For fifteen years, hydrobiologists from the Biology Centre of the CAS monitored fourteen reservoirs to refine models for calculating fish abundance in reservoirs and lakes. The results of this large-scale study will help interpret data from thousands of European sites.
The answer is in the title of our new paper published at Nature Communications, which was created with the contribution of scientists from the Biological Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. "Plant traits poorly predict winner and loser shrub species in a warming tundra biome."
Planktonic microbial communities have critical impacts on the pelagic food web and water quality status in freshwater ecosystems, yet no general model of bacterial community assembly linked to higher trophic levels and hydrodynamics has been assessed. In the recent study, published in Microbiome, hydrobiologists from the Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS, utilized a two-year survey...
Researchers have shed new light on the extinction of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, one of the most iconic and mysterious animals of the 20th century.
Large lakes and reservoirs represent complicated three-dimensional systems difficult to assess. Fish sampling is one of the most challenging as different species differ in their spatial preferences and behavior. In the same time, anthropogenic activities continue to pose the greatest challenges to freshwater ecosystems. Therefore, long-term monitoring is essential for the management and...
Most lotic ecosystems have been heavily modified in recent centuries to serve human needs, for example, by building dams to form reservoirs. However, reservoirs have major impacts on freshwater ecosystem functions and severely affect rheophilic fishes. The main effect is the building of dams which often terminate the migrations and create new lake-type habitats. However, the natural fish...
The article co-authored by Yulia Vystavna and published earlier this year was awarded by the UK Times Higher Education award for International Collaboration of the Year 2022
The book contains the overview and the description of the methods for the monitoring of qualitative and quantitative composition of the fish stock of lakes and reservoirs.
A new study led by Allan T. Souza, from the Institute of Hydrobiology (Biology Centre, CAS) and colleagues from Portugal, was recently published in Science of the Total Environment. The study has revealed the potential effects of climate change on the shore crab (Carcinus maenas) population near the edge of its native range.
An international meeting of experts working on cyanobacteria research is currently taking place in České Budějovice. More than 80 participants of the 22nd Symposium of the International Association of Cyanophyte/Cyanobacteria Research (IAC) participate in a comprehensive discussion on the topics of evolution, taxonomy, ecology, biogeography, and physiology of cyanobacteria and their practical use.
