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
prof. Ing. Vlastimil Baruš, DrSc.  <barusivb.cz> - parasitology, ecology and fish taxonomy
Ing. Karel Halačka, CSc.  <halackaivb.cz> - karyology, histology and fish reproduction
Mgr. Markéta Ondračková, Ph.D.  <audreysci.muni.cz> - fish parasitology
Ing. Miroslav Prokeš, CSc.  <prokesbrno.cas.cz> - ontogeny and fish ecology
doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.  <reichardivb.cz> - behavioural and evolutionary ecology of fish

Research workers

Bc. Kevin Roche, CSc.  <kevin.rochehotmail.co.uk> -

Post-docs

Mgr. Radim Blažek , Ph.D.  <demonsci.muni.cz> - evolutionary ecology of annual fish
Mgr. Michal Janáč, Ph.D.  <janacivb.cz> - fish sampling methodology
Mgr. Zdenka Jurajdová, Ph.D.  <valovaivb.cz> - fish reproduction
Mgr. Markéta Konečná, Ph.D.  <makomail.muni.cz> - fish reproduction
Mgr. Jan Mendel, Ph.D.  <mendelivb.cz> - phylogeny and fish population genetics
Mgr. Matej Polačik, Ph.D.  <polacikivb.cz> - behavioural and evolutionary ecology of fish
Ing. Lukáš Vetešník, Ph.D.  <vetesnikivb.cz> - fish ecology

Technician

Milena Koníčková  

PhD students

Mgr. Milan Vrtílek  <vrtilekivb.cz>
Ing. Lucie Všetičková  <lucka.kocandaseznam.cz>
Mgr. Radomil Řežucha  <184379mail.muni.cz>

Undergraduates

Bc. Soňa Machová  
Bc. Veronika Michálková  
Bc. Ivona Petrášová  <ivonapetrasovacentrum.cz>
Bc. Iveta Slováčková  
Bc. Soňa Urbánková  <urbankova-sonaseznam.cz>
Bc. Luděk Šlapanský  
Bc. Vítězslav Štrom  <184614mail.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 fishes and their impact on native fish biodiversity
  • 0+ juvenile fish community structure in lowland rivers and their flood plains
  • optimisation of methods for 0+ juvenile fish sampling
  • diversity of fish communities and population parameters of key species in various types of aquatic habitats
  • rehabilitation of aquatic habitats and ecosystems for the restoration and conservation of fish biodiversity
  • revision of the species structure of the genera Gobio and Romanogobio in the Eurasian area
  • molecular biodiversity inventory of the ichthyofauna of the Czech Republic
  • immune and physiological parameters in Carassius gibelio
  • 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.