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Jiří Peterka is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a considerable volume of work in areas such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main fields of study related to Peterka's work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within Environmental Science, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Aquatic Science
  • Environmental Chemistry

Peterka's research covers several specific topics:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

The scientist has contributed to research published in a variety of journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Fisheries Research
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Ecology Of Freshwater Fish

Their recent published papers include:

  • Advances in nutrient management make it possible to accelerate biogas production and thus improve the economy of food waste processing, 2020, Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects
  • Advances in the agrochemical utilization of fermentation residues reduce the cost of purpose-grown phytomass for biogas production, 2020, Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects
  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding uncovers environmental correlates of fish communities in spatially heterogeneous freshwater habitats, 2021, Ecological Indicators
  • Contrasting structural complexity differentiate hunting strategy in an ambush apex predator, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Seasonal habitat use of three predatory fishes in a freshwater ecosystem, 2022, Hydrobiologia

Collaboration is a significant component of Peterka's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Petr Blabolil
  • Tomáš Jůza
  • Martin Čech
  • Lukáš Vejřík
  • Zuzana Sajdlová

Best Publications

  • The true picture of a lake or reservoir fish stock: A review of needs and progress

    Jan Kubečka;Eva Hohausová;Josef Matěna;Jiří Peterka

  • The effect of depth, distance from dam and habitat on spatial distribution of fish in an artificial reservoir.

    M. Prchalová;M. Prchalová;J. Kubečka;J. Kubečka;M. Čech;M. Čech;J. Frouzová;J. Frouzová

  • Size selectivity of standardized multimesh gillnets in sampling coarse European species

    Marie Prchalová;Marie Prchalová;Jan Kubečka;Jan Kubečka;Milan Říha;Milan Říha;Tomáš Mrkvička;Tomáš Mrkvička

  • Longitudinal and vertical spatial gradients in the distribution of fish within a canyon-shaped reservoir

    Mojmír Vašek;Jan Kubečka;Jiří Peterka;Jiří Peterka;Martin Čech;Martin Čech

  • Distribution patterns of fishes in a canyon‐shaped reservoir

    M. Prchalová;J. Kubečka;M. Vašek;J. Peterka

  • Fish activity as determined by gillnet catch: A comparison of two reservoirs of different turbidity

    Marie Prchalová;Tomáš Mrkvička;Jan Kubečka;Jiří Peterka

  • European catfish (Silurus glanis) as a freshwater apex predator drives ecosystem via its diet adaptability.

    Lukáš Vejřík;Lukáš Vejřík;Ivana Vejříková;Petr Blabolil;Antti P. Eloranta

  • Diel variation in gillnet catches and vertical distribution of pelagic fishes in a stratified European reservoir

    M. Vašek;J. Kubečka;M. Čech;V. Draštík

  • Advances in the agrochemical utilization of fermentation residues reduce the cost of purpose-grown phytomass for biogas production

    Josef Maroušek;Petr Bartoš;Martin Filip;Ladislav Kolář

  • Long-term development of fish populations in the Římov Reservoir

    M. Říha;J. Kubečka;M. Vašek

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding uncovers environmental correlates of fish communities in spatially heterogeneous freshwater habitats

    Petr Blabolil;Lynsey R. Harper;Lynsey R. Harper;Lynsey R. Harper;Štěpánka Říčanová;Graham Sellers

  • Biomass and Abundance Biases in European Standard Gillnet Sampling

    Marek Šmejkal;Daniel Ricard;Marie Prchalová;Milan Říha

  • A model of gillnet catch in relation to the catchable biomass, saturation, soak time and sampling period

    Marie Prchalová;Tomáš Mrkvička;Jiří Peterka;Martin Čech

  • Patterns in diel habitat use of fish covering the littoral and pelagic zones in a reservoir

    Milan Říha;Daniel Ricard;Mojmír Vašek;Marie Prchalová

  • Dependence of beach seine net efficiency on net length and diel period

    Milan Říha;Jan Kubečka;Tomáš Mrkvička;Marie Prchalová

  • Labile fractions of soil organic matter, their quantity and quality

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  • To migrate, or not to migrate: partial diel horizontal migration of fish in a temperate freshwater reservoir

    Milan Muška;Michal Tušer;Jaroslava Frouzová;Vladislav Draštík

  • Hydroacoustic estimates of fish stocks in temperate reservoirs: day or night surveys?

    Vladislav Draštík;Jan Kubečka;Martin Čech;Jaroslava Frouzová

  • Fish community response to the longitudinal environmental gradient in Czech deep-valley reservoirs: Implications for ecological monitoring and management

    M. Vašek;M. Prchalová;M. Říha;P. Blabolil

  • Distribution of Herbivorous Fish Is Frozen by Low Temperature

    Ivana Vejříková;Ivana Vejříková;Lukáš Vejřík;Jari Syväranta;Jari Syväranta;Mikko Kiljunen

  • An assessment of the ecological potential of Central and Western European reservoirs based on fish communities

    Petr Blabolil;Petr Blabolil;Maxime Logez;Daniel Ricard;Marie Prchalová

  • Overestimation of percid fishes (Percidae) in gillnet sampling

    Marie Prchalová;Marie Prchalová;Jan Kubečka;Jan Kubečka;Milan Říha;Milan Říha;Radek Litvín;Radek Litvín

  • The utility of predatory fish in biomanipulation of deep reservoirs

    Mojmír Vašek;Marie Prchalová;Jiří Peterka;Henk A.M. Ketelaars

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Kubečka
Jan Kubečka Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Josef Hejzlar
Josef Hejzlar Czech Academy of Sciences
Josef Maroušek
Josef Maroušek University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Bernd Hänfling
Bernd Hänfling University of Hull
Finn Økland
Finn Økland Swedish National Board of Fisheries
Christer Brönmark
Christer Brönmark Lund University
Ian J. Winfield
Ian J. Winfield Lancaster University
Jan Lepš
Jan Lepš University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Roger Jones
Roger Jones University of Glasgow

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