Mgr. Matej Polačik, Ph.D.

Position: full-time researcher
Research topics: ecology of fish
Department: Working place Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 557
E-mail: polacikivb.cz

Finished projects

Adaptivní koexistence rozdílných životních strategií u ryb rodu Nothobranchius

Publications

2014

M. POLAČIK, C. HARROD, R. BLAŽEK, M. REICHARD: Trophic niche partitioning in communities of African annual fish: evidence from stable isotopes, Hydrobiologia 721 (2014) 99-106.

C. SMITH, A. PHILLIPS, M. POLAČIK, M. REICHARD: Male coloration signals direct benefits in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), Environmental Biology of Fishes 97 (2014) 335-341.

2013

V. BARTÁKOVÁ, M. REICHARD, K. JANKO, M. POLAČIK, R. BLAŽEK, K. REICHWALD, A. CELLERINO, J. BRYJA: Strong population genetic structuring in an annual fish, Nothobranchius furzeri, suggests multiple savannah refugia in southern Mozambique, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013) 196.

R. BLAŽEK, M. POLAČIK, M. REICHARD: Rapid growth, early maturation and short generation time in African annual fishes, EvoDevo 4 (2013) 24.

P. JURAJDA, L. VŠETIČKOVÁ, M. POLAČIK, M. VASSILEV: Can round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) caught by rod and line be used for diet analysis?, Journal of Great Lakes Research 39 (2013) 182-185.

E. TERZIBASI TOZZINI, A. DORN, E. NG’OMA, M. POLAČIK, R. BLAŽEK, K. REICHWALD, A. PETZOLD, B. R. WATTERS, M. REICHARD, A. CELLERINO: Parallel evolution of senescence in annual fishes in response to extrinsic mortality, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013) 77.

2012

M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, I. SLOVÁČKOVÁ, T. TRICHKOVA, M. POLAČIK, P. JURAJDA: Shoreline distribution and parasite infection of black-striped pipefish Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1827 in the lower River Danube, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28 (2012) 590-596.

M. POLAČIK, M. JANÁČ, M. VASSILEV, T. TRICHKOVA: Morphometric comparison of native and non-native populations of round goby Neogobius melanostomus from the River Danube, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 1-8.

2011

A. 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 61 (2011) 739-749.

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.

2010

M. 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, 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, 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, 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.

2009

M. 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.

2008

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.

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, 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.

2006

P. 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.

2005

P. 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.


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BRYJA: Strong population genetic structuring in an annual fish, Nothobranchius furzeri, suggests multiple savannah refugia in southern Mozambique, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013) 196. R. BLAŽEK, M. POLAČIK, M. REICHARD: Rapid growth, early maturation and short generation time in African annual fishes, EvoDevo 4 (2013) 24. P. JURAJDA, L. VŠETIČKOVÁ, M. POLAČIK, M. VASSILEV: Can round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) caught by rod and line be used for diet analysis?, Journal of Great Lakes Research 39 (2013) 182-185. E. TERZIBASI TOZZINI, A. DORN, E. NG’OMA, M. POLAČIK, R. BLAŽEK, K. REICHWALD, A. PETZOLD, B. R. WATTERS, M. REICHARD, A. CELLERINO: Parallel evolution of senescence in annual fishes in response to extrinsic mortality, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013) 77. 2012 M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, I. SLOVÁČKOVÁ, T. TRICHKOVA, M. POLAČIK, P. JURAJDA: Shoreline distribution and parasite infection of black-striped pipefish Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1827 in the lower River Danube, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28 (2012) 590-596. M. POLAČIK, M. JANÁČ, M. VASSILEV, T. TRICHKOVA: Morphometric comparison of native and non-native populations of round goby Neogobius melanostomus from the River Danube, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 1-8. 2011 A. 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 61 (2011) 739-749. 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. 2010 M. 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, 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, 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, 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. 2009 M. 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. 2008 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. 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, 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. 2006 P. 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. 2005 P. 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.