doc. RNDr. Martin Čech, Ph.D.

Position Job Position: Research Scientist
Department: Department of Fish and Zooplankton Ecology (FZE)
Workplace: Institute of Hydrobiology

Contact details Phone: +420 387 775 870, +420 778 727 007
E-mail: carcharhinusleucas@yahoo.com
Room: 235

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Date of birth:

25.4.1977

Place of birth:

Vlašim, Czechoslovakia

Education:

1995-2000 University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biological Sciences (USB FBS), České Budějovice, CR

2000-2006 Postgraduate study – Hydrobiological Institute AS CR and USB FBS

Professional qualification:

1998 – B.Sc., B.Sc.-thesis: Abundance and biomass of fish in the open water of Želivka water supply reservoir (supervisor: Dr. Jan Kubečka).

2000 – M.Sc. in Ecology and ethology of vertebrates, M.Sc.-thesis: Pelagic behaviour of riverine fish in Římov water supply reservoir (supervisor: Dr. Jan Kubečka).

2002 – RNDr. (rerum naturalium doctor), RNDr.-thesis: Sinusoidal cycling swimming pattern of reservoir fishes (supervisor: Dr. Jan Kubečka).

2006 – Ph.D. in Zoology, Ph.D.-thesis: Diel vertical migrations, distribution and ontogeny of bathypelagic layer of European perch, Perca fluviatilis L. fry in reservoirs (supervisor: Dr. Jan Kubečka).

2015 – Associate professor (Doc.) in environmental sciences, Habilitation thesis: Early life history of European perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) in reservoirs and lakes.

Scientific and professional experience:

Present jobs (80%): research scientist at the Department of Fish and Zooplankton Ecology – Fish Ecology Unit (FishEcU, see www.hbu.cas.cz or www.fishecu.cz), Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS; and (25%): associate professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science.

1994 – awarded a 'Price of special' in the national level of secondary-school expert works, thesis: Breeding and rearing of dwarf gourami (Colisa lalia) (supervisor: Dr. Lubomír Hanel).

1996-2000 – employed at Hydrobiological Institute AS CR in České Budějovice as a student assistant worker.

1997 – International Training Course on Fisheries Acoustic Techniques for Ecological Research (Slapy Res.).

1998-2002 – research work for Royal Holloway Institute of Environmental Research, Uni. London (UK), for Dresden Uni. Technology (Germany), for WSC Brabantse Biesbosch (Netherlands).

1999 – co-operation on sonar calibrations under the ice with University of Oslo and Simrad AS (Norway).

2004 – awarded a 'Price of Dr. A. Bečvář' for the researcher to the age of 26 working in natural sciences.

2006-2009 – post-doc at the Institute of Hydrobiology, BC AS CR – (investigator of two GA ČR projects – No. 206/06/1371 and 206/09/P266 – both with 'excellent' final classification)

2007 – DIDSON workshop Austria – Fischamend, DIDSON workshop California, USA – San Francisco.

2007-2008 and 2012-2016 – vice-chairman of the scientific council of the BC AS CR, Institute of Hydrobiology.

2008-2012 – chairman of the scientific council of the BC AS CR, Institute of Hydrobiology.

2010-2015 – assistant professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science.

2013-till now – vice-head of the Department of Fish and Zooplankton Ecology (BC CAS, IHB).

2015-till now – associate professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science.

The research interests during the past five years included the understanding the role of fish in the open water of reservoirs and lakes, fish behavior, ecology of ichthyoplankton, quantitative sonar studies of YOY fish, fish spawning, fish migrations, using SCUBA divers in fish and submerged macrophytes research, fish sampling in habitats with high structural complexity.

Ph.D. students: Lukáš Vejřík (2013-October 2018), Zuzana Sajdlová (2013-January 2019; supervisor specialist), Roman Lyach (2014-September 2018), Alena Hadravová (since 2016)

Other indicators of professional esteem: 90 impact factor publications (WoS), H-index (WoS) = 18 (till 15 Oct 2019).

[ResearchID: C-5797-2014; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1350-4286; see also ResearchGate]

60 presented talks at international (30 talks) and national (30 talks) conferences incl. 6 invited lectures (4+2).

Czech patent No. 302159 (year 2010)

Over 160 published articles (scientific non-impact or popular) dealing with fish biology, fisheries and feeding ecology of fish-eating birds and mammals.

Reviewing of manuscripts for scientific journals (e.g. J. Fish Biol., Fisheries Manag. Ecol., Ecol. Freshw. Fish, Oecologia, Aquat. Sci., Fish. Res., Hydrobiologia, Folia Zool., Biologia, Environ. Biol. Fish, Knowl. Manage. Aquat. Ec., N. Am. J. Aquacult., T. Am. Fish. Soc., Acta Ornithol., Behav. Process.) and grants for the Grant Agency AS CR and the Ministry of Environment CR.

Teaching Socio-economic conflicts in nature conservation
Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University

Basic Ecology
Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University

Total found: 165 records
Blabolil P., Jůza T., Čech M., Peterka J. (2023) High mobility and flexibility in the habitat use of early juvenile pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) based on a mark-recapture experiment. Diversity 15: 720. DOI: 10.3390/d15060720
Čech M., Draštík V. (2023) Ochrana ryb před kormorány – teorie a praxe. [Fish protection against cormorants - theory and practice.] Rybářství 2: 40-45.
Kubečka J., Souza A., Soukalová K., Čech M., Šmejkal M., Ďurišová J., Svojtka M. (2023) S otolity za tajemstvími candátů. [With otoliths after the secrets of pikeperch.] Rybářství 1: 56-59.
Říha M., Prchalová M., Brabec M., Draštík V., Muška M., Tušer M., Bartoň D., Blabolil P., Čech M., Frouzová J., Holubová M., Jůza T., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Rabaneda Bueno R., Sajdlová Z., Souza A., Šmejkal M., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Peterka J., Kubečka J. (2023) Calibration of fish biomass estimates from gillnets: Step towards broader application of gillnet data. Ecological Indicators 153: 110425. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110425
Vašek M., Brabec M., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Jůza T., Kubečka J., Muška M., Peterka J., Prchalová M., Říha M., Hejzlar J. (2023) Fish scale stable isotopes as potential indicators of nutrient pollution: Exploring the response of roach (Rutilus rutilus) scale δ15N and δ13C to a gradient of land use disturbance. Science of the Total Environment 865: 161198. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161198
Čech M. (2022) Sympozium PERCIS V. Světoví odborníci na okounovité ryby poprvé v Česku. [PERCIS V Symposium - percid fish world experts for the first time in the Czech Republic.] Rybářství 2: 63.
Čech M., Čech P. (2022) Role savců coby predátorů hnízd ledňáčka říčního (Alcedo atthis). [The role of mammals as Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) nest predators.] Sylvia 58: 37-50.
Golpour Dehsari A., Šmejkal M., Čech M., Dos Santos R.A., Souza A., Jůza T., Martinez C., Bartoň D., Vašek M., Draštík V., Kolařík T., Kočvara L., Říha M., Peterka J., Blabolil P. (2022) Similarities and differences in fish community composition accessed by electrofishing, gill netting, seining, trawling, and water eDNA metabarcoding in temperate reservoirs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 913279. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.913279
Holubová M., Blabolil P., Čech M. (2022) Ohlédnutí za konferencí - Odborníci na okounovité ryby zavítali do Českých Budějovic. [Conference summary – Percid experts visited České Budějovice.] Limnologické noviny 3: 8-9.
Jarić I., Říha M., Souza A., Rabaneda Bueno R., Děd V., Gjelland K.Ø., Baktoft H., Čech M., Blabolil P., Holubová M., Jůza T., Muška M., Sajdlová Z., Šmejkal M., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Peterka J. (2022) Influence of internal seiche dynamics on vertical movement of fish. Freshwater Biology 67: 1543-1558. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13959
Jůza T., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Sajdlová Z., Holubová M., Kočvara L., Kolařík T., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Muška M., Souza A., Vašek M., Říha M., Tušer M., Šmejkal M., Peterka J., Prchalová M., Kubečka J. (2022) Fish stock mass reduction is indicated in standard abundance and biomass estimates from gillnets and hydroacoustics. Fisheries Research 253: 106389. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106389
Jůza T., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Hůda J., Kočvara L., Kolařík T., Muška M., Peterka J., Prchalová M., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Tušer M., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Kubečka J. (2022) Odlovy nežádoucích druhů ryb z přehradních nádrží – Možnosti, efektivnost a ekonomické zhodnocení. [Ellimination of unwanted fish species from dam reservoirs - Possibilities, efficiency and economic evaluation.] Vodní nádrže 2022 148-153.
Nazarizadeh M., Peterka J., Kubečka J., Vašek M., Jůza T., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Čech M., Holubová M., Souza A., Blabolil P., Muška M., Tsering L., Bartoň D., Říha M., Šmejkal M., Tušer M., Vejřík L., Frouzová J., Jarić I., Prchalová M., Vejříková I., Štefka J. (2022) Different hosts in different lakes: occurrence and prevalence of Ligula intestinalis plerocercoids in Czech water bodies. Folia Parasitologica 69: 18. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2022.018
Nazarizadeh M., Peterka J., Kubečka J., Vašek M., Jůza T., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Čech M., Holubová M., Souza A., Blabolil P., Muška M., Tsering L., Bartoň D., Říha M., Šmejkal M., Tušer M., Vejřík L., Frouzová J., Jarić I., Prchalová M., Vejříková I., Štefka J. (2022) Different hosts in different lakes: occurrence and prevalence of Ligula intestinalis plerocercoids in Czech water bodies Folia Parasitologica 69: 18. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2022.018
Peterka J., Bartoň D., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Jůza T., Kočvara L., Kolařík T., Kubečka J., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Prachař Z., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Souza A. (2022) Biomanipulace na nádrži Jordán úspěšně otestována. Co bude dál? [Biomanipulation of the Jordán Reservoir successfully tested. What is going to follow?] Rybářství 4: 48-51.
Peterka J., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Jůza T., Kolařík T., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Vejřík L. (2022) Rybolov na důlních jezerech: spása či zkáza? (1) [Angling in postmining lakes: salvation or devastation? (1)] Rybářství 1: 44-47.
Peterka J., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Jůza T., Kolařík T., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Vejřík L. (2022) Rybolov na důlních jezerech: spása či zkáza? (2) [Angling in postmining lakes: salvation or devastation? (2)] Rybářství 2: 44-47.
Peterka J., Čech M., Draštík V., Jůza T., Sajdlová Z., Blabolil P., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Holubová M., Kočvara L., Kolařík T., Prachař Z., Říha M., Frouzová J., Muška M., Soukalová K., Prchalová M., Šmejkal M., Vašek M., Tušer M., Kubečka J. (2022) Ryby důlních jezer – zdary, nezdary a budoucí hrozby. [Fish of post-mining lakes – successes, failures and future threats.] Živa 5: 219-222.
Říha M., Blabolil P., Kubečka J., Bartoň D., Souza A., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Kočvara L., Kolařík T., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Muška M., Prchalová M., Sajdlová Z., Soukalová K., Šmejkal M., Tušer M., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Jůza T., Peterka J. (2022) Hodnocení vývoje ekologického potenciálu vybraných údolních nádrží z hlediska rybích obsádek. [Evaluation of the ecological potential development of selected water reservoirs in terms of fish stocks.] Vodní hospodářství 9: 1-7.
Tesfaye G., Souza A., Bartoň D., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Holubová M., Kočvara L., Kolařík T., Martinez C., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Muška M., Prchalová M., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Soukalová K., Šmejkal M., Tušer M., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Peterka J., Jůza T., Kubečka J. (2022) Long-term monitoring of fish in a freshwater reservoir: Different ways of weighting complex spatial samples. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10: 1000087. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1000087

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