Laboratory of Phytoplankton Ecology and Reservoir Limnology
Research of the Laboratory of Phytoplankton Ecology and Reservoir Limnology is focused on freshwater microscopic algae and cyanobacteria (jointly referred to as phytoplankton) inhabiting lentic ecosystems, namely reservoirs. Freshwater reservoirs provide important ecosystem services such as the supply of drinking water, irrigation, transportation, industrial and cooling water supplies, power generation, flood control or recreation. They differ from natural lakes in several important aspects: elongated morphology, shorter water residence time, pronounced water level fluctuation and irregular water withdrawal, often from various strata.
Group leader: Petr Znachor
Team:
Petr Znachor: Reservoir limnology, phytoplankton blooms, diatom ecophysiology, spatio-temporal heterogeneity of aquatic systems, time series analyses, deep chlorophyll maxima, effects of weather extremes on lakes and reservoirs, floods, climate change, science communication. For detailed information visit www.fytoplankton.cz
Jiří Nedoma: Image analysis: applications in limnology, analysis of time series, primary and bacterial production, phosphorus cycling and extracellular enzymes activities
Karel Šimek: Limnology, microbial ecology, bacteria-protozoa-virus interactions, carbon flow through microbial food webs, analyses of food web structure in hyper-eutrophic pond
Jan Mareš: Cyanobacterial evolution, taxonomy and distribution of cyanobacteria , molecular phylogenetics, genomics and bioinformatics, secondary metabolites
Klára Řeháková: Ecology and taxonomy of periphyton in lakes, soil, biology of extreme environments
Eliška Kozlíková: Cyanobacterial taxonomy, isolation and cultivation of keystone phytoplankton taxa, deep chlorophyll maxima
Kateřina Čapková: Ecology and taxonomy of cyanobacteria in extreme environments, periphyton analyses
Anna Matoušů: Greenhouse gases production in aquatic systems, methane spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability in ponds and reservoirs, bacterial analyses, gas chromatography
Jitka Jezberová: Isolation, cultivation and physiology of picocyanobacteria, cell counting
Tanja Shabarova: Ecological relations and successions in water bodies, microbial interactions, diatom molecular biology, ecogenomics
Vojtěch Kasalický: Isolation and ecology of Limnohabitans bacteria, predator-prey relationship, phage isolation
Tomáš Bešta: Diatom taxonomy, periphyton analyses, optical microscopy.
Pavel Rychtecký: field-work coordination and management, image analysis, data curator, boat operator.
Technicians:
Martina Kaňová: Chlorophyll-a measurement, lab management, administrative support.
Tomáš Chromčák: sampling and field measurement, equipment maintenance, technical support, boat operator, data pre-processing.
