag in the relationship between freshwater mussels and European bitterling, Journal of Fish Biology 70 (2007) 709-725. C. SMITH, Y. ZHU, H. LIU, M. REICHARD: Deceptive female oviposition behaviour elicits male ejaculation in the European bitterling, Journal of Fish Biology 71 (2007) 1841-1846. 2006 P. JURAJDA, M. REICHARD, C. SMITH: Immediate impact of an extensive summer flood on the adult fish assemblage of a channelized lowland river, Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21 (2006) 493-502. H.-Z. LIU, Y.-R. ZHU, C. SMITH, M. REICHARD: Evidence of host specificity and congruence between phylogenies of bitterling and freshwater mussels, Zoological Studies 45 (2006) 428-434. M. REICHARD, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. PRZYBYLSKI, H. LIU, C. SMITH: The costs and benefits in an unusual symbiosis: experimental evidence that bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus) are parasites of unionid mussels in Europe, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19 (2006) 788-796. C. SMITH, M. REICHARD, A. DOUGLAS, P. JURAJDA: Population consequences of behaviour in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Cyprinidae), Ecology of Freshwater Fish 15 (2006) 139-145. R. SPENCE, M. K. FATEMA, M. REICHARD, K. A. HUQ, M. A. WAHAB, Z. F. AHMED, C. SMITH: The distribution and habitat preferences of the zebrafish in Bangladesh, Journal of Fish Biology 69 (2006) 1435-1448. 2005 M. DÁVIDOVÁ, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, V. BARUŠ, M. REICHARD, B. KOUBKOVÁ: Nematode infections of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776: Cypriniformes), Helminthologia 42 (2005) 45-48. M. REICHARD, J. BRYJA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. DÁVIDOVÁ, P. KANIEWSKA, C. SMITH: Sexual selection for male dominance reduces opportunities for female mate choice in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Molecular Ecology 14 (2005) 1533-1542. C. SMITH, M. REICHARD: Females solicit sneakers to improve fertilization success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus), Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B - Biological Sciences 272 (2005) 1683-1688. 2004 P. JURAJDA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. REICHARD: Managed flooding as a tool for supporting natural fish reproduction in man-made lentic waterbodies, Fisheries Management and Ecology 11 (2004) 237-242. M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, M. GELNAR: Seasonal dynamics of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea, Diplostomatidae) metacercariae and parasite-enhanced growth of juvenile host fish, Parasitology Research 93 (2004) 131-136. M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA: The effects of elevated river discharge on the downstream drift of young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes, Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19 (2004) 465-471. M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, C. SMITH: Male-male interference competition decreases spawning rate in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56 (2004) 34-41. M. REICHARD, C. SMITH, W. C. JORDAN: Genetic evidence reveals density-dependent mediated success of alternative mating behaviours in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Molecular Ecology 13 (2004) 1569-1578. M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, C. SMITH: Spatial distribution of drifting cyprinid fishes in a shallow lowland river, Archiv für Hydrobiologie 159 (2004) 395-407. C. SMITH, M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, M. PRZYBYLSKI: The reproductive ecology of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Journal of Zoology 262 (2004) 107-124. 2003 C. SMITH, M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA: Assessment of sperm competition by European bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53 (2003) 206-213. 2002 M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, A. ŠIMKOVÁ, I. MATĚJUSOVÁ: Size-related habitat use by bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) in a regulated lowland river, Ecology of Freshwater Fish 11 (2002) 112-122. M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ: The effect of light intensity on the drift of young-of-the year cyprinid fishes, Journal of Fish Biology 61 (2002) 1063-1066. M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ: Interannual variability in seasonal dynamics and species composition of drifting young-of-the-year fishes in two European lowland rivers, Journal of Fish Biology 60 (2002) 87-101. 2001 Š. BARTOŠOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. REICHARD: Importance of lentic waterbodies as fish nurseries in the flood plain of the Dyje River, Czech Republic, Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 1 (2001) 347-353. P. JURAJDA, M. REICHARD, E. HOHAUSOVÁ, J. ČERNÝ: Comparison of 0+ fish communities between regulated-channelized and floodplain stretches of the River Morava, Archiv für Hydrobiologie 135 (2001) 187-202. M. REICHARD, P. JURAJDA, R. VÁCLAVÍK: Drift of larval and juvenile fishes: a comparison between small and large lowland rivers, Archiv für Hydrobiologie 135 (2001) 373-389.