RNDr. Michal Tušer, Ph.D.

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

Contact details

Phone: (+420) 387 775 848, GSM: (+420) 737 329 542
E-mail: michal.tuser@hbu.cas.cz
Room: 237

Description

I am a hydrobiologist interested in (1) fish ecology in diverse environments and (2) greenhouse gas fluxes in freshwaters, primarily using advanced underwater acoustic techniques. Besides scientific echosounders and imaging sonars, I have significant experiences with active and passive fisheries techniques (various kinds of netting and electrofishing) and field sampling of diffusive and ebullitive fluxes of greenhouse gases. I have participated on a great deal of projects focused on quantitative and qualitative investigations of fish communities and greenhouse gases in large inland and sea waters throughout Europe (Austria, Czechia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Spain). I am also dedicated to the popularization of science.

Web of Science F-8548-2014 || ORCID 0000-0003-2881-392X || ResearchGate

Curriculum vitae

Date and place of birth

28 January 1982 in Turnov, Czech Republic

Education and academic employment

present	Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, CZ
2020	postdoc at Leibnitz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany (September to December)
2020-2016	researcher at SoWa Research Infrastructure, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, CZ
2016-2013	postdoc at Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, CZ
2013-2008	PhD. in Hydrobiology at Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, CZ (Fish detection by modern sonar systems)
2013	RNDr. in Ecosystem Biology at Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, CZ
2007-2004	MSc. in Ecology at Faculty of Biology, University of South Bohemia, CZ (Fish orientation along the longitudinal profile of the Římov reservoir)
2004-2001	BSc. in Ecology at Faculty of Biology, University of South Bohemia, CZ (The dead zone in acoustic detection of fish near the bottom of reservoirs)

Projects

2023-2019	Size estimation and taxonomical identification of European freshwater fishes using a broadband echosounder (EEA and Norway Grants - Fund for Bilateral Relations - PI)
2022-2020	How important is biogenic methane for secondary production in seasonally stratified freshwater reservoirs? (Czech Science Foundation)
2022-2019	IBERA - Incorporation of the Biology Centre CAS into the European Research Area (Operational Programme Research Development and Education)
2020-2017	Development of technical measure for protection of natural riverine fish stock against massive migration of undesirable fish species from Lipno reservoir as encouragement of population of brown trout and freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic)
2020-2016	Establishing the sustainability of fish farming on Lake Balaton by examining the reconstruction of fish fauna and the utilization of the food base using basic and applied research methods (European Regional Development Fund, Hungary \| cooperation)
2020-2016	SoWa Research Infrastructure (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic)
2019-2017	MetOx 2018 Methane in Oxic surface waters (GLEON global lake ecological observatory network)
2015-2014	Coexistence of human and freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in the Vltava River (Operational Programme Environment)
2015-2012	Hydroacoustic distinguishing between fish and bubbles, and quantification of methane bubble ebullition in freshwater reservoirs of temperate zone (Czech Science Foundation)
2015-2012	Centre for Ecological Potential of Fish Communities in Reservoirs and Lakes (CEKOPOT) (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic administrate the support provided from EU funds)
2010-2008	Monitoring of the fish stock of Czech reservoirs (Grant from Iceland, Liechtestein and Norway through the EEA financial mechanism and the Norwegian financial mechanism)
2010-2007	Horizontal acoustic surveys and fish behaviour in the open water (Czech Science Foundation)
2009-2008	Fish stock assessment in the Biesbosch reservoirs, the Netherlands (Evides N.V., the Netherlands)
2008	Acoustic studies of behavioural patterns in mesopelagic jellyfish Periphylla periphylla (Universitet i Bergen & Universitet i Oslo, Lurefjorden, Norway)
2007	Implementation of imaging sonar technology applied to the analysis of the migration of twaite shad (Alosa fallax) in the river Ebro, Xerta (Catalunya), Spain (Generalitat de Catalunya, Dep. of Environment/IRTA/Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Hydrobiology)

Courses

2019	Principles and methods of broadband technologies: application to fisheries acoustics. Onboard G. O. Sars, Bergen, Norway (ICES training course)
2014	Echosounder data processing using Echoview. České Budějovice, Česká Republika (Echoview training course)
2013	Permafrost and gas hydrate related methane release in the Arctic and impact on climate change: European cooperation for long-term Monitoring (PERGAMON). Sodankylä Research Station, Finland (EU-funded COST Action - training school)
2011	Polar Ecology - Fish parasites beyond the Polar Circle. Svalbard, Norway (University of South Bohemia)
2009	Assessment of aquatic ecosystems Quality Using Acoustics (AQUA). Leba and Waszeta, Poland (Polish-Norwegian Research Fund)

Conferences

2017	10^th Symposium of European Freshwater Sciences 2017 (SEFS10). Olomouc, Czech Republic (oral presentation)
2015	Underwater Acoustics conference and exhibition (UACE2015). Creta, Greece (oral presentation)
2014	Ecology of Fish in Lakes and Reservoirs (EcoFiL). České Budějovice, Czech Republic (organization)
2013	Underwater Acoustics (UA2013). Corfu, Greece (oral presentation)
2012	Polar Ecology Conference 2012. České Budějovice, Czech Republic (poster)
2010	Fish Sampling with Active Methods (FSAM). České Budějovice, Czech Republic (organization)
2008	DIDSON-based Fish Assessment: Techniques for monitoring migratory fish in rivers. Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society with Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage, Alaska (oral presentation and electronic poster)
2008	Ecosystem Approach with Fisheries Acoustics and Complementary Technologies (SEAFACTS), ICES 6^th Symposium in Acoustics. Bergen, Norway (oral presentation)
2007	Fish Stock Assessment Methods for Lakes and Reservoirs: Toward the true picture of fish stock. České Budějovice, Czech Republic (oral presentation)
2004	ICES Annual Science Conference. Vigo, Španělsko

Journal reviewing

Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia || Applied Sciences || Aquaculture || Fisheries Research || Folia Zoologica || Fundamental and Applied Limnology || Inland Waters || Journal of Applied Ichthyology || Journal of Aquaculture & Fisheries || Journal of Fish Biology || Science of the Total Environment || Water || Water Research

Teaching

Erasmus+ programme (European Commission)

Short-term Scientific Mission (COST)

Czech National and Regional Competition in Ecology (ČSOP)

Lectures and Field excursions for elementary and high schools

Institutional Open-door days and Field courses

Popularization actions

Publications

Total found: 73 records
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., Kubečka J., Blabolil P., Holubová M., Kolařík T., Tušer M., Peterka J. (2022) Metodika regulačních odlovů nežádoucích druhů ryb v přehradních nádržích a jezerech. [Methodology of regulatory catches of undesirable fish lakes and reservoirs.] Book 51.
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
Kubečka J., Balk H., Frouzová J., Muška M., Tušer M. (2022) Hydroacoustic surveys. In: Methodology of monitoring fish communities in reservoirs and lakes.
Říha M., Blabolil P., Kubečka J., Bartoň D., Souza A., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Kočvara L., Kolařík T., Ribeiro de Moraes K., Muška M., Prchalová M., Sajdlová Z., Soukalová K., Šmejkal M., Tušer M., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Jůza T., Peterka J. (2022) Hodnocení vývoje ekologického potenciálu vybraných údolních nádrží z hlediska rybích obsádek. [Evaluation of the ecological potential development of selected water reservoirs in terms of fish stocks.] Vodní hospodářství 9 : 1-7.
Říha M., Rabaneda Bueno R., Jarić I., Souza A., Vejřík L., Draštík V., Blabolil P., Holubová M., Jůza T., Gjelland K.Ø., Rychtecký P., Sajdlová Z., Kočvara L., Tušer M., Prchalová M., Seďa J., Peterka J. (2022) Seasonal habitat use of three predatory fishes in a freshwater ecosystem. Hydrobiologia 849 : 3351-3371. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-022-04938-1
Baran R., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Holubová M., Jůza T., Koliada I. , Muška M., Peterka J., Prchalová M., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Šmejkal M., Tušer M., Vejřík L., Kubečka J. (2021) New way to investigate fish density and distribution in the shallowest layers of the open water. Fisheries Research 238 : 105907. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2021.105907
Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Holubová M., Kočvara L., Kubečka J., Muška M., Prchalová M., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Šmejkal M., Tušer M., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Peterka J., Jůza T. (2021) Less is more – Basic quantitative indices for fish can be achieved with reduced gillnet sampling. Fisheries Research 240 : 105983. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2021.105983
Jůza T., Blabolil P., Bartoň D., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Holubová M., Ketelaars H.A.M. , Kočvara L., Kubečka J., Muška M., Prchalová M., Říha M., Sajdlová Z., Šmejkal M., Tušer M., Vašek M., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Wagenvoort A.J., Peterka J. (2021) Recovery of the ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua) population after an invasion boom of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in De Gijster Lake (the Netherlands). Aquatic Invasions 16 : 499-511. DOI: 10.3391/ai.2021.16.3.07
Perivolioti T. M., Mouratidis A., Terzopoulos D., Kalaitzis P., Ampatzidis D., Tušer M., Frouzová J., Bobori D. (2021) Production, validation and morphometric analysis of a digital terrain model for Lake Trichonis using geospatial technologies and hydroacoustics. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10 : 91. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10020091
Perivolioti T. M., Tušer M., Terzopoulos D., Sgardelis S., Antoniou I. (2021) Optimising the workflow for fish detection in DIDSON (Dual-frequency IDentification SONar) data with the use of optical flow and a genetic algorithm. Water 13 : 1304. DOI: 10.3390/w13091304
Perivolioti T. M., Frouzová J., Tušer M., Bobori D. (2020) Assessing the fish stock status in Lake Trichonis: A hydroacoustic approach Water 12 : 1823. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/w12061823
Peterka J., Čech M., Draštík V., Jůza T., Sajdlová Z., Blabolil P., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Šmejkal M., Holubová M., Kočvara L., Bartoň D., Kolařík T., Prachař Z., Říha M., Frouzová J., Muška M., Soukalová K., Prchalová M., Vašek M., Tušer M., Kubečka J. (2020) Ryby v rekultivovaných důlních jámách – udržení kvality vody a socioekonomický rozvoj [Fish in reclaimed post-mining pits - maintaining water quality and socio-economic development] Živa 5/2020 : 261-264.
Souza A., Soukalová K., Děd V., Šmejkal M., Blabolil P., Říha M., Jůza T., Vašek M., Čech M., Peterka J., Vejřík L., Vejříková I., Tušer M., Muška M., Holubová M., Boukal D.S. , Kubečka J. (2020) Ontogenetic and interpopulation differences in otolith shape of the European perch (Perca fluviatilis) Fisheries Research 230 : 105673. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105673
Baran R., Tušer M., Balk H., Blabolil P., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Jůza T., Koliada I. , Muška M., Sajdlová Z., Vejřík L., Kubečka J. (2019) Quantification of Chaoborus and small fish by mobile upward-looking echosounding Journal of Limnology 78 : 60-70. DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1837
Bednařík A., Blaser M., Matoušů A., Tušer M., Chaudhary P.P. , Šimek K., Rulík M. (2019) Sediment methane dynamics along the Elbe River Limnologica 79 : 125716. DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2019.125716
Koliada I. , Balk H., Tušer M., Ptáček L., Kubečka J. (2019) Limitations of target detection in horizontal acoustic surveys of extremely shallow water bodies Fisheries Research 218 : 94-104 . DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2019.05.005
Kubečka J., Souza A., Říha M., Muška M., Vašek M., Boukal D., Prchalová M., Jůza T., Čech M., Draštík V., Frouzová J., Hejzlar J., Matěna J., Moraes K. , Peterka J., Randák T., Šmejkal M., Tušer M., Blabolil P., Vejřík L. (2019) Kýžený ráj candátů? Kvalitativní zamyšlení nad kvantitativními průzkumy nádrže Lipno [Pikeperch paradise? Qualitative reflections on quantitative surveys of the Lipno reservoir] Limnologické noviny 2019 (1) : 1–6.
Matoušů A., Rulík M., Tušer M., Bednařík A., Šimek K., Bussmann I. (2019) Methane dynamics in a large river: a case study of the Elbe River Aquatic Sciences 81 : UNSP 12. DOI: 10.1007/s00027-018-0609-9
Perivolioti T. M., Tušer M., Frouzová J., Znachor P., Rychtecký P., Mouratidis A., Terzopoulos D., Bobori D. (2019) Estimating environmental preferences of freshwater pelagic fish using hydroacoustics and satellite remote sensing Water 11 : 2226. DOI: 10.3390/w11112226

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