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Josef Elster is affiliated with the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice in the Czech Republic. The focus of their research lies primarily in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a considerable concentration on ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, atmospheric science, oceanography, and molecular biology.

Their scholarly output includes numerous studies related to polar research and ecology, microbial community ecology and physiology, biocrusts and microbial ecology, lichen and fungal ecology, climate change and permafrost, marine and coastal plant biology, and cryospheric studies and observations.

Josef Elster has contributed to a significant number of publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research
  • Polar Research
  • Microbial Ecology

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard" (2022, Polar Research)
  • "Annual Cycle of Freshwater Diatoms in the High Arctic Revealed by Multiparameter Fluorescent Staining" (2020, Microbial Ecology)
  • "Environmental status of Svalbard coastal waters: coastscapes and focal ecosystem components (SvalCoast)" (2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research))
  • "Early spring subglacial discharge plumes fuel under-ice primary production at a Svalbard tidewater glacier" (2021, The Cryosphere)
  • "Biocrusts from Iceland and Svalbard: Does microbial community composition differ substantially?" (2022, Frontiers in Microbiology)

Josef Elster frequently collaborates with various co-authors, with whom they have multiple joint publications. Prominent co-authors include Jana Kvíderová, Ekaterina Pushkareva, Burkhard Becker, Eva Hejduková, and Linda Nedbalová.

Best Publications

  • Microbial Assemblages in Soil Microbial Succession After Glacial Retreat in Svalbard (High Arctic)

    Klára Kaštovská;Josef Elster;Josef Elster;Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Hana Šantrůčková

  • Seasonal and diel changes in photosynthetic activity of the snow alga Chlamydomonas nivalis (Chlorophyceae) from Svalbard determined by pulse amplitude modulation fluorometry.

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Josef Elster;Josef Elster;Marie Šabacká;Marie Šabacká;Klára Kaštovská

  • Molecular and morphological criteria for revision of the genus Microcoleus (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria)

    Otakar Strunecký;Otakar Strunecký;Jiří Komárek;Jiří Komárek;Jeffrey Johansen;Alena Lukešová

  • Microbial community structure and ecology of subglacial sediments in two polythermal Svalbard glaciers characterized by epifluorescence microscopy and PLFA

    Klára Kaštovská;Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Marie Šabacká;Marie Šabacká;Barbora Černá

  • Relationships between the Arctic and the Antarctic cyanobacteria; three Phormidium-like strains evaluated by a polyphasic approach

    Katia Comte;Marie Šabacká;Alyssa Carré-Mlouka;Josef Elster

  • Response of Cyanobacteria and Algae from Antarctic Wetland Habitats to Freezing and Desiccation Stress

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  • Cyanobacterial community composition in Arctic soil crusts at different stages of development.

    Ekaterina Pushkareva;Igor Stelmach Pessi;Annick Wilmotte;Josef Elster;Josef Elster

  • Diversity of the cyanobacterial microflora of the northern part of James Ross Island, NW Weddell Sea, Antarctica

    Jiří Komárek;Josef Elster;Ondřej Komárek

  • A review of the ecology, ecophysiology and biodiversity of microalgae in Arctic soil crusts

    Ekaterina Pushkareva;Jeffrey R. Johansen;Josef Elster;Josef Elster

  • Taxonomic revision of the freshwater cyanobacterium "Phormidium" murrayi = Wilmottia murrayi.

    Otakar Strunecký;Josef Elster;Jiří Komárek

  • Widespread green algae Chlorella and Stichococcus exhibit polar-temperate and tropical-temperate biogeography.

    Ladislav Hodač;Christine Hallmann;Karolin Spitzer;Josef Elster;Josef Elster

  • Freezing and desiccation injury resistance in the filamentous green alga Klebsormidium from the Antarctic, Arctic and Slovakia

    Josef Elster;Josef Elster;Peter Degma;Ľubomír Kováčik;Lucia Valentová

  • Biomass and Enzyme Activity of Two Soil Transects at King George Island, Maritime Antarctica

    D. Tscherko;M. Bölter;L. Beyer;J. Chen

  • Phylogenetic relationships between geographically separate Phormidium cyanobacteria: is there a link between north and south polar regions?

    Otakar Strunecký;Otakar Strunecký;Josef Elster;Josef Elster;Jiří Komárek;Jiří Komárek

  • Diversity, ecology and biogeography of the freshwater diatom communities from Ulu Peninsula (James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula)

    Kateřina Kopalová;Kateřina Kopalová;Linda Nedbalová;Linda Nedbalová;Daniel Nývlt;Josef Elster;Josef Elster

  • Aerobiology Over Antarctica – A New Initiative for Atmospheric Ecology

    David A. Pearce;David A. Pearce;Irina A. Alekhina;Aleks Terauds;Annick Wilmotte

  • Ecology of periphyton in a meltwater stream ecosystem in the maritime Antarctic

    Josef Elster;Ondrej Komarek

  • Cryopreservation and conservation of microalgae: the development of a Pan-European scientific and biotechnological resource (the COBRA project).

    Day Jg;Benson Ee;Harding K;Knowles B

  • Osmotic stress and recovery in field populations of Zygnema sp. (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) on Svalbard (High Arctic) subjected to natural desiccation.

    Martina Pichrtová;Martina Pichrtová;Tomáš Hájek;Tomáš Hájek;Josef Elster;Josef Elster

  • Life in the Polar Terrestrial Environment with a Focus on Algae and Cyanobacteria

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  • In situ response of Nostoc commune s.l. colonies to desiccation in Central Svalbard, Norwegian High Arctic

    Jana Kvíderová;Josef Elster;Miloslav imek

  • Plectolyngbya hodgsonii: a novel filamentous cyanobacterium from Antarctic lakes

    Arnaud Taton;Arnaud Taton;Annick Wilmotte;Jan Smarda;Josef Elster;Josef Elster

  • Controls on microalgal community structures in cryoconite holes upon high-Arctic glaciers, Svalbard

    T. R. Vonnahme;T. R. Vonnahme;T. R. Vonnahme;M. Devetter;J. D. Žárský;J. D. Žárský;Marie Sabacka;Marie Sabacka

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiří Komárek
Jiří Komárek University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Wim Vyverman
Wim Vyverman Ghent University
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Tomáš Hájek
Tomáš Hájek University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
David Pearce
David Pearce Northumbria University
Bart Van de Vijver
Bart Van de Vijver University of Antwerp
Antonio Quesada
Antonio Quesada Autonomous University of Madrid
Marek Stibal
Marek Stibal Charles University
Koen Sabbe
Koen Sabbe Ghent University
Kevin A. Hughes
Kevin A. Hughes Natural Environment Research Council

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