The role of fish in freshwater mussels conservation12. 1. 2018 Freshwater mussels are among the most threatened faunal groups on Earth. Their life cycle is usually complex, with their larvae using fish for dispersion. Therefore, fishes plays a significant role...
Reservoirs as chronicles of socio-economical changes in their catchment 11. 1. 2018 In the 20th century, numerous reservoirs were built on the river network in the Czech Republic. Freshwater reservoirs are water bodies of special interest, as they provide various ecosystem...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year22. 12. 2017 Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences wishes you Marry Christmas and in the new year 2018 we wish you good health, happiness, success and many new discoveries in both professional and...
The enigmatic SAR202 cluster up close: shedding light on a globally distributed dark ocean lineage involved in sulfur cycling15. 12. 2017 The dark ocean microbiota represents the unknown majority in the global ocean waters. The SAR202 cluster belonging to the phylum Chloroflexi was the first microbial lineage discovered to...
In fall, the reservoir releases a large amount of methane bubbles13. 12. 2017 Researchers of the Institute of Hydrobiology and SoWa Research Infrastructure are engaged in studying the release of greenhouse gases, especially methane, from reservoirs. The results of their...
Novel viruses of unusual organisms29. 11. 2017 Three new viruses were discovered by the team of virologists from the Biology centre inside fungus Sodiomyces alkalinus. Not only they comprise a rather unusual combination of viruses, these three...
Collecting plastic bottles to build floating islands29. 11. 2017 Researchers from the Institute of Hydrobiology BC CAS are building floating islands made of plastic bottles. These islands are used as experimental floating wetlands that will reduce nutrient load...
Eat your predator! Small cyprinid fish forage on their natural enemy23. 11. 2017 Predator - prey relationships are often perceived simply as a situation in which a predator enhances its own fitness while reducing the fitness of its prey. However, this relationship may...
Veteran trees are disappearing from the Moravian Amazonia and the associated biodiversity with them21. 11. 2017 Recently, a team of geographers from Ostrava and entomologists from České Budějovice have worked together to trace back the past changes of floodplain forests along the lower Dyje and Morava...
Insects can school humans in coping with adversity20. 11. 2017 Insects have to cope with a wide range of environmental factors in order to thrive – disease, drought and habitat changes. Scientists hope that studying insect biology and behaviour could help...
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