Matej Polačik — Ústav biologie obratlovců

Pozice: full-time researcher

Zaměření: ecology of fish

Pracoviště: Research facility Brno

+420 543422557

polacik@ivb.cz

Finished projects

Embryo and environment – annual fish as a unique model to study embryo ecology (2018–2020)

Adaptive coexistence of distinct life history strategies in fish of the genus Nothobranchius (2011–2013)

Publications and Applied outputs

2017

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

Blažek R, Polačik M, Kačer P, Cellerino A, Řežucha R, Methling C, Tomášek O, Syslová K, Terzibasi Tozzini E, Albrecht T, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2017). Repeated intraspecific divergence in life span and aging of African annual fishes along an aridity gradient. Evolution.

Polačik M, Smith C, Reichard M (2017). Maternal source of variability in the embryo development of an annual killifish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Polačik M, Janáč M (2017). Costly defense in a fluctuating environment-sensitivity of annual Nothobranchius fishes to predator kairomones. Ecology and Evolution.

Reichard M, Blažek R, Polačik M, Vrtílek M (2017). Hatching date variability in wild populations of four coexisting species of African annual fishes. Developmental Dynamics.

Reichard M, Janáč M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M (2017). Community assembly in Nothobranchius annual fishes: nested patterns, environmental niche and biogeographic history. Ecology and Evolution.

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

2016

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

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.

Polačik M, Jurajda P, Blažek R, Janáč M (2015). Carcass feeding as a cryptic foraging mode in round goby Neogobius melanostomus. Journal of Fish 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.

2014

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

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.

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.

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

2013

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.

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

Jurajda P, Všetičková L, Polačik M, Vassilev M (2013). Can round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) caught by rod and line be used for diet analysis?. Journal of Great Lakes Research.

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.

2012

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.

Polačik M, Janáč M, Vassilev M, Trichkova T (2012). Morphometric comparison of native and non-native populations of round goby Neogobius melanostomus from the River Danube. Folia zoologica.

2011

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.

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.

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.

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.

2010

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.

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

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

2009

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.

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.

2008

Polačik M, Janáč M, Trichkova T, Vassilev M, Keckeis H, Jurajda P (2008). Rozšíření a početnosti zástupců rodu Neogobius v jejich původní oblasti (Bulharsko) s poznámkami k jejich rozšíření v nepůvodní oblasti v rámci toku Dunaje. Large Rivers, 18: 193-208.

Polačik M, Trichkova T, Janáč M, Vassilev M, Jurajda P (2008). Ichtyofauna příbřežní zóny v podélném profilu bulharského úseku Dunaje. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 60: 77-88.

Polačik M, Janáč M, Jurajda P, Vassilev M, Trichkova T (2008). Účinnost elektrolovu zástupců rodu Neogobius v kamenném záhozu: terénní experiment. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.