Mgr. Milan Říha, Ph.D.

Job Position: Research Scientist - Department of Fish and Zooplankton Ecology (FZE)

Contact details

Phone: +420 38 777 5855
E-mail: mriha00@gmail.com
Web: www.fishecu.cz/staff-members/riha
Room: 326NB

Description

2021-2025 - Coinvestigator in the project "Optimization of the management in carp ponds with 1-year " (Ministry of Agriculture)

2018-2022- Participation in the project "Biomanipulation as a tool for the improvement of reservoir water quality“(Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports)

2014-2017- Principal investigator of the project “Fish distribution and activity in reservoirs“(Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports)

2014-2017- Participation in the project "Structuring effect of submerged macrophytes on trophic relationships and distribution of fish in deep lakes (MacFish)" (Czech-Norwegian Research Programme)

2012-2015-Participation in the project "Centre for Ecological Potential of Fish Communities in Reservoirs and Lakes (CEKOPOT)" (EU funds) awarded to As. Prof. Josef Matěna and Prof. Jan Kubečka

2009-2011-Participation in the project "Threadfin shad prey production in tropical reservoirs" (Puerto Rico department of Natural and Environmental Resource) awarded to Dr. Marie Prchalová

2009-2011-Participation in the project "Predator avoidance strategies in early life stages of percid fishes" (Grant Agency of CR) awarded to Dr. Martin Čech

2009-2010-Participation in the project "Calibration of sampling methods for Spanish fish populations in reservoirs" awarded to Prof. Jan Kubečka

2008-2012-Participation in the project "Optimalisation of the biomanipulative effect of predatory fish in ecosystems of water reservoirs" (National Agency for Agriculture Research) awarded to Prof. Jan Kubečka

2008-2010-Participation in the project "Monitoring of the fish stock of Czech reservoirs" (EEA financial mechanism and the Norwegian financial mechanism) awarded to Prof. Jan Kubečka

2006-2008-Participation in the project "Patterns and reasons of different pelagic behaviour of perch fry: novel insight into the declared ecological plasticity of a species” (Grant Agency of CR) awarded to Dr. Martin Čech

2005-2008-Participation in the project “Sinusoidal foraging and the role of fish in reservoirs” (Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of CR) awarded to Dr. Josef Matěna

Curriculum vitae

Education:

2004 – Bsc. Faculty of Biology, South Bohemia University, České Budějovice

2007 – Msc. Faculty of Biology, South Bohemia University, České Budějovice

2012- PhD. Faculty of Science, South Bohemia University, České Budějovice

Research focus:

Research focused to fish spatial ecology and behavior in lentic waters (primarily to dynamics of fish distribution, habitat and space use)

Application of the state-of-the-art methods for studying od fish movement and behaviour in natural conditions and methods for monitoring of fish stock.

Research dealing with evaluation of ecosystem health.

Professional experiences:

since 2018 Researcher at Department of ecology of fish and zooplankton, Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS

2017 Otto Wichterle award for young researchers

since 2017 Member of research council at Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS

2013-2014 Fulbright fellow at Cornell University (NY, USA)

2012-2018 Junior researcher at Department of ecology of fish and zooplankton, Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS

2007-2012 PhD student at Department of ecology of fish and zooplankton, Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS

Web of Science ResearcherID: G-1065-2014, publications: 60, H-index: 17, citations: 705 (without selfcitations: 544)

Publications

Total found: 139 records
Lennox R.J. , Adam T., Říha M., Klappstein N., Monk C.T., Vollset K.W., Beumer L.T. (2025) Movement in 3D: Novel opportunities for understanding animal behaviour and space use. Ethology 131 : e13529. DOI: 10.1111/eth.13529
Říha M., Rabaneda Bueno R., Vejřík L., Jarić I., Prchalová M., Šmejkal M., Čech M., Draštík V., Blabolil P., Holubová M., Jůza T., Gjelland K.Ø., Sajdlová Z., Kočvara L., Tušer M., Peterka J. (2025) Hungry catfish—effect of prey availability on movement dynamics of a top predator. Freshwater Biology 70 : e70017. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.70017
Říha M., Vejřík L., Rabaneda Bueno R., Jarić I., Prchalová M., Vejříková I., Šmejkal M., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Jůza T., Gjelland K.Ø., Sajdlová Z., Kočvara L., Tušer M., Peterka J. (2025) Ecosystem, spatial and trophic dimensions of niche partitioning among freshwater fish predators. Movement Ecology 13 : 36. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-025-00559-0
Symonová R., Jůza T., Tesfaye M., Brabec M., Bartoň D., Blabolil P., Draštík V., Kočvara L., Muška M., Prchalová M., Říha M., Šmejkal M., Souza A., Sajdlová Z., Tušer M., Vašek M., Skubic C., Kubečka J., Brabec J. (2025) Transition to piscivory seen through brain transcriptomics in a juvenile percid fish: Complex interplay of differential gene transcription, alternative splicing, and ncRNA activity. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 343 : 257–277. DOI: 10.1002/jez.2886
Jůza T., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Kočvara L., Kubečka J., Malinovskyi O., Policar T., Rychtecký P., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Tušer M., Vašek M. (2024) Assessing the efficacy of spring stocking of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) into a eutrophic reservoir. Lake and Reservoir Management 40 : 196-204. DOI: 10.1080/10402381.2024.2333298
Lennox R.J. , Afonso P., Birnie-Gauvin K. , Dahlmo L.S., Nilsen C.I., Arlinghaus R. , Cooke S.J., Souza A.T., Jarić I., Prchalová M., Říha M., Westrelin S., Twardek W., Aspillaga E., Kraft S., Šmejkal M., Baktoft H., Brodin T., Hellström G., Villegas-Ríos D., Vollset K.W., Adam T., Sortland L.K., Bertram M.G., Crossa M., Vogel E.F., Gillies N., Reubens J. (2024) Electronic tagging and tracking aquatic animals to understand a world increasingly shaped by a changing climate and extreme weather events. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81 : 326–339. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2023-0145
Ribeiro de Moraes K., Souza A.T., Vašek M., Říha M., Kubečka J. (2024) Detailed insight into gillnet catches: Fish directivity and micro distribution. Water 16 : w16182683. DOI: 10.3390/w16182683
Tesfaye M., Jůza T., Šmejkal M., Hejzlar J., Čech M., Prchalová M., Muška M., Tušer M., Kočvara L., Sajdlová Z., Draštík V., Říha M., Vašek M., Blabolil P., Symonová R., Brabec M., Kubečka J., Souza A.T. (2024) The impact of climatic conditions and food availability on bimodality size structure and density of YOY pikeperch (Sander lucioperca). Hydrobiologia 851 : 3665–3681. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-024-05527-0
Bešta T., Mareš J., Čapková K., Janeček E., Štenclová L., Kust A., Říha M., Konopáčová E., Řeháková K. (2023) Littoral periphyton dynamics in newly established post‑mining lakes. Aquatic Sciences 85 : 21 . DOI: 10.1007/s00027-022-00914-y
Jarić I., Lennox R.J. , Prchalová M., Monk C.T., Říha M., Nathan R., Arlinghaus R. (2023) The power and promise of interdisciplinary international research networks to advance movement ecology. Movement Ecology 11 : 67. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-023-00428-8
Lennox R.J. , Aarestrup K., Alós J., Arlinghaus R. , Aspillaga E., Bertram M.G., Birnie-Gauvin K. , Brodin T., Cooke S.J., Dahlmo L.S., Dhellemmes F., Gjelland K.Ø., Hellström G., Hershey H., Holbrook C., Klefoth T., Lowerre-Barbieri S., Monk C.T., Nilsen C.I., Pauwels I., Pickholtz R., Prchalová M., Reubens J., Říha M., Villegas-Ríos D., Vollset K.W., Westrelin S., Baktoft H. (2023) Positioning aquatic animals with acoustic transmitters. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14 : 2514–2530. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14191
Ribeiro de Moraes K., Souza A., Bartoň D., Blabolil P., Muška M., Prchalová M., Randák T., Říha M., Vašek M., Turek J., Tušer M., Žlábek V., Kubečka J. (2023) Can a protected area help improve fish populations under heavy recreation fishing? Water 15 : 632. DOI: 10.3390/w15040632
Říha M., Prchalová M., Brabec M., Draštík V., Muška M., Tušer M., Bartoň D., Blabolil P., Čech M., Frouzová J., Holubová M., Jůza T., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Rabaneda Bueno R., Sajdlová Z., Souza A., Šmejkal M., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Peterka J., Kubečka J. (2023) Calibration of fish biomass estimates from gillnets: Step towards broader application of gillnet data. Ecological Indicators 153 : 110425. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110425
Tesfaye M., Souza, A.T., Soukalová K., Šmejkal M., Hejzlar J., Prchalová M., Říha M., Muška M., Vašek M., Frouzová J., Blabolil P., Boukal D., Kubečka J. (2023) Somatic growth of pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca) in relation to variation in temperature and eutrophication in a Central Europe Lake. Fisheries Research 267 : 106824. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106824
Vašek M., Brabec M., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Jůza T., Kubečka J., Muška M., Peterka J., Prchalová M., Říha M., Hejzlar J. (2023) Fish scale stable isotopes as potential indicators of nutrient pollution: Exploring the response of roach (Rutilus rutilus) scale δ15N and δ13C to a gradient of land use disturbance. Science of the Total Environment 865 : 161198. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161198
Golpour Dehsari A., Šmejkal M., Čech M., Dos Santos R.A., Souza A., Jůza T., Martinez C., Bartoň D., Vašek M., Draštík V., Kolařík T., Kočvara L., Říha M., Peterka J., Blabolil P. (2022) Similarities and differences in fish community composition accessed by electrofishing, gill netting, seining, trawling, and water eDNA metabarcoding in temperate reservoirs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 : 913279. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.913279
Jarić I., Říha M., Souza A., Rabaneda Bueno R., Děd V., Gjelland K.Ø., Baktoft H., Čech M., Blabolil P., Holubová M., Jůza T., Muška M., Sajdlová Z., Šmejkal M., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Peterka J. (2022) Influence of internal seiche dynamics on vertical movement of fish. Freshwater Biology 67 : 1543-1558. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13959
Jůza T., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Sajdlová Z., Holubová M., Kočvara L., Kolařík T., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Muška M., Souza A., Vašek M., Říha M., Tušer M., Šmejkal M., Peterka J., Prchalová M., Kubečka J. (2022) Fish stock mass reduction is indicated in standard abundance and biomass estimates from gillnets and hydroacoustics. Fisheries Research 253 : 106389. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106389
Jůza T., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Hůda J., Kočvara L., Kolařík T., Muška M., Peterka J., Prchalová M., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Tušer M., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Kubečka J. (2022) Odlovy nežádoucích druhů ryb z přehradních nádrží – Možnosti, efektivnost a ekonomické zhodnocení. [Ellimination of unwanted fish species from dam reservoirs - Possibilities, efficiency and economic evaluation.] Vodní nádrže 2022 148-153.
Kubečka J., Balk H., Blabolil P., Frouzová J., Kolařík T., Kratochvíl M., Muška M., Prchalová M., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Soukalová K., Tušer M., Souza A., Vejřík L., Vejříková I. (2022) Methodology of monitoring fish communities in reservoirs and lakes. Book

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