In the 20th century, numerous reservoirs were built on the river network in the Czech Republic. Freshwater reservoirs are water bodies of special interest, as they provide various ecosystem services such as the supply of drinking water, agricultural irrigation, industrial and cooling water supplies, power generation, flood control and recreation. During their history, reservoirs have undergone...
The dark ocean microbiota represents the unknown majority in the global ocean waters. The SAR202 cluster belonging to the phylum Chloroflexi was the first microbial lineage discovered to specifically inhabit the aphotic realm, where they are abundant and globally distributed. The absence of SAR202 cultured representatives is a significant bottleneck towards understanding their metabolic...
Researchers of the Institute of Hydrobiology and SoWa Research Infrastructure are engaged in studying the release of greenhouse gases, especially methane, from reservoirs. The results of their research have recently been published in the prestigious scientific journal Water Resources Research.
The available data on fishery is fragmented and still limited, and thus the CLIMEFISH BC team had to cope with this challenge by processing the available data as well as acquiring more information that could help to develop an optimization on fishery activity in the reservoir.
Researchers from the Institute of Hydrobiology BC CAS are building floating islands made of plastic bottles. These islands are used as experimental floating wetlands that will reduce nutrient load and increase biodiversity in reservoirs.
Predator - prey relationships are often perceived simply as a situation in which a predator enhances its own fitness while reducing the fitness of its prey. However, this relationship may occasionally become reversed when the prey feeds on the juvenile predator stages.
The use of echosounders can be perceived as an extremely powerful tool for exploring aquatic ecosystems. Their undeniable advantage is their friendliness to the observed organisms, which are not distracted or damaged. For example, in marine systems, the use of echolsouders is a fundamental approach to studying fish communities and other pelagic organisms. When studying the fish communities of...
Meeting the mating partners at the right spot and time is crucial for the reproduction. Energy costs of spawning migration and stay at the spawning grounds are often important to consider. On the other hand, earlier male arrival compared to when females arrive may increase mating opportunities in competitive reproductive systems.
International Workshop of The Group for Primary Aquatic Productivity is held from 19th to 30th August in Třeboň.
Libor Grubhoffer will be a new Director of the largest scientific institution in South Bohemia - Biology Centre (BC) CAS. On Monday, June 26, he was appointed by the president of the Czech Academy of Sciences Eva Zažímalová. His term of office is five years and begins on July 1, 2017. Libor Grubhoffer replaces Miloslav Šimek, who has been in charge of the institution since 2012.
.jpg "Eat your predator! Small cyprinid fish forage on their natural enemy")
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