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doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.


Position: full-time researcher
Research topics: ecology of fish
Department: Research facility Brno
Phone: +420 543 422 522
E-mail: reichardivb.cz

Personal webpage

  • mate choice evolution and alternative mating tactics,
  • coevolutionary dynamics in host-parasite associations,
  • the impact of invasive species on coevolved relationships,
  • evolutionary ecology of annual fish, especially ageing and its life history trade-offs.

    • Running Projects

    The effects of non-native species on host-parasite relationships

    The evolution and life-history consequences of rapid ageing

    Finished Projects

    Demography, metapopulation dynamics and ecology of Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique

    Host specialization and host-race formation in the European bitterling

    Personalities, male mating tactics and role of females in sexual selection: studies on fish model systems

    Projekt: „Integrace experimentální a populační biologie pomocí nových metod v mezioborové problematice - cesta k excellenci s mladými vědci“, (reg.č.: CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0048)

    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

    Education

    • 1996: undergraduate study - Masaryk University Brno, Systematic Biology and Ecology. Thesis: A biometric study of the bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus from the lower stretch of the River Morava.
    • 1998: undergraduate study - Masaryk University Brno, Systematic Zoology and Ecology. Thesis: Biology of bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) in atypical conditions in a regulated lowland river.
    • 2002: Ph.D. study - Masaryk University Brno, Zoology. Thesis: Downstream drift of young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes in lowland rivers, (supervisor P.Jurajda).
    • 2009: Doc. - Masaryk University Brno, Zoology - Reader/Associate Professor.

    Employment

    • 1999-2002: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - research assistant,
    • 2002-2003: Queen Mary College, University of London - postdoctoral fellow,
    • 2003-2005: Queen Mary, University of London - Postdoctoral Research Assistant,
    • 2002-2009: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep. - research scientist,
    • 2007-2009: University of Leicester, United Kingdom - research associate,
    • 2009-2010: University of St Andrews, United Kingdom - Research Associate,
    • 2010-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep. - research scientist.

    Academic service

    • 2009-present: Evolutionary Ecology - associate editor,
    • Scientific Board of the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the CR - internal member,
    • Scientific Board of the Institute of Hydrobiology, Academy of Sciences of the CR -external member,
    • external examiner for Ph.D. students at universities in Helsinki, Prague and Brno,
    • regular reviewing manuscripts for scientific journals (39 journals/150+ reviews),
    • reviewing grant proposals for Research Councils in the Czech Republic (4 councils), Austria (FWF) and USA (NSF),
    • lectures in Biogeography at Masaryk University (since 2005),
    • Fish Biology practical classes: Queen Mary, London,
    • Field course on Biology of Marine Mammals, University of Leicester and four other UK universities,
    • member of several committees at Masaryk University responsible for BSc., MSc. and PhD. Biology programmes, including state examination boards.

    International experience

    • initiated and completed international collaborative projects (Germany, Italy, Austria, China, Turkey, Mozambique),
    • field research in many countries - Africa (Mozambique, Senegal), Asia (China, Japan, Turkey, Bangladesh), Southern America (Brazil, Uruguay) and Europe.

    Main current collaboraters

    • Carl Smith, University of St Andrews, Scotland –bitterling sexual selection and coevolution,
    • Alessandro Cellerino, SNS Pisa, Italy – ageing in annual fish,
    • Liu Huanzhang, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China – bitterling coevolution,
    • Miroslav Przybylski, University of Lodz, Poland – bitterling coevolution,
    • Ali Serhan Tarkan, University of Mugla, Turkey – bitterling coevolution,
    • Oana P. Popa – Grigore Antipa Museum, Bucharest, Romania – molecular genetics of invasive species,
    • Karel Douda, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic – mussel biology,
    • Osvaldo E. Chacate, Fisheries Research Institute, DARPPE, Maputo, Mozambique – African killifish,
    • Leonardo Maltchik, Unisinos, Brazil,
    • Bettina Tassino, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.

    Current Ph.D. students

    • Radomil Řežucha – Sexual selection, reproductive stratgies and personalities in fish model systems,
    • Milan Vrtílek – Evolutionary ecology of African annual fishes.

    Former PhD students

    • Markéta Konečná – Individual and population consequences of sexual selection in the bitterling fish.

    Publications

    2015

    Bartáková V., Reichard M., Blažek R., Polačik M., Bryja J.: Terrestrial fishes: rivers are barriers to gene flow in annual fishes from the African savanna, Journal of Biogeography (2015) .

    Cellerino A., Valenzano D. R., Reichard M.: From the bush to the bench: the annual Nothobranchius fishes as a new model system in biology, Biological Reviews (2015) .

    Keppeler F. W., Lanés L. E. K., Rolon A. S., Stenert C., Lehmann P., Reichard M., Maltchik L.: The morphology–diet relationship and its role in the coexistence of two species of annual fishes, Ecology of Freshwater Fish 24 (2015) 77-90.

    Popa O. P., Bartáková V., Bryja J., Reichard M., Popa L. O.: Characterization of nine microsatellite markers and development of multiplex PCRs for the Chinese huge musel Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodiana Lea, 1834 (Mollusca, Bivalvia), Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 60 (2015) 234-237.

    Reichard M., Cellerino A., Valenzano D. R.: Turquoise killifish: quick guide, Current Biology 25 (2015) .

    Reichard M., Douda K., Przybylski M., Popa O. P., Karbanová E., Matasová K., Rylková K., Polačik M., Blažek R., Smith C.: Population-specific responses to an invasive species, Proceedings of the Royal Society. B - Biological Sciences 282 (2015) 20151063.

    Řežucha R., Reichard M.: Strategic exploitation of fluctuating asymmetry in male Endler’s guppy courtship displays is modulated by social environment, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28 (2015) 356-367.

    Smith C., Philips A., Reichard M.: Cognitive ability is heritable and predicts the success of an alternative mating tactic, Proceedings of the Royal Society. B - Biological Sciences 282 (2015) 1809.


    2014

    Chang H.-C., Li F., Shao K.-T., Lin Y.-S., Morosawa T., Kim S., Koo H., Kim W., Lee J.-S., He S., Smith C., Reichard M., Miya M., Sado T., Uehara K., Lavoué S., Chen W.-J., Mayden R. L.: Phylogenetic relationships of Acheilognathidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidea) as revealed from evidence of both nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequence variation: Evidence for necessary taxonomic revision in the family and the identification of cryptic species, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 81 (2014) 182-194.

    Liao C., Yu D., Chen Y., Reichard M., Liu H.: Reproductive behaviour of female rosy bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus in response to a female-biased operational sex ratio, Behaviour 151 (2014) 755-768.

    Polačik M., Blažek R., Řežucha R., Vrtílek M., Terzibasi Tozzini E., Reichard M.: Alternative intrapopulation life-history strategies and their trade-offs in an African annual fish, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (2014) 854-865.

    Polačik M., Harrod C., Blažek R., Reichard M.: Trophic niche partitioning in communities of African annual fish: evidence from stable isotopes, Hydrobiologia 721 (2014) 99-106.

    Reichard M., Polačik M., Blažek R., Vrtílek M.: Female bias in the adult sex ratio of African annual fishes: interspecific differences, seasonal trends and environmental predictors, Evolutionary Ecology 28 (2014) 1105-1120.

    Reichenbacher B., Reichard M.: Otoliths of five extant species of the annual killifish Nothobranchius from the East African savannah, PLoS ONE 9 (2014) .

    Řežucha R., Reichard M.: The effect of social environment on alternative mating tactics in male Endler’s guppy, Poecilia wingei, Animal Behaviour 88 (2014) 195-202.

    Smith C., Warren M., Rouchet R., Reichard M.: The function of multiple ejaculations in bitterling, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (2014) 1819-1829.

    Smith C., Phillips A., Polačik M., Reichard M.: Male coloration signals direct benefits in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), Environmental Biology of Fishes 97 (2014) 335-341.


    2013

    Bartáková V., Reichard M., Janko K., Polačik M., Blažek R., Reichwald K., Cellerino A., Bryja J.: Strong population genetic structuring in an annual fish, Nothobranchius furzeri, suggests multiple savannah refugia in southern Mozambique, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013) 196.

    Blažek R., Polačik M., Reichard M.: Rapid growth, early maturation and short generation time in African annual fishes, EvoDevo 4 (2013) 24.

    Casalini M., Reichard M., Phillips A., Smith C.: Male choice of mates and mating resources in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Behavioral Ecology 24 (2013) 1199-1204.

    Ercan E., Gaygusuz Ö., Tarkan A. S., Reichard M., Smith C.: The ecology of freshwater bivalves in the Lake Sapanca basin, Turkey, Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (2013) 730-738.

    Smith C., Reichard M.: A sperm competition model for the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), Behaviour 150 (2013) 1709-1730.

    Spence R., Reichard M., Smith C.: Strategic sperm allocation and a Coolidge effect in an externally fertilizing species, Behavioral Ecology 24 (2013) 82-88.

    Terzibasi Tozzini E., Dorn A., Ng’oma E., Polačik M., Blažek R., Reichwald K., Petzold A., Watters B. R., Reichard M., Cellerino A.: Parallel evolution of senescence in annual fishes in response to extrinsic mortality, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (2013) 77.


    2012

    Agbali M., Spence R., Reichard M., Smith C.: A comparison of the impact of direct and indirect benefits of mating decisions in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 58 (2012) 279-288.

    Blažek R., Ondračková M., Vošlajerová Bímová B., Vetešník L., Petrášová I., Reichard M.: Fish diversity in the Niokolo Koba National Park, middle Gambia River basin, Senegal, Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 23 (2012) 263-272.

    Douda K., Vrtílek M., Slavík O., Reichard M.: The role of host specificity in explaining the invasion success of the freshwater mussel Anodonta woodiana in Europe, Biological Invasions 14 (2012) 127-137.

    Reichard M., Vrtílek M., Douda K., Smith C.: An invasive species reverses the roles in a host–parasite relationship between bitterling fish and unionid mussels, Biology Letters 8 (2012) 601-604.

    Reichard M., Spence R., Bryjová A., Bryja J., Smith C.: Female rose bitterling prefer MHC-dissimilar males: experimental evidence, PLoS ONE 7 (2012) .

    Řežucha R., Smith C., Reichard M.: Personality traits, reproductive behaviour and alternative mating tactics in male European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus, Behaviour 149 (2012) 531-553.

    Vrtílek M., Reichard M.: An indirect effect of biological invasions: the effect of zebra mussel fouling on parasitisation of unionid mussels by bitterling fish, Hydrobiologia 696 (2012) 205-214.

    White Seth M., Ondračková M., Reichard M.: Hydrologic connectivity affects fish assemblage structure, diversity, and ecological traits in the unregulated Gambia River, West Africa, Biotropica 44 (2012) 521-530.


    2011

    Dorn A., Ng'oma E., Janko K., Reichwald K., Polačik M., Platzer M., Cellerino A., Reichard M.: 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.

    Konečná M., Reichard M.: Seasonal dynamics in population characteristics of European bitterling Rhodeus amarus in a small lowland river, Journal of Fish Biology 78 (2011) 227-239.

    Mehner T., Freyhof J., Reichard M.: Summary and perspective on evolutionary ecology of fishes, Evolutionary Ecology 25 (2011) 547-556.

    Pateman-Jones C., Rasotto M. B., Reichard M., Liao C., Liu H., Zieba G., Smith C.: Variation in male reproductive traits among three bitterling fishes (Acheilognathinae: Cyprinidae) in relation to the mating system, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103 (2011) 622-632.

    Polačik M., Donner M. T., Reichard M.: Age structure of annual Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique: is there a hatching synchrony?, Journal of Fish Biology 78 (2011) 796-809.

    Polačik M., Reichard M.: Asymmetric reproductive isolation between two sympatric annual killifish with extremely short lifespans, PLoS ONE 6 (2011) .

    Reichard M., Bryja J., Polačik M., Smith C.: 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

    Agbali M., Reichard M., Bryjová A., Bryja J., Smith C.: Mate choice for nonadditive genetic benefits correlate with MHC dissimilarity in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Evolution 64 (2010) 1683-1696.

    Bryja J., Smith C., Konečný A., Reichard M.: Range-wide population genetic structure of the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis, Molecular Ecology 19 (2010) 4708-4722.

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

    Janáč M., Ondračková M., Jurajda P., Valová Z., Reichard M.: Flood duration determines the reproduction success of fish in artificial oxbows in a floodplain of a potamal river, Ecology of Freshwater Fish 19 (2010) 644-655.

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

    Polačik M., Reichard M.: Diet overlap among three sympatric African annual killifish species (Nothobranchius spp.) from Mozambique, Journal of Fish Biology 77 (2010) 754-768.

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

    Reichard M., Polačik M., Tarkan A. S., Spence R., Gaygusuz Ö., Ercan E., Ondračková M., Smith C.: The bitterling–mussel coevolutionary relationship in areas of recent and ancient sympatry, Evolution 64 (2010) 3047-3056.

    Reichard M., Polačik M.: 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.

    Reichard M., Watters B. R., Wildekamp R. H., Sonnenberg R., Nagy B., Polačik M., Valdesalici S., Cellerino A., Cooper B. J., Hengstler H., Rosenstock J., Sainthouse I.: 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

    Casalini M., Agbali M., Reichard M., Konečná M., Bryjová A., Smith C.: Male dominance, female mate choice and intersexual conflict in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus), Evolution 63 (2009) 366-376.

    Konečná M., Jurajda P., Reichard M.: 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.

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

    Reichard M., Polačik M., Sedláček O.: 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.

    Reichard M., Ondračková M., Bryjová A., Smith C., Bryja J.: 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.

    Smith C., Pateman-Jones C., Zieba G., Przybylski M., Reichard M.: Sperm depletion as a consequence of increased sperm competition risk in the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus, Animal Behaviour 77 (2009) 1227-1233.


    2008

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

    Reichard M.: 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.

    Reichard M., Smith C., Bryja J.: Seasonal change in the opportunity for sexual selection, Molecular Ecology 17 (2008) 642-651.

    Zaki S. A. H., Jordan W. C., Reichard M., Przybylski M., Smith C.: A morphological and genetic analysis of the European bitterling species complex, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95 (2008) 337-347.


    2007

    Przybylski M., Reichard M., Spence R., Smith C.: Spatial distribution of oviposition sites determines variance in the reproductive rate of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), Behaviour 144 (2007) 1403-1417.

    Reichard M., Przybylski M., Kaniewska P., Liu H., Smith C.: A possible evolutionary lag in the relationship between freshwater mussels and European bitterling, Journal of Fish Biology 70 (2007) 709-725.

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

    Reichard M., Le Comber S. C., Smith C.: Sneaking from a female perspective, Animal Behaviour 74 (2007) 679-688.

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

    Smith C., Zhu Y., Liu H., Reichard M.: Deceptive female oviposition behaviour elicits male ejaculation in the European bitterling, Journal of Fish Biology 71 (2007) 1841-1846.


    2006

    Jurajda P., Reichard M., Smith C.: 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.

    Liu H.-Z., Zhu Y.-R., Smith C., Reichard M.: Evidence of host specificity and congruence between phylogenies of bitterling and freshwater mussels, Zoological Studies 45 (2006) 428-434.

    Reichard M., Ondračková M., Przybylski M., Liu H., Smith C.: 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.

    Smith C., Reichard M., Douglas A., Jurajda P.: Population consequences of behaviour in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Cyprinidae), Ecology of Freshwater Fish 15 (2006) 139-145.

    Spence R., Fatema M. K., Reichard M., Huq K. A., Wahab M. A., Ahmed Z. F., Smith C.: The distribution and habitat preferences of the zebrafish in Bangladesh, Journal of Fish Biology 69 (2006) 1435-1448.


    2005

    Dávidová M., Ondračková M., Baruš V., Reichard M., Koubková B.: Nematode infections of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776: Cypriniformes), Helminthologia 42 (2005) 45-48.

    Reichard M., Bryja J., Ondračková M., Dávidová M., Kaniewska P., Smith C.: Sexual selection for male dominance reduces opportunities for female mate choice in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Molecular Ecology 14 (2005) 1533-1542.

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