RNDr. Marie Prchalová, PhD.

junior researcher

Date of birth:

24.05.1979

Education and academic employment:

since 2008 occupation at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice as a junior researcher

2008          PhD. in hydrobiology at the same university (Gradients of fish assemblages in reservoirs, the same supervisor)

2005          grant 3067/2005 (Selectivity of gillnets in monitoring fish communities) from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

2003          state exam on academical degree of RNDr. (Acoustic study of fish and invertebrate behaviour in a tropical reservoir)

2002-2004  part-time job at the Water Research Institute of T.G. Masaryk, Praque (fish migration through fish passes, MSc. Ondřej Slavík, Ph.D.)

2000-2003  participant of the international Fishstrat project (hydroacoustic research of tropical reservoirs)

2000-2003  MSc. in ecology at the same university (Acoustic study of fish and invertebrate behaviour in a tropical reservoir, the same supervisor)

1998-2008  occupation at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice as a student assistant worker

1997-2000  BSc. at Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology and Hydrobiology (Observation of reproductive behaviour of the common bream Abramis brama by the scientific echosounder, supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Jan Kubečka, CSc.)

Grants and projects:

2012 – 2014    Get out! she signalized: sex segregation of freshwater fish - Financial support: Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

2009 – 2011    Freshwater sport fish management and enhancement - Subcontract: Threadfin shad prey production in tropical reservoirs, Financial support: Puerto Rico department of Natural and Environmental Resource

2005    Gillnet selectivity in monitoring of fish populations - Financial support: Ministry of education, youth and sports

Publications in journal with IF:

Prchalová, M., Mrkvička, T., Peterka, J., Čech, M., Berec, L., Kubečka, J. (2011). A model of gillnet catch in relation to the catchable biomass, saturation and soak time. Fisheries Research 107, 201-209.

Prchalová, M., Horký, P., Slavík, O., Vetešník, L., Halačka, K. (2011). Fish occurrence in the fishpass on the lowland section of the River Elbe, Czech Republic, with respect to water temperature, water flow and fish size. Folia Zoologica 60 (2), 104-114.

Vašek, M., Jůza, T., Čech, M., Kratochvíl, M., Prchalová, M., Frouzová, J., Říha, M., Tušer, M., Seďa, J., Kubečka, J. (2011). The occurrence of non-native tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris in the pelagic 0+ year fish assemblage of a central European reservoir. Journal of Fish Biology 78, 953-961.

Říha, M., Kubečka, J., Prchalová, M., Mrkvička, T., Čech, M., Draštík, V., Frouzová, J., Hohausová, E., Jůza, T., Kratochvíl, M., Peterka, J., Tušer, M., Vašek, M. (2011). The influence of diel period on fish assemblage in the unstructured littoral of reservoirs. Fisheries Management and Ecology 18, 339-347.

Prchalová, M., Mrkvička, T., Kubečka, J., Peterka, J., Čech, M., Muška, M., Kratochvíl, M., Vašek, M. (2010). Fish activity as determined by gillnet catch: A comparison of two reservoirs of different turbidity. Fisheries Research 102, 291-296.

Prchalová, M., Kubečka, J., Říha, M., Mrkvička, T., Vašek, M., Jůza, T., Kratochvíl, M., Peterka, J., Draštík, V., Křížek, J. (2009). Size selectivity of standardized multimesh gillnets in sampling coarse European species. Fisheries Research 96, 51-57.

Prchalová, M., Kubečka, J., Čech, M., Frouzová, J., Draštík, V., Hohausová, E., Jůza, T., Kratochvíl, M., Matěna, J., Peterka, J., Říha, M., Tušer, M., Vašek, M. (2009). The effect of depth, distance from dam and habitat on spatial distribution of fish in an artificial reservoir. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 18, 247-260.

Vašek, M., Kubečka, J., Čech, M., Draštík, V., Matěna, J., Mrkvička, T., Peterka, J., Prchalová, M. (2009). Diel variation in gillnet catches and vertical distribution of pelagic fishes in a stratified European reservoir. Fisheries Research 96, 64-69.

Říha, M., Kubečka, J., Vašek, M., Seďa, J., Mrkvička, T., Prchalová, M., Matěna, J., Hladík, M., Čech, M., Draštík, V., Frouzová, J., Hohausová, E., Jarolím, O., Jůza, T., Kratochvíl, M., Peterka, J., Tušer, M. (2009). Long-term development of fish populations in the Římov Reservoir. Fisheries Management and Ecology 16, 121-129.

Draštík, V., Kubečka, J., Čech, M., Frouzová, J., Říha, M., Jůza, T., Tušer, M., Jarolím, O., Prchalová, M., Peterka, J., Vašek, M., Kratochvíl, M., Matena, J., Mrkvička, T. (2009). Hydroacoustic estimates of fish stocks in temperate reservoirs: day or night surveys? Aquatic Living Resources 22, 69-77.

Jůza, T., Vašek, M., Kubečka, J., Seďa, J., Matěna, J., Prchalová, M., Peterka, J., Říha, M., Jarolím, O., Tušer, M., Kratochvíl, M., Čech, M., Draštík, V., Frouzová, J., Hohausová, E., Žaloudík, J. (2009). Pelagic underyearling communities in a canyon-shaped reservoir in late summer. Journal of Limnology 68, 304-324.

Prchalová, M., Kubečka, J., Vašek, M., Peterka, J., Seďa, J., Jůza, T., Říha, M., Jarolím, O., Tušer, M., Kratochvíl, M., Čech, M., Draštík, V., Frouzová, J., Hohausová, E. (2008). Patterns of fish distribution in a canyon-shaped reservoir. Journal of Fish Biology 73, 54-78.

Prchalová, M., Kubečka, J., Říha, M., Litvín, R., Čech, M., Frouzová, J., Hladík, M., Hohausová, E., Peterka, J., Vašek, M. (2008). Overestimation of percid fishes in gillnet sampling. Fisheries Research 91/1, 79-87.

Draštík, V., Kubečka, J., Tušer, M., Čech, M., Frouzová, J., Jarolím, O., Prchalová, M. (2008). The effect of hydropower on fish stocks: comparison between cascade and non-cascade reservoirs. Hydrobiologia 609, 25-36.

Vašek, M., Jarolím, O., Čech, M., Kubečka, J., Peterka, J. & Prchalová, M. (2008). The use of pelagic habitat by cyprinids in a deep riverine impoundment: Římov Reservoir, Czech Republic. Folia Zoologica 57, 324-336

Čech, M., Čech, P., Kubečka, J., Prchalová, M., Draštík, V., 2008. Size selectivity in summer and winter diet of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo): Does it reflect season dependent difference in foraging efficiency? Waterbirds 31/3.

Prchalová, M., Vetešník, L. & Slavík, O. (2006).Migrations of juvenile and subadult fish through a fishpass during late summer and fall. Folia Zoologica 55(2), 162-166.

Vašek, M., Kubečka, J., Peterka, J., Čech, M., Draštík, V., Hladík, M., Prchalová, M. & Frouzová, J. (2004). Longitudinal and vertical spatial gradients in the distribution of fish within a canyon-shaped reservoir. International Review of Hydrobiology 89, 352-362.

Prchalová, M., Draštík, V., Kubečka, J., Sricharoendham, B., Schiemer, F. & Vijverberg, J. (2003). Acoustic study of fish and invertebrate behaviour in a tropical reservoir. Aquatic Living Resources 16, 325-331.

Other publications:

Frouzová, J., Kubečka, J., Prchalová, M., Draštík, V., in press. Use of hydroacoustics in tropical freshwater ecology – a pilot study of reservoirs and lakes in tropical Asia. In: Schiemer F., D. Simon, U.S. Amarasinghe, and J. Moreau (eds.) Aquatic Ecosystem and Development: Comparative Asian Perspectives. Biology of Inland Waters Series. Leiden, The Netherlands: Backhuys Publishers.

Prchalová, M., 2008. Ryby v údolních nádržích. Vesmír 87, 780-783.

Kubečka, J., Matěna, J., Čech, M., Draštík, V., Frouzová, J., Hohausová, E., Jarolím, O., Jůza, T., Kratochvíl, M., Muška, M., Peterka, J., Prchalová, M., Říha, M., Tušer, M., Vašek, M., 2007. Haw shall we study the fish stock of our large water reservoirs? In Švátora, M. (ed.): Proceedings of the 10th Czech Conference on Ichthyology, Prague June 26-28 2007. Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Prague, 92-94.

Kubečka, J., Frouzová, J., Hladík, M., Čech, M., Hohausová, E., Ketelaars, H.A.M., Peterka, J., Vašek, M., Prchalová, M., Draštík, V., Wagenvoort, A.J., 2006. Fish stock of Biesbosch reservoirs, the Netherlands: valuable fish stock in highly artificial systems. In: Book of Abstracts, 5th International Conference on Reservoir Limnology and Water Quality, Brno, August 27–31, 2006. Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice; Centre for Cyanobacteria and Their Toxins, Masaryk University Brno. ISBN 80–86188–23–X: pp. 84–87.

Kubečka, J., Čech, M., Říha, M., Jůza, T., Frouzová, J., Draštík, V., Hladík, M., Kratochvíl, M., Prchalová, M., Tušer, M., Vašek M., 2006. Rybí obsádka nádrže Orlík po prvních létech provozu jaderné elektrárny Temelín [Fish stock of the Orlík Reservoir after first years of operation of Temelín Nuclear power plant]. In: Hanslík, E., Miller, B.(eds.), Sborník XIX. konference Radionuklidy a ionizující záření ve vodním hospodářství. Č. Budějovice, May 10–11, 2006, Česká vědeckotechnická vodohospodářská společnost, Praha, ISBN 80–02–01841–9: pp. 85–96.

Jůza, T., Kubečka, J., Čech, Vašek, M., Peterka, J., Draštík, V., Jarolím, O., Prchalová, M., Kratochvíl, M., Frouzová, J., 2006. Open water fish fry community in late summer. In: Book of Abstracts, 5th International Conference on Reservoir Limnology and Water Quality, Brno, August 27–31, 2006. Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice; Centre for Cyanobacteria and Their Toxins, Masaryk University Brno. ISBN 80–86188–23–X: pp. 98–100.

Draštík, V., Kubečka, J., Jůza, T., Jarolím, O., Hladík, M., Kratochvíl, M., Prchalová, M., Říha, M., Tušer, M., 2006. Fish diversity and spatial distribution of YOY fish in Vlatava cascade reservoirs, Biodiversity of the ichthyofauna of the Czech Republic VI, 29-34 (in Czech with English summary).

Prchalová, M., Kubečka, J., 2006. Species composition along the vertical gradient in canyon-shaped reservoirs. Biodiversity of the ichthyofauna of the Czech Republic VI, 117-124 (in Czech with English summary).

Prchalová, M., Kubečka, J., Hladík, M., Hohausová, E., Čech, M., Frouzová, J. (2006). Fish habitat preferences in an artificial reservoir system. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 29, 1890–1894

Prchalová, M., Kubečka, J., Jůza, T., Říha, M., Jarolím, O., Tušer, M., Peterka, J., Vašek, M., 2006. Complex assessment of the fish assemblage of the Želivka reservoir in years 2004 and 2005. In: Vykusová, B. (ed.). Sborník referátů z IX. české ichtyologické konference, Vodňany 4. – 5.5. 2006, 114 – 118 (in Czech with English summary).

Prchalová, M., Slavík, O. & Bartoš, L. (2006). Patterns of cyprinid migration through a fishway in relation to light, water temperature and fish circling behaviour. J. River Basin Management 4 (3), 213-218.

Kubečka, J., Prchalová, M., Hladík, M., Vašek, M. & Říha, M., 2004. Effect of catastrophic flooding on the composition of the fish stock of the Římov reservoir. Biodiverzita ichtyofauny ČR V, 129-135 (in Czech with English summary).

Prchalová, M., Kubečka, J. (2004). Are percid fish overestimated by gillnet sampling? Proceedings of PERCIS III The Third International Percid Fish Symposium, Madison 121-122.

Kubečka, J., Peterka, J., Prchalová, M., Vašek, M., Čech, M., Hladík, M., Draštík, V. & Matěna, J., 2002. Diverzita dospělých ryb v různých habitatech nádrže Římov. Biodiverzita ichtyofauny ČR IV, 109-112 (in Czech with English summary).

Kubečka, J., Čech, M., Hohausová, E., Vernooij, S.M.A., Wagenvoort, A.J., Peterka, J., Hladík, M., Vašek, M., Prchalová, M., Frouzová, J., Draštík, V., Říčan, O., Pokorný, O., Ketelaars, H.A.M., 2002. Composition, biomass and habitat preferences of the fish stocks in three artificially destratified Dutch reservoirs In: Hydrobiological Institute AS CR (eds.): ResLim 2002, Extended Abstracts, 4th International Conference on Reservoir Limnology and Water Quality, České Budějovice, August 12–16, 2002, Institute of Hydrobiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Faculty of Biological Sciences University of South Bohemia, pp.131-134.

Hladík, M., Kubečka, J., Pokorný, P., Čech, M., Draštík, V., Kratochvíl, M., Peterka, J., Prchalová, M. & Vašek, M., 2002. Zkušenosti s odlovem ryb do vězenců v přítokové části nádrže Římov. The 5th Czech Conference of Ichthyology, Brno 126-131.

Vašek, M., Čech, M., Draštík, V., Dušek, D., Hladík., M., Kubečka, J., Matěna, J., Peterka, J., Pokorný, P., Prchalová, M. & Štafa, P., 2000. Diurnální kolísání úlovků ryb do pelagických tenat v nádrži Římov. Sborník referátů se IV České Ichthyologické konference, Vodňany 35-40 (in Czech with English summary).

Conferences:

2010 - Fish sampling with active methods FSAM, České Budějovice, ČR; contribution: Comparison of active vs. passive gear for sampling threadfin shad Dorosoma petenense: case study from tropical reservoirs (oral presentation)

        - Česká ichtyologická conference, Vodňany, ČR; contribution: Výskyt ryb v rybím přechodu vzhledem k teplotě vody, průtoku, atmosférickému tlaku a počasí (oral presentation)

2009 - Limnospol, Třeboň, ČR; contribution: Gradienty výskytu ryb v kaňonovitých nádržích (oral presentation)

2007 - Reservoir Fisheries, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; contribution: Handling of fish gradients: Towards the precise assessment of fish assemblages in reservoirs (oral presentation)

        - The Seventh Conference on Fish Telemetry held in Europe, Silkeborg, Denmark; contribution Using telemetry in study of fish inshore/offshore migration in reservoirs (poster)

        - Fish Stock Assessment in Lakes and Reservoirs, České Budějovice, Czech Republic; contributions: Size selectivity of gillnets for roach, perch and rudd and Overestimation of percid fishes in gillnet sampling (oral presentations) 

2006 - The Fifth International Conference on Reservoir Limnology and Water Quality (ResLim), Brno, Czech Republic; contribution: Spatial distribution of fish in a canyon-shaped reservoir (oral presentation)

2005 - Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences SEFS 4, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; contribution: Gradients of fish distribution in reservoirs (oral presentation)

        - Biodiversity of ichthyofauna of the Czech and Slovak Republics, Brno, Czech Republic; contribution: Species composition along the vertical gradient in canyon-shaped reservoirs (oral presentation)

        - 135th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheris Society, Alaska, USA; contribution: Overestimation of percid fish caused by gillnet sampling (poster)

2004 - XXIX. Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL), Lahti, Finland; contribution: Fish habitat preferences in a complex reservoir system (oral presentation)

        - Behaviour and Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Silkeborg, Denmark; contribution: Migration of juvenile and subadult fishes through a fish pass and Fish behaviour on spawning ground of cyprinids (oral and poster presentations)

        - Ecohydraulics, Madrid, Spain; contribution: Patterns of cyprinid migration in relation to water temperature and light (oral presentation)

2003 - The Third Percis Symposium, Madison, Wisconsin; contribution: Are percid fishes overestimated by gillnet catches? and Fish in percids dominated bank side reservoirs (oral presentations)

        - Biodiversity of ichthyofauna of the Czech and Slovak Republics; contribution: Effect of catastrophic flooding on the composition of the fish stock of the Římov reservoir (oral presentation, in Czech)

2002 - The Fourth International Conference on Reservoir Limnology and Water Quality (ResLim), České Budějovice; contribution: Acoustic observation of reproductive behaviour of the bream and Acoustic study of fish and invertebrate tropical community (poster and oral presentations)

        - The Sixth Symposium on Acoustics in Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology, Montpellier, France; the same contributions as on ResLim (poster presentations)

2001 - The Tenth European Congress of Ichthyology (ECI), Prague, Czech Republic; contribution on a theme of acoustic observation of reproductive behaviour of the common bream (oral presentation)

        - The Fishstrat workshop in the Kelanyia University, Colombo, Sri Lanka; contribution: Acoustic survey of the Ubol Ratana Reservoir, Thailand (oral presentation)

Skills and interests:

- fluent English (Dean's letter of achievement); Canoco, WinAri; Pasgear

- traveling; hiking; classical and jazz music; swimming