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.
Researchers from the Institute of Hydrobiology BC CAS plan to build floating islands made of plastic bottles. These islands will be used to manufacture experimental floating wetlands that will reduce nutrient load and increase biodiversity in reservoirs.
Doc. Ing. Petr Porcal, Ph.D., who is employed at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS was appointed as associate professor of "Hydrobiology" at the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia with effective date June 1, 2016. He defended his habilitation thesis entitled "Photochemical transformation of aquatic dissolved organic matter". Diplomas...
Perch (Perca fluviatilis, L.) plays an important role in the fish community of reservoirs and lakes in the temperate zone. If perch wants to be a key species, it must be numerous. That is why, it needs to have very high abundances of juveniles and the juveniles must survive the most critical part of their lives. The most important conditions of survival are i) avoidance of predator that can...
The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently concluded the most detailed and demanding evaluation of the the Biology Centre’s (BC) research and professional activities. International evaluators checked the results of 19 teams from BC for the years 2010 to 2014. The result? All teams have succeeded and six of these are rated excellent, world-class teams.
On Friday, May 6, 2016 a distinguished Czech hydrobiologist, prof. RNDr. Pavel Blažka, DrSc passed away. He was born in 1928. Since 1960 he was employed at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and in 1981 he moved to České Budějovice. Until 2001 he was employed as a research associate at the Institute of Hydrobiology. On Friday, May 6, 2016, our former chief, colleague and...
Peter Znachor was appointed as associate professor Doc. RNDr. Petr Znachor, Ph.D., who is employed at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS was appointed as associate professor of "Hydrobiology" at the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia with effective date January 1, 2016. He defended his habilitation thesis entitled "Phytoplankton in reservoirs:...
