Radka Ptáčníková (née Pichlová)

Date of birth: 13.10.1970 in Vrchlabí, Czech Republic

      Citizenship: Czech Republic

Research interests

Zooplankton ecology, food webs and their regulations, invasion biology, biodiversity, utilizing energy from algae.

EDUCATION

Ph. D.: Hydrobiology (2000) – University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biological Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Thesis: Leptodora kindtii: predatory impact and ecological consequences (supervisor Z. Brandl)

M.Sc.: Systematic Biology and Ecology (1994) – Charles University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Thesis: On the littoral species of Ceriodaphnia (Crustacea, Cladocera) (supervisor V. Kořínek)

employment

From March 2009: Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Wilhelmshaven, Germany

2007 – 2009: Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway

2001 – 2006: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, NOAA - Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (University of Michigan), Ann Arbor, MI, USA

2000 – 2001: Hydrobiological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic & Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

1994 – 1995: Institute of Botany AS CR, Department of Hydrobiology, Třeboň, Czech Republic

Society memberships

ASLO, Czech Limnological Society

Commissions of trust

Reviewer for scientific journals

Limnology and Oceanography, Oikos, Journal of Plankton Research, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

 

Reviewer/theses committees/opponents

Martina Štrojsová, 2008, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic

 

List of papers

Pichlová-Ptáčníková, R., Vanderploeg, H. A. (2009): The invasive cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi is a generalist predator capable of feeding on a variety of prey species of different sizes and escape abilities. Fundamental and Applied Ecology 173/4: 267-279.

Pithart^, D., Pichlová, R., Bílý, M., Hrbáček, J. & Pechar, L. (2007): Spatial and temporal diversity of small shallow waters in river Lužnice floodplain . Hydrobiologia 584: 265-275.

Pichlová, R., Goser, B. & Weber, A (2004): Leptodora kindtii survival in the laboratory. Aquatic Ecology 38 (4): 537-546.

Pichlová, R. & Brandl, Z. (2003): Predatory impact of Leptodora kindtii on zooplankton community in the Slapy Reservoir. Hydrobiologia 504: 177-184.

Pichlová, R. & Vijverberg, J. (2001): A laboratory study of functional response of Leptodora kindtii to some cladoceran species and copepod nauplii. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 150 (4), 529-544.

Pichlová, R. (1997): Ecological similarities and differences among littoral species of Ceriodaphnia. Hydrobiologia 360: 205-207.

Musil, P., Pichlová, R. & Cepák, J. (1997): Habitat selection by waterfowl broods on intensively managed fishponds in South Bohemia (Czech Republic). Wetlands International Publication 43: 169-177.