Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr.

Position: head
Research topics: fish ecology
Department: Department of Fish Ecology
Phone: +420 543 422 523
E-mail: jurajdabrno.cas.cz

My research activities are conducted to evaluate and develop appropriate sampling and censusing techniques for fishes, conduct behavioural studies and identify the ecological requirements of fishes in a variety of aquatic habitats. My principal interest is in the reproduction and recruitment of European fishes in lowland rivers. Research is directed to understand and predict the effects of the environment and biotic interactions, such as competition, predation and parasitism, on reproduction and recruitment in fishes. Most of my current research activity involves investigations of environmental stress to fish assemblages, and the ecology of expanding gobiid fishes in Central Europe. The results of many studies have wide implications for fisheries and wildlife management and conservation.

Personal webpage

Projects

ECIP - European Centre of Ichtyoparasitology

Evolutionary ecological analysis of biological systems: research centrum for PhD studies

Ichtyoparasitology Research Center

Models for assesing and forecasting the impact of environmental key pollutants on marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity

Nepůvodní hlaváčovité ryby: využití volné niky nebo ohrožení středoevropské ichtyofauny?

Publications

2012

M. JANÁČ, Z. VALOVÁ, P. JURAJDA: Range expansion and habitat preferences of nonnative 0+ tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) in two lowland rivers in the Danube basin, Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie 181 (2012) 73-85.

M. JANÁČ, P. JURAJDA: Diel differences in 0+ fish samples: effect of river size and habitat, River Research and Applications (2012) .

C. ORENDT, G. WOLFRAM, Z. ADÁMEK, P. JURAJDA, M. SCHMITT-JANSEN: The response of macroinvertebrate community taxa and functional groups to pollution along a heavily impacted river in Central Europe (Bilina River, Czech Republic), Biologia 67 (2012) 180-199.


2011

J. BORCHERDING, S. STAAS, S. KRÜGER, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, L. ŠLAPANSKÝ, P. JURAJDA: Non-native Gobiid species in the lower River Rhine (Germany): recent range extensions and densities, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27 (2011) 153-155.

R. ČERVENKA, A. BEDNAŘÍK, J. KOMÁREK, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, T. VÍTEK, P. SPURNÝ: The relationship between the mercury concentration in fish muscles and scales/fins and its significance, Central European Journal of Chemistry 9 (2011) 1109-1116.

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. JANÁČ, P. JURAJDA: Mortality induced by electrofishing and handling in five young-of-the-year cyprinids: effect of the fish size, species and anode size, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27 (2011) 990-994.


2010

Z. ADÁMEK, P. JURAJDA, V. PRÁŠEK, I. SUKOP: Seasonal diet pattern of non-native tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) in the lowland reservoir (Mušov, Czech Republic), Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 397 (2010) 1-12.

W. GEORG, C. ORENDT, S. HÖSS, M. GROSSSCHARTNER, Z. ADÁMEK, P. JURAJDA, W. TRAUNSPURGER, E. DE DECKERE, C. VAN LIEFFERINGE: The macroinvertebrate and nematode community from soft sediments in impounded sections of the river Elbe near Pardubice, Czech Republic, Lauterbornia 69 (2010) 87-105.

M. JANÁČ, P. JURAJDA: Modified sampling design for age-0 fish electrofishing at beach habitats, North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30 (2010) 1210-1220.

M. JANÁČ, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, Z. VALOVÁ, M. REICHARD: 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.

P. JURAJDA, O. SLAVÍK, Z. ADÁMEK: Monitoring ryb v tekoucích vodách ČR v souvislosti s rámcovou směrnicí 2000/60/ES: plůdek nebo dospělé ryby?, Vodní hospodářství 2010 (2010) 6-8.

P. JURAJDA, M. JANÁČ, Z. VALOVÁ, G. STRECK: Fish community in the chronically polluted middle Elbe River, Folia zoologica 59 (2010) 157-168.

P. JURAJDA, O. SLAVÍK, S.M. WHITE, Z. ADÁMEK: Young-of-the-year fish assemblages as an alternative to adult fish monitoring for ecological quality evaluation of running waters, Hydrobiologia 644 (2010) 89-101.

P. JURAJDA, Z. ADÁMEK, M. JANÁČ, Z. VALOVÁ: Longitudinal patterns in fish and macrozoobenthos assemblages reflect degradation of water quality and physical habitat in the Bílina river basin, Czech Journal of Animal Science 55 (2010) 123-136.

J. MUSIL, P. JURAJDA, Z. ADÁMEK, P. HORKÝ, O. SLAVÍK: Non-native fish introductions in the Czech Republic – species inventory, facts and future perspectives, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 26 (2010) 38-45.

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.

Z. VALOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. JANÁČ, I. BERNARDOVÁ, H. HUDCOVÁ: Spatiotemporal trends of heavy metal concentrations in fish of the River Morava (Danube basin), Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering 45 (2010) 1892-1899.

M. WENGER, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. MACHALA, J. NEČA, P. HYRŠL, A. ŠIMKOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, P. VON DER OHE, H. SEGNER: Assessing relationships between chemical exposure, parasite infection, fish health, and fish ecological status: a case study using chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in the Bílina River, Czech Republic, Enviromental Toxicology and Chemistry 29 (2010) 453-466.


2009

P. JURAJDA, M. JANÁČ, S.M. WHITE, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ: Small – but not easy: evaluation of sampling methods in floodplain lakes including whole-lake sampling, Fisheries Research 96 (2009) .

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. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. DÁVIDOVÁ, R. BLAŽEK, M. GELNAR, P. JURAJDA: The interaction between an introduced fish host and local parasite fauna: Neogobius kessleri in the middle Danube River, Parasitology Research 105 (2009) 201-208.

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. RYŠAVÁ-NOVÁKOVÁ, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, P. JURAJDA: The importance of surrogate habitats in lowland river floodplains for fish community composition, Fisheries Management and Ecology 16 (2009) 468-477.


2008

M. DÁVIDOVÁ, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. GELNAR: Parasite assemblages of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), composition and effects of habitat type and host body size, Parasitology Research 102 (2008) 1001-1011.

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. 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.

A. ŠIMKOVÁ, T. LAFOND, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, E. OTTOVÁ, S. MORAND: Parasitism, life history traits and immune defence in cyprinid fish from Central Europe, BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (2008) 1-11.


2007

M. JANÁČ, P. JURAJDA: A comparison of point abundance and continuous sampling by electrofishing for age-0 fish in a channelized lowland river, North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27 (2007) 1119-1125.

P. JURAJDA, Z. ADÁMEK, M. JANÁČ, Z. VALOVÁ: Fish and macrozoobenthos in the Vlára stream drainage area (Bílé Karpaty Mountains), Czech Journal of Animal Science 52 (2007) 214-225.

K. LAMKOVÁ, A. ŠIMKOVÁ, M. PALÍKOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, A. LOJEK: Seasonal changes of immunocompetence and parasitism in chub (Leuciscus cephalus), a freshwater cyprinid fish, Parasitology Research 101 (2007) 775-789.

M. PEČÍNKOVÁ, L. A. VOLLESTAD, B. KOUBKOVÁ, J. HUML, P. JURAJDA, M. GELNAR: The relationship between developmental instability of gudgeon Gobio gobio and abundance or morphology of its ectoparasite Paradiplozoon homoion (Monogenea), Journal of Fish Biology 71 (2007) 1358-1370.

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


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.

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.

M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, T. TRICHKOVA, P. JURAJDA: Present and historical occurrence of metazoan parasites in Neogobius kessleri (Pisces: Gobiidae) in the Bulgarian section of the Danube River, Acta zoologica bulgarica 58 (2006) 401-408.

M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. DÁVIDOVÁ, M. GELNAR, P. JURAJDA: Susceptibility of Prussian carp infected by metacercariae of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (v. Nordmann, 1832) to fish predation, Ecological Research 21 (2006) 526-529.

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.

Z. VALOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. JANÁČ: Spatial distribution of 0+ juvenile fish in differently modified lowland rivers, Folia zoologica 55 (2006) 293-308.


2005

W. BRACK, J. BAKKER, E. DE DECKERE, C. DEERENBERG, J. VAN GILS, M. HEIN, P. JURAJDA, B. KOOIJMAN, M. LAMOREE, S. LEK, M. J. L. DE ALDA, A. MARCOMINI, I. MUNOZ, S. RATTEI, H. SEGNER, K. THOMAS, P. C. VON DER OHE, B. WESTRICH, D. DE ZWART, M. SCHMITT-JANSEN: MODELKEY - Models for assessing and forecasting the impact of environmental key pollutants on freshwater and marine ecosystems and biodiversity, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 12 (2005) 252-256.

E. HOHAUSOVÁ, P. JURAJDA: Restoration of a river backwater and its influence on fish assemblage, Czech Journal of Animal Science 50 (2005) 473-482.

M. JANÁČ, P. JURAJDA: Inter-calibration of three electric fishing techniques to estimate 0+ juvenile fish densities on sandy river beaches, Fisheries Management and Ecology 12 (2005) 161-167.

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.

M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. DÁVIDOVÁ, M. PEČÍNKOVÁ, R. BLAŽEK, M. GELNAR, Z. VALOVÁ, J. ČERNÝ, P. JURAJDA: Metazoan parasites of Neogobius fishes in the Slovak section of the River Danube, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 21 (2005) 345-349.

E. OTTOVÁ, A. ŠIMKOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. DÁVIDOVÁ, M. ONDRAČKOVÁ, M. PEČÍNKOVÁ, M. GELNAR: Sexual ornamentation and parasite infection in males of common bream (Abramis brama): a reflection of immunocompetence status or simple cost of reproduction?, Evolutionary Ecology Research 7 (2005) 581-593.

V. PRÁŠEK, P. JURAJDA: Expansion of Proterorhinus marmoratus in the Morava River basin (Czech Republic, Danube R. watershed), Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 189-192.


2004

P. JURAJDA, J. REGENDA: Littoral 0+ fish assemblages in three reservoirs of the Nové Mlýny dam (Czech Republic), Czech Journal of Animal Science 49 (2004) 450-457.

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, A. ŠIMKOVÁ, M. GELNAR, P. JURAJDA: Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) in intermediate fish hosts: factors contributing to the parasite infection and prey selection by the definitive bird host, Parasitology 129 (2004) 761-770.

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. ONDRAČKOVÁ, Š. BARTOŠOVÁ, Z. VALOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. GELNAR: Occurrence of black-spot disease caused by metacercariae of Posthodiplostomum cuticola among juvenile fishes in water bodies in the Morava River basin, Acta Parasitologica 49 (2004) 222-227.

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, 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. ONDRAČKOVÁ, P. JURAJDA, M. GELNAR: The distribution of Posthodiplostomum cuticola matacercariae in young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes, Journal of Fish Biology 60 (2002) 1355-1357.

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.

C. SMITH, A. DOUGLAS, P. JURAJDA: Sexual conflict, sexual selection and sperm competition in the spawning decisions of bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51 (2002) 433-439.