MSc. Michal Tušer

PhD. student

Date and place of birth:

28.01.1982, Turnov

Education and academic employment:

2008-present PhD. student in Hydrobiology at Faculty of Biology Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Thesis: Fish detection by modern sonar systems, supervisor: As./Prof. Jan Kubečka, PhD.

2004-2007 MSc. degree in Ecology at Faculty of Biology Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Thesis: Fish orientation along the longitudinal profile of the Římov reservoir, supervisor: As./Prof. Jan Kubečka, PhD.

2002-present student assistant worker at Institute of Hydrobiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice.

2001-2004 BSc. degree in Ecology at Faculty of Biology Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Thesis: The dead zone in acoustic detection of fish near the bottom of reservoirs, in Czech, supervisor: As./Prof. Jan Kubečka, PhD.

Publications:

Draštík V., Kubečka J., Čech M., Frouzová J., Říha M., Jůza T., Tušer M., Jarolím O., Prchalová M., Peterka J., Vašek M., Kratochvíl M., Matěna 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., Seda 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(2), 304-314.

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.

Říha M., Kubečka J., Vašek M., Seda 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.

Tušer M., Kubečka J., Frouzová J., Jarolím O. (2009). Fish orientation along the longitudinal profile of the Římov reservoir during daytime: Consequences for horizontal acoustic surveys. Fisheries Research 96, 23-29.

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.

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

Říha M., Kubečka J., Mrkvička T., Prchalová M., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Hladík M., Hohausová E., Jarolím O., Jůza T., Kratochvíl M., Peterka J., Tušer M., Vašek M. (2008). Dependence of beach seine net efficiency on net length and diel period. Aquatic Living Resources 21, 411-418.

Grants and Projects:

2008 - Acoustic studies of behavioural patterns among mesopelagic jellyfish Periphylla periphylla. UiB & UiO, Lurefjorden, Norway.

2007 - The monitoring of a spawning run of shad (Alosa fallax) on the River Ebro. AQUASON C./San Antonio Claret Barcelona, Spain.

Conferences:

2008 - DIDSON-based Fish Assessment: Techniques for monitoring migratory fish in rivers, Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society with Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 26th-28th October 2008, Anchorage, Alaska. Contribution: „Detection and accuracy of length measurement with DIDSON“ (oral presentation) and „Mobile DIDSON application by 90° - Depth determination of fish“ (electronic poster)

2008 - Ecosystem Approach with Fisheries Acoustics and Complementary Technologies (SEAFACTS), ICES 6th Symposium in Acoustics, 16th-20th June 2008, Bergen, Norway. Contribution: „Suitability of DIDSON acoustic camera for quantitative fish stock assessment by mobile surveys: Standard acoustic experiment with a fish rotating carousel“ (oral presentation)

2007 - Fish Stock Assessment Methods for Lakes and Reservoirs: Toward the true picture of fish stock, 11th-15th September 2007, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Contribution: „Fish orientation along the longitudinal profile of the Římov reservoir” (oral presentation)

2004 - ICES Annual Science Conference, 22nd-25th September 2004, Vigo, Spain (as Czech representative).