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Adam Petrusek

Adam Petrusek

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
7442
World Ranking
4676
National Ranking
23

Overview

Adam Petrusek is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic and contributes to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their research primarily focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, Insect Science, and Genetics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies

Adam Petrusek has been published in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal für Ornithologie
  • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
  • NeoBiota
  • Zoologica Scripta
  • Animal Behaviour

Notable recent publications include:

  • Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring (2020, Water Research)
  • Simultaneous detection of native and invasive crayfish and Aphanomyces astaci from environmental DNA samples in a wide range of habitats in Central Europe (2020, NeoBiota)
  • The spatial distribution of Aphanomyces astaci genotypes across Europe: introducing the first data from Ukraine (2020, Freshwater Crayfish)
  • Crayfish plague in Czechia: Outbreaks from novel sources and testing for chronic infections (2020, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology)
  • Spatial insurance against a heatwave differs between trophic levels in experimental aquatic communities (2023, Global Change Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Adam Petrusek include:

  • Tereza Petrusková
  • Michaela Mojžišová
  • Antonín Kouba
  • Ondřej Korábek
  • Lucie Juřičková

Best Publications

  • Continental-wide distribution of crayfish species in Europe: update and maps

    A. Kouba;A. Petrusek;P. Kozák

  • Global diversity of cladocerans (Cladocera; Crustacea) in freshwater

    L. Forró;N. M. Korovchinsky;A. A. Kotov;A. Petrusek

  • The scale of divergence: a phylogenetic appraisal of intercontinental allopatric speciation in a passively dispersed freshwater zooplankton genus.

    Sarah J. Adamowicz;Adam Petrusek;John K. Colbourne;Paul D.N. Hebert

  • Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring

    M. Sagova-Mareckova;J. Boenigk;A. Bouchez;K. Cermakova

  • DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe

    Florian Leese;Florian Altermatt;Agnès Bouchez;Torbjørn Ekrem

  • A taxonomic reappraisal of the European Daphnia longispina complex (Crustacea, Cladocera, Anomopoda)

    Adam Petrusek;Anders Hobæk;Jens Petter Nilssen;Morten Skage

  • Hosts and transmission of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci: a review.

    Jiří Svoboda;Agata Mrugała;Eva Kozubíková-Balcarová;Adam Petrusek

  • A “crown of thorns” is an inducible defense that protects Daphnia against an ancient predator

    Adam Petrusek;Ralph Tollrian;Klaus Schwenk;Andreas Haas

  • Black, Grey and Watch Lists of alien species in the Czech Republic based on environmental impacts and management strategy

    Jan Pergl;Jiří Sádlo;Adam Petrusek;Zdeněk Laštůvka

  • Daphnia magna transcriptome by RNA-Seq across 12 environmental stressors

    Luisa Orsini;Donald Gilbert;Ram Podicheti;Mieke Jansen

  • Spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus carry a novel genotype of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci

    Eva Kozubíková;Satu Viljamaa-Dirks;Sirpa Heinikainen;Adam Petrusek

  • Prevalence of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in invasive American crayfishes in the Czech Republic.

    Eva Kozubíková;L. Filipová;P. Kozák;Z. Ďuriš

  • Trade of ornamental crayfish in Europe as a possible introduction pathway for important crustacean diseases: crayfish plague and white spot syndrome

    A. Mrugała;E. Kozubíková-Balcarová;C. Chucholl;S. Cabanillas Resino

  • A Successful Crayfish Invader Is Capable of Facultative Parthenogenesis: A Novel Reproductive Mode in Decapod Crustaceans

    Miloš Buřič;Martin Hulák;Antonín Kouba;Adam Petrusek

  • Revision of the Old World Daphnia ( Ctenodaphnia ) similis group Cladocera: Daphniidae)

    Ekaterina V. Popova;Adam Petrusek;Vladimír Kořínek;Joachim Mergeay

  • The crayfish plague pathogen can infect freshwater-inhabiting crabs

    Jiří Svoboda;David A. Strand;Trude Vrålstad;Frédéric Grandjean

  • Prevalence of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in populations of the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in France: evaluating the threat to native crayfish.

    Lenka Filipová;Lenka Filipová;Adam Petrusek;Klára Matasová;Carine Delaunay

  • Multiple host switching events shape the evolution of symbiotic palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)

    Ivona Horká;Ivona Horká;Sammy De Grave;Charles H. J. M. Fransen;Adam Petrusek

  • Invasive crayfish and crayfish plague on the move: first detection of the plague agent Aphanomyces astaci in the Romanian Danube.

    Lucian Pârvulescu;Anne Schrimpf;Eva Kozubíková;Sara Cabanillas Resino

  • The old menace is back: Recent crayfish plague outbreaks in the Czech Republic

    E. Kozubíková;A. Petrusek;A. Petrusek;Z. Ďuriš;M.P. Martín

  • Daphnia as a model organism in limnology and aquatic biology: introductory remarks

    Jaromir Seda;Adam Petrusek

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonín Kouba
Antonín Kouba University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Klaus Schwenk
Klaus Schwenk University of Koblenz and Landau
Frédéric Grandjean
Frédéric Grandjean Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Joachim Mergeay
Joachim Mergeay Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Christian Laforsch
Christian Laforsch University of Bayreuth
Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
María P. Martín
María P. Martín Spanish National Research Council
Florian Leese
Florian Leese University of Duisburg-Essen
Cene Fišer
Cene Fišer University of Ljubljana
John K. Colbourne
John K. Colbourne University of Birmingham

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