prof. RNDr. Martin Reichard Ph.D.

Lukas Tim Koch: Evolutionary ecology of brood parasitism in the cuckoo catfish.
Abhishek Nair Anil: Behavioural, ecological and physiological aspects of bitterling-mussel coevolution.

Former Ph.D. students

Jakub Žák: Biology of aging in Nothobranchius fishes.
Veronika Nezhybová (Michálková): Parasite-associated changes in fish host physiology and behavior (advisor, supervised by M.Ondračková).
Daniel García (Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay): The effects of predation and competition on the life history evolution of fishes with rapid ageing (Consecuencias de las presiones selectivas sobre la evolución de la historia de vida en peces con envejecimiento rápido).
Veronika Bartáková: The effects of non-native species on host-parasite relationships (advisor, supervised by J.Bryja).
Radomil Řežucha: Sexual selection, reproductive stratgies and personalities in fish model systems,
Milan Vrtílek: Evolutionary ecology of African annual fishes.
Markéta Konečná: Individual and population consequences of sexual selection in the bitterling fish.

Publications and Applied outputs

Blažek R, Polačik M, Reichard M (2017). Rapid growth, early maturation and short generation time in African annual fishes. DKG Journal, 49: 131-141.

Bartáková V, Reichard M (2017). No effect of recent sympatry with invasive zebra mussel on the oviposition decisions and reproductive success of the bitterling fish, a brood parasite of unionid mussels. Hydrobiologia.

Vrtílek M, Polačik M, Reichard M (2017). The role of energetic reserves during embryonic development of an annual killifish. Developmental Dynamics.

2016

Řežucha R, Reichard M (2016). The association between personality traits, morphological traits and alternative mating behaviour in male Endler’s guppies, Poecilia wingei. Ethology.

Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Female fecundity traits in wild populations of African annual fish: the role of the aridity gradient. Ecology and Evolution.

Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Patterns of morphological variation among populations of the widespread annual killifish Nothobranchius orthonotus are independent of genetic divergence and biogeography. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.

Cellerino A, Valenzano DR, Reichard M (2016). From the bush to the bench: the annual Nothobranchius fishes as a new model system in biology. Biological Reviews.

Reichard M (2016). Evolutionary ecology of aging: time to reconcile field and laboratory research. Ecology and Evolution.

Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichard M (2016). Laboratory breeding of the short-lived annual killifish Nothobranchius furzeri. Nature Protocols.

Lanés LEK, Godoy RS, Maltchik L, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Seasonal dynamics in community structure, abundance, body size and sex ratio in two species of Neotropical annual fishes. Journal of Fish Biology.

2015

Keppeler FW, Lanés LEK, Rolon AS, Stenert C, Lehmann P, Reichard M, Maltchik L (2015). The morphology–diet relationship and its role in the coexistence of two species of annual fishes. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Popa OP, Bartáková V, Bryja J, Reichard M, Popa LO (2015). Characterization of nine microsatellite markers and development of multiplex PCRs for the Chinese huge musel Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodiana Lea, 1834 (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology.

Reichard M, Cellerino A, Valenzano DR (2015). Turquoise killifish: quick guide. Current Biology.

Reichard M, Douda K, Przybylski M, Popa OP, Karbanová E, Matasová K, Rylková K, Polačik M, Blažek R, Smith C (2015). Population-specific responses to an invasive species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 20151063.

Řežucha R, Reichard M (2015). Strategic exploitation of fluctuating asymmetry in male Endler’s guppy courtship displays is modulated by social environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Smith C, Philips A, Reichard M (2015). Cognitive ability is heritable and predicts the success of an alternative mating tactic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences.

Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2015). Highly plastic resource allocation to growth and reproduction in females of an African annual fish. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Bartáková V, Reichard M, Blažek R, Polačik M, Bryja J (2015). Terrestrial fishes: rivers are barriers to gene flow in annual fishes from the African savanna. Journal of Biogeography.

2014

Reichenbacher B, Reichard M (2014). Otoliths of five extant species of the annual killifish Nothobranchius from the East African savannah. PLoS ONE.

Smith C, Phillips A, Polačik M, Reichard M (2014). Male coloration signals direct benefits in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Environmental Biology of Fishes.

Smith C, Warren M, Rouchet R, Reichard M (2014). The function of multiple ejaculations in bitterling. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Řežucha R, Reichard M (2014). The effect of social environment on alternative mating tactics in male Endler’s guppy, Poecilia wingei. Animal Behaviour.

Liao C, Yu D, Chen Y, Reichard M, Liu H (2014). Reproductive behaviour of female rosy bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus in response to a female-biased operational sex ratio. Behaviour.

Reichard M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M (2014). Female bias in the adult sex ratio of African annual fishes: interspecific differences, seasonal trends and environmental predictors. Evolutionary Ecology.

Polačik M, Blažek R, Řežucha R, Vrtílek M, Terzibasi Tozzini E, Reichard M (2014). Alternative intrapopulation life-history strategies and their trade-offs in an African annual fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Polačik M, Harrod C, Blažek R, Reichard M (2014). Trophic niche partitioning in communities of African annual fish: evidence from stable isotopes. Hydrobiologia.

Chang H, Li F, Shao K, Lin Y, Morosawa T, Kim S, Koo H, Kim W, Lee J, He S, Smith C, Reichard M, Miya M, Sado T, Uehara K, Lavoué S, Chen W, Mayden RL (2014). Phylogenetic relationships of Acheilognathidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidea) as revealed from evidence of both nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequence variation: Evidence for necessary taxonomic revision in the family and the identification of cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

2013

Terzibasi Tozzini E, Dorn A, Ng’oma E, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichwald K, Petzold A, Watters BR, Reichard M, Cellerino A (2013). Parallel evolution of senescence in annual fishes in response to extrinsic mortality. BMC Evolutionary Biology.

Spence R, Reichard M, Smith C (2013). Strategic sperm allocation and a Coolidge effect in an externally fertilizing species. Behavioral Ecology.

Smith C, Reichard M (2013). A sperm competition model for the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Behaviour.

Ercan E, Gaygusuz Ö, Tarkan AS, Reichard M, Smith C (2013). The ecology of freshwater bivalves in the Lake Sapanca basin, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology.

Blažek R, Polačik M, Reichard M (2013). Rapid growth, early maturation and short generation time in African annual fishes. EvoDevo.

Bartáková V, Reichard M, Janko K, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichwald K, Cellerino A, Bryja J (2013). Strong population genetic structuring in an annual fish, Nothobranchius furzeri, suggests multiple savannah refugia in southern Mozambique. BMC Evolutionary Biology.

Casalini M, Reichard M, Phillips A, Smith C (2013). Male choice of mates and mating resources in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Behavioral Ecology.

2012

Reichard M, Spence R, Bryjová A, Bryja J, Smith C (2012). Female rose bitterling prefer MHC-dissimilar males: experimental evidence. PLoS ONE.

Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2012). An indirect effect of biological invasions: the effect of zebra mussel fouling on parasitisation of unionid mussels by bitterling fish. Hydrobiologia.

Řežucha R, Smith C, Reichard M (2012). Personality traits, reproductive behaviour and alternative mating tactics in male European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus. Behaviour.

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.

Reichard M, Vrtílek M, Douda K, Smith C (2012). An invasive species reverses the roles in a host–parasite relationship between bitterling fish and unionid mussels. Biology Letters.

Douda K, Vrtílek M, Slavík O, Reichard M (2012). The role of host specificity in explaining the invasion success of the freshwater mussel Anodonta woodiana in Europe. Biological Invasions.

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.

Agbali M, Spence R, Reichard M, Smith C (2012). A comparison of the impact of direct and indirect benefits of mating decisions in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution.

2011

Dorn A, Ng'oma E, Janko K, Reichwald K, Polačik M, Platzer M, Cellerino A, Reichard M (2011). Phylogeny, genetic variability and colour polymorphism of an emerging animal model: the short-lived annual Nothobranchius fishes from southern Mozambique. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Konečná M, Reichard M (2011). Seasonal dynamics in population characteristics of European bitterling Rhodeus amarus in a small lowland river. Journal of Fish Biology.

Mehner T, Freyhof J, Reichard M (2011). Summary and perspective on evolutionary ecology of fishes. Evolutionary Ecology.

Pateman-Jones C, Rasotto MB, Reichard M, Liao C, Liu H, Zieba G, Smith C (2011). Variation in male reproductive traits among three bitterling fishes (Acheilognathinae: Cyprinidae) in relation to the mating system. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Polačik M, Donner MT, Reichard M (2011). Age structure of annual Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique: is there a hatching synchrony?. Journal of Fish Biology.

Polačik M, Reichard M (2011). Asymmetric reproductive isolation between two sympatric annual killifish with extremely short lifespans. PLoS ONE.

Reichard M, Bryja J, Polačik M, Smith C (2011). No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels. Molecular Ecology.

2010

Reichard M, Watters BR, Wildekamp RH, Sonnenberg R, Nagy B, Polačik M, Valdesalici S, Cellerino A, Cooper BJ, Hengstler H, Rosenstock J, Sainthouse I (2010). Potential negative impacts and low effectiveness in the use of African annual killifish in the biocontrol of aquatic mosquito larvae in temporary water bodies. Parasites & Vectors.

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.

Reichard M (2010). Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique. Zootaxa.

Reichard M, Polačik M (2010). Reproductive isolating barriers between colour-differentiated populations of an African annual killifish, Nothobranchius korthausae (Cyprinodontiformes). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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.

Polačik M, Reichard M (2010). Diet overlap among three sympatric African annual killifish species (Nothobranchius spp.) from Mozambique. Journal of Fish Biology.

Agbali M, Reichard M, Bryjová A, Bryja J, Smith C (2010). Mate choice for nonadditive genetic benefits correlate with MHC dissimilarity in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Evolution.

Konečná M, Smith C, Reichard M (2010). Population and individual consequences of breeding resource availability in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Bryja J, Smith C, Konečný A, Reichard M (2010). Range-wide population genetic structure of the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Ecology.

Casalini M, Reichard M, Smith C (2010). The effect of crowding and density on male mating behaviour in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Behaviour.

2009

Casalini M, Agbali M, Reichard M, Konečná M, Bryjová A, Smith C (2009). Dominance mezi samci, samičí volba a konflikt mezi pohlavími u hořavky očkaté (Rhodeus ocellatus). Evolution.

Konečná M, Jurajda P, Reichard M (2009). Vliv průtokového režimu na reprodukční úspěšnost hořavky duhové ve středoevropském nížinném toku. Journal of Fish Biology.

Polačik M, Reichard M (2009). Genetická kvalita samců halančíků nesouvisí s jejich dominancí. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Reichard M, Polačik M, Sedláček O (2009). Rozšíření, barevný polymorfismus a preference habitatu halančíka Nothobranchius furzeri, druhu s nejkratším životním cyklem mezi obratlovci. Journal of Fish Biology.

Reichard M, Ondračková M, Bryjová A, Smith C, Bryja J (2009). Rozmístění zdrojů ovlivňuje selekční gradienty samčích fenotypových znaků: experimentální studie celoživotní reprodukční úspěšnosti hořavky duhové (Rhodeus amarus). Evolution.

Smith C, Pateman-Jones C, Zieba G, Przybylski M, Reichard M (2009). Nedostatek spermií jako důsledek zvýšeného rizika kompetice spermií u hořavky duhové (Rhodeus amarus). Animal Behaviour.

2008

Zaki SAH, Jordan WC, Reichard M, Przybylski M, Smith C (2008). Morfologická a genetická analýza komplexu druhů Rhodeus sericeus sensu lato. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Reichard M, Smith C, Bryja J (2008). Sezónní změny v potenciálu pohlavního výběru. Molecular Ecology.

Reichard M (2008). Mikrohabitatové preference ryb ve středním toku řeky Gambie v Národním parku Niokolo Koba: vzácný příklad původního společenstva západní Afriky. Journal of Fish Biology.

Jurajda P, Peňáz M, Reichard M, Bernardová I (2008). Politické změny v ČR vedly ke zlepšení kvality vody v tocích a tím i zlepšení stavu ichtyofauny a rybářství. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 12001.

2007

Przybylski M, Reichard M, Spence R, Smith C (2007). Prostorová distribuce třecích míst určuje variabilitu v reprodukčním výkonu hořavky duhové (Rhodeus amarus). Behaviour.

Reichard M, Przybylski M, Kaniewska P, Liu H, Smith C (2007). Evoluční zpoždění ve vztahu mezi hostitelskými mlži a hořavkou duhovou. Journal of Fish Biology.

Reichard M, Le Comber SC, Smith C (2007). Alternativní reprodukční strategie samců z pohledu samic. Animal Behaviour.

Reichard M, Liu H, Smith C (2007). Koevoluční vztah mezi hořavkami a sladkovodními mlži: poznatky z mezidruhových srovnání. Evolutionary Ecology Research.

Reichard M, Jurajda P (2007). Sezónní dynamika a věková struktura driftujících kaprovitých ryb: mezidruhové srovnání. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Smith C, Zhu Y, Liu H, Reichard M (2007). Předstírané kladení vajíček zvyšuje ejakulaci samců hořavky duhové. Journal of Fish Biology.

2006

Smith C, Reichard M, Douglas A, Jurajda P (2006). Vliv chování na populační parametry hořavky duhové. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Spence R, Fatema MK, Reichard M, Huq KA, Wahab MA, Ahmed ZF, Smith C (2006). Rozšíření a preference prostředí dania pruhovaného v Bangladéši. Journal of Fish Biology.

Liu H, Zhu Y, Smith C, Reichard M (2006). Důkaz hostitelské specificity a kongruence mezi fylogramy hořavek a sladkovodních mlžů. Zoological Studies.

Jurajda P, Reichard M, Smith C (2006). Okamžitý vliv extrémní povodně na rybí společenstvo kanalizované nížinné řeky. Journal of Freshwater Ecology.

Reichard M, Ondračková M, Przybylski M, Liu H, Smith C (2006). Zisky a výdaje v neobvyklém soužití: experimentální důkazy, že hořavka duhová je v Evropě parazitem sladkovodních mlžů. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

2005

Dávidová M, Ondračková M, Baruš V, Reichard M, Koubková B (2005). Infekce hořavky duhové (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776; Cypriniformes) hlísticemi. Helminthologia.

Reichard M, Bryja J, Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Kaniewska P, Smith C (2005). Pohlavní výběr hořavky duhové preferuje samčí dominantní chování a snižuje pravděpodobnost úspěšné samičí volby. Molecular Ecology.

Smith C, Reichard M (2005). Samice hořavky duhové (Rhodeus sericeus) se dvoří neteritoriálním samcům: strategie zvýšení oplozenosti jiker. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences.

2004

Reichard M, Jurajda P (2004). Vliv zvýšeného průtoku na poproudný drift raných vývojových stádií ryb. Journal of Freshwater Ecology.

Smith C, Reichard M, Jurajda P, Przybylski M (2004). The reproductive ecology of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Journal of Zoology.

Reichard M, Smith C, Jordan WC (2004). Genetická evidence ukazuje, že reprodukční úspěšnost alternativních strategií samců hořavky duhové je závislá na hustotě. Molecular Ecology.

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Smith C (2004). Souboje mezi samci snižují množství tření hořavky duhové. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Smith C (2004). Prostorové rozmístění driftujících kaprovitých ryb v mělkém nížinném toku. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 159: 395-407.

Ondračková M, Reichard M, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2004). Sezónní dynamika metacerkárií Posthodiplostomum cuticola a jejich vliv na růst juvenilních ryb. Parasitology Research.

Jurajda P, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2004). Řízené zaplavování podporuje přirozenou reprodukci ryb v umělých stojatých vodách. Fisheries Management and Ecology.

2003

Smith C, Reichard M, Jurajda P (2003). Assessment of sperm competition by European bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

2002

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.

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.

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Šimková A, Matějusová I (2002). Size-related habitat use by bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) in a regulated lowland river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

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.

Jurajda P, Reichard M, Hohausová E, Černý J (2001). Comparison of 0+ fish communities between regulated-channelized and floodplain stretches of the River Morava. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. 135: 187-202.

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Václavík R (2001). Drift of larval and juvenile fishes: a comparison between small and large lowland rivers. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. 135: 373-389.

1999

Reichard M, Jurajda P (1999). Patterns of ontogenetic changes in relative growth in the precocial cyprinid, bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 49: 111-124.

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