Mgr. Markéta Ondračková Ph.D.

Position full-time researcher
Direction fish parasitology

+420 543 422 522

Research interests

  • biology and ecology of freshwater fish metazoan parasites,
  • invasive biology; parasites and life history traits of non-native fish species,
  • fish ecology; community ecology, diversity and population dynamics of freshwater fishes.

Finished projects

The role of parasites during the invasion process of Ponto-Caspian gobies (2012–2014)
Parasitism and invasive species: effect of parasite infection on the biology of Neogobius kessleri in its native and introduced range (2005–2006)

Education

  • 1996-2000: undergraduate study – Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic zoology and ecology.
  • 200-2004: PhD study – Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Parasitology.

Employment

  • 2001-2004: IVB ASCR, research assistant,
  • 2005-present:  IVB ASCR, research scientist,
  • 2003-present: IBZ, Faculty of Science MU, research assistant,
  • 2011-2016: maternity leave.

International experience and current cooperation

  • Field research in Europe, Asia and Africa; Lab research in France, UK.
  • Dr. T. Trichkova; Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Dr. J. Borcherding; University of Cologne, Grietherbusch Ecology Research Station, Germany.

Current PhD students

  • Veronika Nezhybová (Michálková): Parasite-associated changes in fish host physiology and behaviour.
  • Markéta Pravdová: Relationship between parasite infection and fish host personality.

Former PhD student

  • Kateřina Francová: Host-parasite interactions in 0+ juvenile fishes: effect of host, parasite and environmental characteristics.

 

Publications

2019

Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Krasnovyd V, Seifertová M, Jurajda P (2019). Parasites of round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, currently invading the Elbe River. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 48, 56-65.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Seifertová M, Hulak B (2019). Gyrodactylus ginestrae n. sp. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), a parasite of the big-scale sand smelt, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 (Actinopterygii: Atherinidae) from the Black Sea. Parasitology Research, 1148, 3315-3325.
Nezhybová V, Blažek R, Kašný M, Slamková D, Leontovyč R, Ondračková M (2019). Morphological and molecular characterization of Apatemon sp. infecting killifish in Mozambique. Parasitology International, 73, 101967.
Ondračková M, Kvach Y, Martens A, Jurajda P (2019). Limited parasite acquisition by non-native Lepomis gibbosus (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae) at two ponds in the Upper Rhine basin, Germany. Journal of Helminthology, 93, 453-460.
Ondračková M, Fojtů J, Seifertová M, Kvach Y, Jurajda P (2019). Non-native parasitic copepod Neoergasilus japonicus (Harada, 1930) utilizes non-native fish host Lepomis gibbosus (L.) in the floodplain of the River Dyje (Danube basin). Parasitology Research, 118, 57-62.
Ondračková M, Všetičková L, Adámek Z, Kopeček L, Jurajda P (2019). Ecological plasticity of tubenose goby, a small invader in South Moravian waters. Hydrobiologia, 829, 217-235.

2018

Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Kutsokon Y, Dzyziuk N (2018). New record of monogenean parasites on non-indigenous fishes in the Ukrainian Danube Delta. BioInvasions Records, 7, 65-72.
Kvach Y, Matvienko N, Bryjová A, Ondračková M (2018). Aquaculture as a possible vector in the spread of Posthodiplostomum centrarchi (Hoffman, 1958) (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Europe. BioInvasions Records, 7, 427-432.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2018). Methodological issues affecting the study of fish parasites. III. Effect of fish preservation method. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 127, 213-224.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Trichkova T, Drobiniak O, Zamorov V, Jurajda P (2018). Parasitization of monkey goby, Neogobius fluviatilis (Pallas, 1814) (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae), at localities with different salinity levels. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 47, 376-383.
Pravdová M, Ondračková M, Přikrylová I, Blažek R, Mahmoud Z, Gelnar M (2018). Dactylogyrids (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from Sudanese Labeo spp., with a description of Dogielius sennarensis n. sp. and a redescription of Dogielius flosculus Guégan, Lambert & Euzet, 1989. Helminthologia, 55, 306-321.

2017

Janáč M, Bryja J, Ondračková M, Mendel J, Jurajda P (2017). Genetic structure of three invasive gobiid species along the Danube-Rhine invasion corridor: similar distributions, different histories. Aquatic Invasions, 12, 551-564.
Kvach Y, Jurajda P, Bryjová A, Trichkova T, Ribeiro F, Přikrylová I, Ondračková M (2017). European distribution for metacercariae of the North American digenean Posthodiplostomum cf. minimum centrarchi (Strigeiformes: Diplostomidae). Parasitology International, 66, 635-642.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Bryjová A, Jurajda P (2017). Parasites as biological tags of divergence in Central European gudgeon populations (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae: Gobioninae). Biologia, 72, 671-679.
Kvach Y, Janáč M, Nehring S, Ondračková M, Jurajda P (2017). Parasite communities and infection levels of the invasive Chinese sleeper Perccottus glenii (Actinopterygii: Odontobutidae) from the Naab river basin, Germany. Journal of Helminthology, 91, 703-710.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2017). The parasite community of round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) newly introduced into the upper Elbe. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 418, 19.
Nezhybová V, Reichard M, Blažek R, Ondračková M (2017). Metazoan parasites of African annual killifish (Nothobranchiidae): abundance, diversity, and their environmental correlates. Biotropica, 49, 229-238.

2016

Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2016). Methodological issues affecting the study of fish parasites. II. Sampling method affects ectoparasite studies. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 121, 59-66.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Jurajda P (2016). First report of metacercariae of Cyathocotyle prussica parasitising a fish host in the Czech Republic, Central Europe. Helminthologia, 53, 257-261.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2016). Methodological issues affecting the study of fish parasites. I. Duration of live fish storage prior to dissection. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 119, 107-115.
Ondračková M (2016). Gyrodactylus proterorhini in its non-native range: distribution and ability to host-switch in freshwaters. Parasitology Research, 115, 3153-3162.

2015

Havlátová L, Ondračková M, Přikrylová I (2015). Monogenean parasites of Lepomis gibbosus Linnaeus introduced into the River Durance, France. Helminthologia, 52, 323-330.
Ondračková M, Valová Z, Hudcová I, Michálková V, Šimková A, Borcherding J, Jurajda P (2015). Temporal effects on host-parasite associations in four naturalized goby species living in sympatry. Hydrobiologia, 746, 233-243.
Ondračková M, Hudcová I, Dávidová M, Adámek Z, Kašný M, Jurajda P (2015). Non-native gobies facilitate the transmission of Bucephalus polymorphus (Trematoda). Parasites & Vectors, 8, 382.

2014

Francová K, Ondračková M (2014). Effect of habitat conditions on parasite infection in 0+juvenile perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) in two Czech reservoirs. Hydrobiologia, 721, 57-66.
Michálková V, Ondračková M (2014). Experimental evidence for parasite-induced over-winter mortality in juvenile Rhodeus amarus. Journal of Fish Biology, 84, 1377-1388.

2013

Francová K, Ondračková M (2013). Overwinter body condition, mortality and parasite infection in two size classes of 0+ year juvenile European bitterling Rhodeus amarus. Journal of Fish Biology, 82, 555-568.

2012

Blažek R, Ondračková M, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Vetešník L, Petrášová I, Reichard M (2012). Fish diversity in the Niokolo Koba National Park, middle Gambia River basin, Senegal. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23, 263-272.
Ondračková M, Matějusová I, Grabowska J (2012). Introduction of Gyrodactylus perccotti (Monogenea) into Europe on its invasive fish host, Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii, Dybowski 1877). Helminthologia, 49, 21-26.
Ondračková M, Slováčková I, Trichkova T, Polačik M, Jurajda P (2012). Shoreline distribution and parasite infection of black-striped pipefish Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1827 in the lower River Danube. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 28, 590-596.
Ondračková M, Valová Z, Kortan J, Vojtek L, Adámek Z (2012). Consequent effects of the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) predation on parasite infection and body condition of common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Parasitology Research, 110, 1487-1493.
Ondračková M, Šimková A, Civáňová K, Vyskočilová M, Jurajda P (2012). Parasite diversity and microsatellite variability in native and introduced populations of four Neogobius species (Gobiidae). Parasitology, 139, 1493-1505.
White SM, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2012). Hydrologic connectivity affects fish assemblage structure, diversity, and ecological traits in the unregulated Gambia River, West Africa. Biotropica, 44, 521-530.

2011

Borcherding J, Staas S, Krüger S, Ondračková M, Šlapanský L, Jurajda P (2011). Non-native Gobiid species in the lower River Rhine (Germany): recent range extensions and densities. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27, 153-155.
Červenka R, Bednařík A, Komárek J, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Vítek T, Spurný P (2011). The relationship between the mercury concentration in fish muscles and scales/fins and its significance. Central European Journal of Chemistry, 9, 1109-1116.
Dávidová M, Blažek R, Trichkova T, Koutrakis E, Gaygusuz Ö, Ercan E, Ondračková M (2011). The role of the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus, Cyprinidae) in parasite accumulation and transmission in riverine ecosystems. Aquatic Ecology, 45, 377-387.
Francová K, Ondračková M (2011). Host-parasite interactions in sympatric and allopatric populations of European bitterling. Parasitology Research, 109, 801-808.
Francová K, Ondračková M, Polačik M, Jurajda P (2011). 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, 879-886.
Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Přikrylová I, Pečínková M (2011). Monogenean parasites of introduced pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Centrarchidae) in the Danube River Basin. Journal of Helminthology, 85, 435-441.
Smith C, Ondračková M, Spence R, Adams S, Betts DS, Mallon E (2011). Pathogen-mediated selection for MHC variability in wild zebrafish. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 13, 589-605.

2010

Janáč M, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Valová Z, Reichard M (2010). Flood duration determines the reproduction success of fish in artificial oxbows in a floodplain of a potamal river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 19, 644-655.
Ondračková M, Francová K, Dávidová M, Polačik M, Jurajda P (2010). 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, 857-866.
Reichard M, Polačik M, Tarkan AS, Spence R, Gaygusuz Ö, Ercan E, Ondračková M, Smith C (2010). The bitterling–mussel coevolutionary relationship in areas of recent and ancient sympatry. Evolution, 64, 3047-3056.
Wenger M, Ondračková M, Machala M, Neča J, Hyršl P, Šimková A, Jurajda P, von der Ohe P, Segner H (2010). Assessing relationships between chemical exposure, parasite infection, fish health, and fish ecological status: a case study using chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in the Bílina River, Czech Republic. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29, 453-466.

2009

Jurajda P, Janáč M, White S, Ondračková M (2009). Small – but not easy: evaluation of sampling methods in floodplain lakes including whole-lake sampling. Fisheries Research, 96, 102-108.
Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Blažek R, Gelnar M, Jurajda P (2009). The interaction between an introduced fish host and local parasite fauna: Neogobius kessleri in the middle Danube River. Parasitology Research, 105, 201-208.
Polačik M, Janáč M, Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Ondračková M, Trichkova T, Vassilev M (2009). Invasive gobies in the Danube: invasion success facilitated by availability and selection of superior food resources. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 18, 640-649.
Reichard M, Ondračková M, Bryjová A, Smith C, Bryja J (2009). Breeding resource distribution affects selection gradients on male phenotypic traits: experimental study on lifetime reproductive success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus amarus). Evolution, 63, 377-390.
Ryšavá-Nováková M, Ondračková M, Jurajda P (2009). The importance of surrogate habitats in lowland river floodplains for fish community composition. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 16, 468-477.

2008

Dávidová M, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2008). Parasite assemblages of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), composition and effects of habitat type and host body size. Parasitology Research, 102, 1001-1011.
Grabowska J, Pietraszewski D, Ondračková M (2008). Tubenose goby Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas, 1814) has joined three other Ponto-Caspian gobies in the Vistula River (Poland). Aquatic Invasions, 3, 261-265.
Šimková A, Lafond T, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Ottová E, Morand S (2008). Parasitism, life history traits and immune defence in cyprinid fish from Central Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8, 1-11.

2007

Šimková A, Pečínková M, Řehulková E, Vyskočilová M, Ondračková M (2007). Dactylogyrus species parasitizing European Barbus species: morphometric and molecular variability. Parasitology, 134, 1751-1765.
Vyskočilová M, Ondračková M, Šimková A, Martin J (2007). Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in Neogobius kessleri (Perciformes, Gobiidae) and cross-species amplification within the family Gobiidae. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7, 701-704.

2006

Moravec F, Šimková A, Pečínková M, Ondračková M (2006). Morphology of Philometroides barbi (Nematoda: Philometridae), a rare tissue parasite of the Mediterranean barbel Barbus meridionalis (Osteichthyes). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 69, 265-268.
Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Gelnar M, Jurajda P (2006). Susceptibility of Prussian carp infected by metacercariae of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (v. Nordmann, 1832) to fish predation. Ecological Research, 21, 526-529.
Ondračková M, Trichkova T, Jurajda P (2006). Present and historical occurrence of metazoan parasites in Neogobius kessleri (Pisces: Gobiidae) in the Bulgarian section of the Danube River. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 58, 401-408.
Reichard M, Ondračková M, Przybylski M, Liu H, Smith C (2006). The costs and benefits in an unusual symbiosis: experimental evidence that bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus) are parasites of unionid mussels in Europe. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19, 788-796.

2005

Dávidová M, Ondračková M, Baruš V, Reichard M, Koubková B (2005). Nematode infections of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776: Cypriniformes). Helminthologia, 42, 45-48.
Jurajda P, Černý J, Polačik M, Valová Z, Janáč M, Blažek R, Ondračková M (2005). The recent distribution and abundance of non-native Neogobius fishes in the Slovak section of the River Danube. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 21, 319-323.
Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Pečínková M, Blažek R, Gelnar M, Valová Z, Černý J, Jurajda P (2005). Metazoan parasites of Neogobius fishes in the Slovak section of the River Danube. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 21, 345-349.
Ottová E, Šimková A, Jurajda P, Dávidová M, Ondračková M, Pečínková M, Gelnar M (2005). Sexual ornamentation and parasite infection in males of common bream (Abramis brama): a reflection of immunocompetence status or simple cost of reproduction?. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 7, 581-593.
Reichard M, Bryja J, Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Kaniewska P, Smith C (2005). Sexual selection for male dominance reduces opportunities for female mate choice in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Molecular Ecology, 14, 1533-1542.

2004

Jurajda P, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2004). Managed flooding as a tool for supporting natural fish reproduction in man-made lentic waterbodies. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 11, 237-242.
Ondračková M, Šimková A, Gelnar M, Jurajda P (2004). Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) in intermediate fish hosts: factors contributing to the parasite infection and prey selection by the definitive bird host. Parasitology, 129, 761-770.
Ondračková M, Bartošová Š, Valová Z, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2004). Occurrence of black-spot disease caused by metacercariae of Posthodiplostomum cuticola among juvenile fishes in water bodies in the Morava River basin. Acta Parasitologica, 49, 222-227.
Ondračková M, Reichard M, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2004). Seasonal dynamics of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea, Diplostomatidae) metacercariae and parasite-enhanced growth of juvenile host fish. Parasitology Research, 93, 131-136.
Ondračková M, Matějusová I, Šimková A, Gelnar M (2004). New reports of dactylogyridean species (Monogenea) for Central Europe. Helminthologia, 41, 139-145.

2002

Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2002). The distribution of Posthodiplostomum cuticola matacercariae in young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 60, 1355-1357.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2002). Interannual variability in seasonal dynamics and species composition of drifting young-of-the-year fishes in two European lowland rivers. Journal of Fish Biology, 60, 87-101.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2002). The effect of light intensity on the drift of young-of-the year cyprinid fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 61, 1063-1066.
Šimková A, Ondračková M, Gelnar M, Morand S (2002). Morphology and coexistence of congeneric ectoparasite species: reinforcement of reproductive isolation?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76, 125-135.

2001

Bartošová Š, Jurajda P, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2001). Importance of lentic waterbodies as fish nurseries in the flood plain of the Dyje River, Czech Republic. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 1, 347-353.