Mgr. Matej Polačik, Ph.D.
Position: post-docs
Research topics: behavioural and evolutionary ecology of fish
Department: Department of Fish Ecology
Phone: +420 543 422 521
E-mail: polacikivb.cz
Publications
2011A. DORN, E. NG'OMA, K. JANKO, K. REICHWALD, M. POLAČIK, M. PLATZER, A. CELLERINO, M. REICHARD: Phylogeny, genetic variability and colour polymorphism of an emerging animal model: the short-lived annual Nothobranchius fishes from southern Mozambique, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2011) .
K. FRANCOVÁ, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. POLAČIK, P. JURAJDA: Parasite fauna of native and non-native populations of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) (Gobiidae) in the longitudinal profile of the Danube River, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27 (2011) 879-886.
M. POLAČIK, M. REICHARD: Asymmetric reproductive isolation between two sympatric annual killifish with extremely short lifespans, PLoS ONE 6 (2011) .
M. POLAČIK, M. T. DONNER, M. REICHARD: Age structure of annual Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique: is there a hatching synchrony?, Journal of Fish Biology 78 (2011) 796-809.
M. REICHARD, J. BRYJA, M. POLAČIK, C. SMITH: No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels, Molecular Ecology 20 (2011) 3631-3643.
2010M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, K. FRANCOVÁ, M. DÁVIDOVÁ, M. POLAČIK, P. JURAJDA: Condition status and parasite infection of Neogobius kessleri and N. melanostomus (Gobiidae) in their native and non-native area of distribution of the Danube River, Ecological Research 25 (2010) 857-866.
M. POLAČIK, M. REICHARD: Diet overlap among three sympatric African annual killifish species (Nothobranchius spp.) from Mozambique, Journal of Fish Biology 77 (2010) 754-768.
M. REICHARD, B. R. WATTERS, R. H. WILDEKAMP, R. SONNENBERG, B. NAGY, M. POLAČIK, S. VALDESALICI, A. CELLERINO, B. J. COOPER, H. HENGSTLER, J. ROSENSTOCK, I. SAINTHOUSE: Potential negative impacts and low effectiveness in the use of African annual killifish in the biocontrol of aquatic mosquito larvae in temporary water bodies, Parasites Vectors 3 (2010) 89.
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 64 (2010) 3047-3056.
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.
2009M. POLAČIK, M. JANÁČ, P. JURAJDA, Z. ADÁMEK, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, T. TRICHKOVA, M. VASSILEV: Invasive gobies in the Danube: invasion success facilitated by availability and selection of superior food resources, Ecology of Freshwater Fish 18 (2009) 640-649.
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. 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.
2008M. POLAČIK, M. JANÁČ, T. TRICHKOVA, M. VASSILEV, H. KECKEIS, P. JURAJDA: The distribution and abundance of the Neogobius fishes in their native range (Bulgaria) with notes on the non-native range in the Danube River, Large Rivers 18 (2008) 193-208.
M. POLAČIK, M. JANÁČ, P. JURAJDA, M. VASSILEV, T. TRICHKOVA: The sampling efficiency of electrofishing for Neogobius species in a riprap habitat: a field experiment, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 24 (2008) 601-604.
M. POLAČIK, T. TRICHKOVA, M. JANÁČ, M. VASSILEV, P. JURAJDA: The ichthyofauna of the shoreline zone in the longitudinal profile of the Danube River, Bulgaria, Acta zoologica bulgarica 60 (2008) 77-88.
2006P. JURAJDA, M. VASSILEV, M. POLAČIK, T. TRICHKOVA: A first record of Perccottus glenii (Perciformes: Odontobutidae) in the Danube River in Bulgaria, Acta zoologica bulgarica 58 (2006) 279-282.
M. POLAČIK, V. KOVÁČ: Fecundity and annual course of maturation in spirlin, Alburnoides bipunctatus, Folia zoologica 55 (2006) 399-410.
2005P. JURAJDA, J. ČERNÝ, M. POLAČIK, Z. VALOVÁ, M. JANÁČ, R. BLAŽEK, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ: The recent distribution and abundance of non-native Neogobius fishes in the Slovak section of the River Danube, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 21 (2005) 319-323.