Matej Polačik

Mgr. Matej Polačik, Ph.D.

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

Finished Projects

Adaptive coexistence of distinct life history strategies in fish of the genus Nothobranchius

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 42 (2015) 1832-1844.

Polačik M., Jurajda P., Blažek R., Janáč M.: Carcass feeding as a cryptic foraging mode in round goby Neogobius melanostomus, Journal of Fish Biology 87 (2015) 194-199.

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.

2014

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Ondračková M., Slováčková I., Trichkova T., Polačik M., Jurajda P.: 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.

Polačik M., Janáč M., Vassilev M., Trichkova T.: Morphometric comparison of native and non-native populations of round goby Neogobius melanostomus from the River Danube, Folia zoologica 61 (2012) 1-8.

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.

Francová K., Ondračková M., Polačik M., Jurajda P.: 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.

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

Ondračková M., Francová K., Dávidová M., Polačik M., Jurajda P.: 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.

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., 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

Polačik M., Janáč M., Jurajda P., Adámek Z., Ondračková M., Trichkova T., Vassilev M.: Invasive gobies in the Danube: invasion success facilitated by availability and selection of superior food resources, Ecology of Freshwater Fish 18 (2009) 640-649.

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.

2008

Polačik M., Trichkova T., Janáč M., Vassilev M., Jurajda P.: The ichthyofauna of the shoreline zone in the longitudinal profile of the Danube River, Bulgaria, Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 60 (2008) 77-88.

Polačik M., Janáč M., Trichkova T., Vassilev M., Keckeis H., Jurajda P.: 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.

Polačik M., Janáč M., Jurajda P., Vassilev M., Trichkova T.: The sampling efficiency of electrofishing for Neogobius species in a riprap habitat: a field experiment, Journal of Applied Ichthyology 24 (2008) 601-604.

2006

Jurajda P., Vassilev M., Polačik M., Trichkova T.: A first record of Perccottus glenii (Perciformes: Odontobutidae) in the Danube River in Bulgaria, Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 58 (2006) 279-282.

Polačik M., Kováč V.: Fecundity and annual course of maturation in spirlin, Alburnoides bipunctatus, Folia zoologica 55 (2006) 399-410.