Seasonal and Spatial Dynamics of Gas Ebullition in a Temperate Water-Storage Reservoir
Gas ebullition of river impoundments plays an increasingly significant role, particularly in transporting methane CH4 from their sediments to the...
15/10/2017
26/09/2017
Význam půdy a vody pro společnost
Rekonstrukce půdy potrvá dekády, je však klíčová pro fungování naší společnosti i pro přizpůsobení se klimatické změně. Lidstvo...
19/05/2017
Využití výsledků badatelské komunity k podpoře politických rozhodnutí
Seminář s mezinárodní účastí pořádaný Biologickým centrem AV ČR, výzkumnou infrastrukturou SoWa 19. května 2017 Místo konání...
22/04/2017
Mother Earth Picnic Festival 2017 Photogallery
Předsedkyně Akademie věd ČR prof. Eva Zažímalová se na Den Země v sobotu 22. dubna 2017 v zahradě Biologického centra v Českých...
24/02/2017
Optimal gillnet sampling design for the estimation of fish community indicators in heterogeneous freshwater ecosystems
Monitoring of biota in heterogeneous ecosystems requires sampling in different habitats and across environmental gradients. The resulting...
15/02/2017
Antimicrobial Treatment of Polymeric Medical Devices by Silver Nanomaterials and Related Technology
Antimicrobial biocompatible polymers form a group of highly desirable materials in medicinal technology that exhibit interesting thermal and...
14/02/2017
Response of fish communities to multiple pressures: development of a total anthropogenic pressure intensity index
Lakes in Europe are subject to multiple anthropogenic pressures, such as eutrophication, habitat degradation and introduction of alien species, which...
07/02/2017
Photochemical cleaving of allochthonous organic-metal complexes contributes to phosphorus immobilization in surface waters
The photochemical transformation of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in surface waters exposed to UV radiation causes the precipitation of...
23/12/2016
Improvement of luminescence properties of GaN buffer layer for fast nitride scintillator structures
We have optimized technology of GaN buffer layer growth with respect to the application in fast scintillation structures. The deep defect...
22/12/2016
Distribution of Herbivorous Fish Is Frozen by Low Temperature
The number of herbivores in populations of ectothermic vertebrates decreases with increasing latitude. At higher latitudes, fish consuming plant...
22/11/2016
Surface characterization and antibacterial response of silver nanowire arrays supported on laser-treated polyethylene naphthalate
Polymeric biomaterials with antibacterial effects are requisite materials in the fight against hospital-acquired infections. An effective way for...
28/09/2016
The interplay of plasma treatment and gold coating and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene: On the cytocompatibility
We have investigated the application of Ar plasma for creation of nanostructured ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (PE) surface in order to...
13/09/2016
Cytotoxicity of Pd nanostructures supported on PEN: Influence of sterilization on Pd/PEN interface
Non-conventional antimicrobial agents, such as palladium nanostructures, have been increasingly used in the medicinal technology. However,...
16/07/2016
The Effect of P enrichment on Exudate Quantity and Bioavailability – a Comparison of Two Macrophyte Species
We compared exudation and rhizosphere microbial activity of two macrophytes growing in tropical marshes. Eleocharis spp. are adapted to low nutrient...
08/06/2016
Who Is Who: An Anomalous Predator-Prey Role Exchange between Cyprinids and Perch
Piscivory in cyprinids (Cyprinidae) is extremely rare. Specifically, common bream (Abramis brama) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) are...
24/05/2016
Deficiency and toxicity of nanomolar copper in low irradiance-A physiological and metalloproteomic study in the aquatic plant Ceratophyllum demersum
Essential trace elements (Cu2+, Zn2+, etc) lead to toxic effects above a certain threshold, which is a major environmental problem in many areas of...
01/04/2016
Small fish use the hypoxic pelagic zone as a refuge from predators
1) Juvenile perch (Perca fluviatilis) often inhabit deep zones of lakes or reservoirs (metalimnion to hypolimnion). Using fry trawling and...
29/12/2015
Fish community response to the longitudinal environmental gradient in Czech deep-valley reservoirs: Implications for ecological monitoring and management
Ecological quality assessment of non-natural water bodies is, in contrast to natural systems, less developed and requires determining biological...
23/10/2015
Pelagic occurrence and diet of invasive round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae) juveniles in deep well-mixed European reservoirs
Round goby is generally accepted to be a typical benthic dwelling fish species both in its native and invasive ranges. Nevertheless, mid-water night...
24/08/2015
Antibacterial properties of palladium nanostructures sputtered on polyethylene naphthalate
Resistance of pathogenic bacteria to conventional antibiotics has emerged in recent years as a major problem for public health. In order to overcome...