doc. Ing. Pavel Jurajda Dr.

Position full-time researcher
Direction fish ecology

+420 543 422 523

Research interests

  • natural fish reproduction and ecology of fish fry
  • methodology of fish sampling and monitoring
  • fish biomanipulation in water reservoirs
  • management of salmonids fishing ground in CR
  • biology of alien invasive fishes

Running Projects

Evaluation of hydrological status in trout rivers of Czech rep. and status of salmonid populations (2023–2025)

Finished projects

ECIP - European Centre of Ichtyoparasitology (2012–2018)
Non-native Goby fishes: exploitation of a free niche or a threat of Central European fishes? (2011–2015)
Models for assesing and forecasting the impact of environmental key pollutants on marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity (2005–2010)
Ichtyoparasitology Research Center (2005–2009)
Evolutionary ecological analysis of biological systems: research centrum for PhD studies (2005–2008)

Education

  • 1984 – 1988 Agriculture University Brno, Agronomic Faculty, Zootechnic branch, Fisheries specialization (Ing.)
  • 1992 – 1994 Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology and Ecology (Ph.D.)

Former Ph.D. students

  • Martin Reichard: Downstream drift of young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes in lowland rivers. Masaryk University, Brno.
  • Matej Polačik: Ecology of native and non-native fish populations of genus Neogobius in longitudinal profile of Danube. Masaryk University, Brno.
  • Petra Hájková: Conservation genetics of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra). Masaryk University, Brno.
  • Zdenka Valová: Natural fish reproduction in differently modified lowland rivers. Masaryk University, Brno.
  • Michal Janáč: Sampling and evaluation of the young-of-the-year fish assemblages. Masaryk University, Brno.
  • Luděk Šlapanský: Movement activity of non-native Gobiid fishes. Masaryk University, Brno.

Actual Ph.D. students

  • Michal Hnilička: Impact and potential management of selected invasive fishes. PřF MUNI, Brno.

Publications

2024

Hnilička M, Janáč M, Palupová E, Tkachenko M, Horká P, Jandová K, Holubová K, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2024). Stable isotope analysis reveals fish juveniles as a temporal main resource consumed by invasive pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus). Hydrobiologia, :.
Šlapanský L, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2024). Effect of stocking on brown trout angling catch rates in the Czech Republic during 1996-2018. Fisheries Management and Ecology, : e12726.

2023

Jurajdová Z, Grmela J, Šlapanský L, Hnilička M, Janáč M, Adámek Z, Tkachenko M, Jurajda P (2023). Fish community of a heavily modified urban stretch of the River Svratka: fish rescue transfer prior to the initiation of flood protection constructions. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 71: 163-169.

2022

Janáč M, Šlapanský L, Kopeček L, Prudík B, Mrkvová M, Halačka K, Jurajda P (2022). Fine-scale microhabitat niche separation allows coexistence of two invasive species. Hydrobiologia, 849: 4407-4425.
Jurajdová Z, Janáč M, Grmela J, Matrková J, Adámek Z, Jurajda P (2022). Rybí společenstvo středního toku říčky Bobrůvky. Acta rerum naturalium, 27: 7-12.
Novotná Kružíková K, Široká Z, Jurajda P, Haruštiaková D, Smolíková Z, Kubíček M, Svobodová Z (2022). Mercury content in fish from drinking-water reservoirs in the Morava River Basin (Czech Republic). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29: 17394-17405.
Pravdová M, Kolářová J, Grabicová K, Randák T, Janáč M, Kvach Y, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2022). Pharmaceutical contamination and biotic factors affecting parasitism in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Aquaculture Research, 53: 4116-4127.
Trichkova T, Todorov M, Kenderov M, Hubenov Z, Botev I, Stefanov T, Georgiev D, Jurajda P (2022). Invasive alien species of benthic macroinvertebrates and fish in the Bulgarian sector of the Danube River-Results of the Joint Danube Survey 4 (JDS4). Water, 14: 2299.

2021

Jurajda P, Streck G, Roche K, Janáč M, Jurajdová Z (2021). Impact of multiple stressors on the fish community pattern along a highly degraded Central European river - a case study. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 70: 20066.
Ondračková M, Bartáková V, Kvach Y, Bryjová A, Trichkova T, Ribeiro F, Carassou L, Martens A, Masson G, Zechmeister T, Jurajda P (2021). Parasite infection reflects host genetic diversity among non-native populations of pumpkinseed sunfish in Europe. Hydrobiologia, 848: 2169-2187.
Ondračková M, Janáč M, Borcherding J, Grabowska J, Bartáková V, Jurajda P (2021). Non-native gobies share predominantly immature parasites with local fish hosts. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 70: 21050.
Pravdová M, Kolářová J, Grabicová K, Mikl L, Bláha M, Randák T, Kvach Y, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2021). Associations between pharmaceutical contaminants, parasite load and health status in brown trout exposed to sewage effluent in a small stream. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 21: 233-243.
Pravdová M, Ondračková M, Palíková M, Papežíková I, Kvach Y, Jurajda P, Bartáková V, Seidlová V, Němcová M, Mareš J (2021). Low-level pathogen transmission from wild to farmed salmonids in a flow-through fish farm. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 69: 338-346.
Roche K, Šlapanský L, Trávník M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2021). The importance of rip-rap for round goby invasion success - a field habitat manipulation experiment. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 70: 21052.

2020

Jurajda P, Všetičková L, Švecová H, Kolářová J, Jurajdová Z, Janáč M, Roche K (2020). Trophic mercury biomagnification patterns in two European rivers following introduction of invasive round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus). Limnologica, 84: 125817.
Jurajda P, Bednařík A, Bartáková V, Mendel J, Jurajdová Z, Mikl L (2020). Genetická struktura populací pstruha obecného (Salmo trutta) na vybraných lokalitách v Krkonošském národním parku. Opera Corcontica, 57: 95-106.
Lisnerová M, Blabolil P, Holzer AS, Jurajda P, Fiala I (2020). Myxozoan hidden diversity: the case of Myxobolus pseudodispar Gorbunova, 1936. Folia Parasitologica, 67: 019.
Ondračková M, Seifertová M, Bryjová A, Leis E, Jurajda P (2020). Morphometric and genetic evidence for cryptic diversity of Gyrodactylus nebulosus (Monogenea) in non-native European populations of Ameiurus nebulosus and A. melas. Parasitology, 147: 1700-1711.
Roche K, Jurajda P, Šlapanský L, White SM (2020). Turning back the tide? Local-scale impacts of climate change may have positive effects by restoring natural riverine habitat and reducing invasive fish density. Freshwater Biology, 65: 2010-2020.
Šlapanský L, Janáč M, Roche K, Jurajda P (2020). Round goby movement patterns in a non-navigable river. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 77: 475-483.
Todorov M, Trichkova T, Hubenov Z, Jurajda P (2020). Faxonius limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) (Decapoda: Cambaridae), a new invasive alien species of European Union Concern in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 72: 113-121.

2019

Adámek Z, Mikl L, Šlapanský L, Jurajda P, Halačka K (2019). The diet of predatory fish in drinking water reservoirs how can they contribute to biomanipulation efforts?. Folia zoologica, 68: 215-224.
Janáč M, Jurajdová Z, Roche KF, Šlapanský L, Jurajda P (2019). An isolated round goby population in the upper Elbe: population characteristics and short-term impacts on the native fish assemblage. Aquatic Invasions, 14: 738-757.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Krasnovyd V, Seifertová M, Jurajda P (2019). Parasites of round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, currently invading the Elbe River. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 48: 56-65.
Ondračková M, Fojtů J, Seifertová M, Kvach Y, Jurajda P (2019). Non-native parasitic copepod Neoergasilus japonicus (Harada, 1930) utilizes non-native fish host Lepomis gibbosus (L.) in the floodplain of the River Dyje (Danube basin). Parasitology Research, 118: 57-62.
Ondračková M, Všetičková L, Adámek Z, Kopeček L, Jurajda P (2019). Ecological plasticity of tubenose goby, a small invader in South Moravian waters. Hydrobiologia, 829: 217-235.
Ondračková M, Kvach Y, Martens A, Jurajda P (2019). Limited parasite acquisition by non-native Lepomis gibbosus (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae) at two ponds in the Upper Rhine basin, Germany. Journal of Helminthology, 93: 453-460.
Roche KF, Kuta J, Sedláček I, Červenka R, Tomanová K, Jurajda P (2019). Concentrations of thirteen trace metals in scales of three nototheniid fishes from Antarctica (James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula). Biological Trace Element Research, 191: 214-223.

2018

Janáč M, Roche KF, Šlapanský L, Polačik M, Jurajda P (2018). Long-term monitoring of native bullhead and invasive gobiids in the Danubian rip-rap zone. Hydrobiologia, 807: 263-275.
Jelínková E, Krechler I, Jurajda P, Papežíková I, Navrátil S, Marková Z, Palíková M (2018). Relationship between seasonal dynamics in zooplankton density and ergasilus infection in two reservoirs. Acta veterinaria Brno, 87: 91-98.
Jurajda P, Roche KF, Halačka K, Mrkvová M, Zukal J (2018). Winter activity of common bream (Abramis brama L.) in a European reservoir. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 25: 163-171.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Trichkova T, Drobiniak O, Zamorov V, Jurajda P (2018). Parasitization of monkey goby, Neogobius fluviatilis (Pallas, 1814) (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae), at localities with different salinity levels. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 47: 376-383.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2018). Methodological issues affecting the study of fish parasites. III. Effect of fish preservation method. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 127: 213-224.
Roche KF, Kuta J, Sedláček I, Červenka R, Tomanová K, Jurajda P (2018). First data on uranium uptake in three nototheniid fishes from Antarctica (James Ross Island). Chemosphere, 211: 510-514.
Všetičková L, Mikl L, Adámek Z, Prášek V, Roche KF, Jurajda P (2018). The diet of reservoir perch before, during and after establishment of non-native tubenose goby. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 419: 4.

2017

Janáč M, Bryja J, Ondračková M, Mendel J, Jurajda P (2017). Genetic structure of three invasive gobiid species along the Danube-Rhine invasion corridor: similar distributions, different histories. Aquatic Invasions, 12: 551-564.
Kvach Y, Janáč M, Nehring S, Ondračková M, Jurajda P (2017). Parasite communities and infection levels of the invasive Chinese sleeper Perccottus glenii (Actinopterygii: Odontobutidae) from the Naab river basin, Germany. Journal of Helminthology, 91: 703-710.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2017). The parasite community of round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) newly introduced into the upper Elbe. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 418: 19.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Bryjová A, Jurajda P (2017). Parasites as biological tags of divergence in Central European gudgeon populations (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae: Gobioninae). Biologia, 72: 671-679.
Kvach Y, Jurajda P, Bryjová A, Trichkova T, Ribeiro F, Přikrylová I, Ondračková M (2017). European distribution for metacercariae of the North American digenean Posthodiplostomum cf. minimum centrarchi (Strigeiformes: Diplostomidae). Parasitology International, 66: 635-642.
Mikl L, Adámek Z, Všetičková L, Janáč M, Roche KF, Šlapanský L, Jurajda P (2017). Response of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages to round (Neogobius melanostomus, Pallas 1814) and tubenose (Proterorhinus semilunaris, Heckel 1837) goby predation pressure. Hydrobiologia, 785: 219-232.
Mikl L, Adámek Z, Roche KF, Všetičková L, Šlapanský L, Jurajda P (2017). Invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies in the diet of piscivorous fish in a European lowland river. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, eArchiv für Hydrobiologie.
Šlapanský L, Janáč M, Roche KF, Mikl L, Jurajda P (2017). Expansion of round gobies in a non-navigable river system. Limnologica, 67: 27-36.

2016

Adámek Z, Mrkvová M, Zukal J, Roche KF, Mikl L, Šlapanský L, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2016). Environmental quality and natural food performance at feeding sites in a carp (Cyprinus carpio) pond. Aquaculture International, 24: 1591-1606.
Janáč M, Valová Z, Roche KF, Jurajda P (2016). No effect of round goby Neogobius melanostomus colonisation on young-of-the-year fish density or microhabitat use. Biological Invasions, 18: 2333-2347.
Janáč M, Konečná M, Roche KF, Jurajda P (2016). Novelty versus environment: two viewpoints on the same phenomenon?. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 25: 678-681.
Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Janáč M, Roche KF, Mikl L, Rederer L, Zapletal T, Koza V, Špaček J (2016). Use of multiple fish-removal methods during biomanipulation of a drinking water reservoir – Evaluation of the first four years. Fisheries Research, 173: 101-108.
Jurajda P, Roche KF, Sedláček I, Všetičková L (2016). Assemblage characteristics and diet of fish in the shallow coastal waters of James Ross Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 39: 2299-2309.
Jurajda P, Pavlov I (2016). Rediscovery of Rutilus virgo in the River Dyje, Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 65: 98-100.
Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Roche KF, Mrkvová M, Štarhová D, Prášek V, Zukal J (2016). Carp feeding activity and habitat utilisation in relation to supplementary feeding in a semi-intensive aquaculture pond. Aquaculture International, 24: 1627-1640.
Konečná M, Janáč M, Roche KF, Jurajda P (2016). Environment not "nativeness" dictates reproductive trait shifts in Ponto-Caspian gobies. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 25: 167-170.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2016). Methodological issues affecting the study of fish parasites. I. Duration of live fish storage prior to dissection. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 119: 107-115.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2016). Methodological issues affecting the study of fish parasites. II. Sampling method affects ectoparasite studies. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 121: 59-66.
Kvach Y, Ondračková M, Jurajda P (2016). First report of metacercariae of Cyathocotyle prussica parasitising a fish host in the Czech Republic, Central Europe. Helminthologia, 53: 257-261.
Schmutz S, Jurajda P, Kaufmann S, Lorenz AW, Muhar S, Paillex A, Poppe M, Wolter C (2016). Response of fish assemblages to hydromorphological restoration in central and northern European rivers. Hydrobiologia, 769: 67-78.
Šlapanský L, Jurajda P, Janáč M (2016). Early life stages of exotic gobiids as new hosts for unionid glochidia. Freshwater Biology, 61: 979-990.
Zapletal T, Adámek Z, Jurajda P, Roche KF, Všetičková L, Mareš J (2016). Consumption of plant material by perch (Perca fluviatilis). Folia zoologica, 65: 95-97.

2015

Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Valová Z, Janáč M, Roche KF (2015). Fish community and fisheries management of Brno Reservoir following revitalisation measures. Folia zoologica, 64: 112-122.
Konečná M, Janáč M, Roche KF, Jurajda P (2015). Variation in life-history traits between a newly established and long-established population of non-native pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Centrarchidae). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 45: 385-392.
Ondračková M, Valová Z, Hudcová I, Michálková V, Šimková A, Borcherding J, Jurajda P (2015). Temporal effects on host-parasite associations in four naturalized goby species living in sympatry. Hydrobiologia, 746: 233-243.
Ondračková M, Hudcová I, Dávidová M, Adámek Z, Kašný M, Jurajda P (2015). Non-native gobies facilitate the transmission of Bucephalus polymorphus (Trematoda). Parasites & Vectors, 8: 382.
Polačik M, Jurajda P, Blažek R, Janáč M (2015). Carcass feeding as a cryptic foraging mode in round goby Neogobius melanostomus. Journal of Fish Biology, 87: 194-199.
Roche KF, Janáč M, Šlapanský L, Mikl L, Kopeček L, Jurajda P (2015). A newly established round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) population in the upper stretch of the river Elbe. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 416: 33.
Valová Z, Konečná M, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2015). Population and reproductive characteristics of a non-native western tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) population unaffected by gobiid competitors. Aquatic Invasions, 10: 57-68.
Všetičková L, Janáč M, Roche KF, Jurajda P (2015). Assessment of possible diel and sex-related differences in round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) diet. Folia zoologica, 64: 104-111.

2014

Bartošová P, Hrabcová M, Pecková H, Patra S, Lӧvy A, Jurajda P, Tyml T, Holzer AS (2014). Hidden diversity and evolutionary trends in malacosporean parasites (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) identified using molecular phylogenetics. International Journal for Parasitology, 44: 565-577.
Valová Z, Janáč M, Švanyga J, Jurajda P (2014). Structure of 0+ juvenile fish assemblages in the modified upper stretch of the River Elbe, Czech Republic. Czech Journal of Animal Science, 59: 35-44.
Vašek M, Všetičková L, Roche KF, Jurajda P (2014). Diet of two invading gobiid species (Proterorhinus semilunaris and Neogobius melanostomus) during the breeding and hatching season: No field evidence of extensive predation on fish eggs and fry. Limnologica, 46: 31-36.
Všetičková L, Janáč M, Vašek M, Roche KF, Jurajda P (2014). Non-native western tubenose gobies Proterorhinus semilunaris show distinct site, sex and age-related differences in diet. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 414: 1-19.
Zapletal T, Mareš J, Jurajda P, Všetičková L (2014). The food of roach, Rutilus rutilus (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), in a biomanipulated water supply reservoir. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 44: 15-22.

2013

Adámek Z, Zahrádková S, Jurajda P, Bernardová I, Jurajdová Z, Janáč M, Němejcová D (2013). The response of benthic macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages to human impact along the lower stretch of the rivers Morava and Dyje (Danube basin, Czech Republic). Croatian Journal of Fisheries, 71: 93-115.
Horký P, Horká P, Jurajda P, Slavík O (2013). Young-of-the-year (YOY) assemblage sampling as a tool for assessing the ecological quality of running waters. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 29: 1040-1049.
Janáč M, Šlapanský L, Valová Z, Jurajda P (2013). Downstream drift of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) in their non-native area. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 22: 430-438.
Janáč M, Jurajda P, Kružíková L, Roche KF, Prášek V (2013). Reservoir to river passage of age-0+ year fishes, indication of a dispersion pathway for a non-native species. Journal of Fish Biology, 82: 994-1010.
Janáč M, Jurajda P (2013). Diel differences in 0+ fish samples: effect of river size and habitat. River Research and Applications, 29: 90-98.
Jurajda P, Všetičková L, Polačik M, Vassilev M (2013). Can round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) caught by rod and line be used for diet analysis?. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 39: 182-185.
Roche KF, Janáč M, Jurajda P (2013). A review of Gobiid expansion along the Danube-Rhine corridor – geopolitical change as a driver for invasion. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 411: 01.
Valová Z, Hudcová H, Roche KF, Svobodová J, Bernardová I, Jurajda P (2013). No relationship found between mercury and lead concentrations in muscle and scales of chub Squalius cephalus L. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185: 3359-3368.

2012

Janáč M, Valová Z, Jurajda P (2012). Range expansion and habitat preferences of nonnative 0+ tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) in two lowland rivers in the Danube basin. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, eArchiv für Hydrobiologie.
Konečná M, Jurajda P (2012). Population structure, condition, and reproduction characteristics of native monkey goby, Neogobius fluviatilis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes Gobiidae), in the Bulgarian Danube. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 42: 321-327.
Ondračková M, Slováčková I, Trichkova T, Polačik M, Jurajda P (2012). Shoreline distribution and parasite infection of black-striped pipefish Syngnathus abaster Risso, 1827 in the lower River Danube. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 28: 590-596.
Ondračková M, Šimková A, Civáňová K, Vyskočilová M, Jurajda P (2012). Parasite diversity and microsatellite variability in native and introduced populations of four Neogobius species (Gobiidae). Parasitology, 139: 1493-1505.
Orendt C, Wolfram G, Adámek Z, Jurajda P, Schmitt-Jansen M (2012). The response of macroinvertebrate community taxa and functional groups to pollution along a heavily impacted river in Central Europe (Bilina River, Czech Republic). Biologia, 67: 180-199.
Zapletal T, Mareš J, Jurajda P, Všetičková L (2012). The food of common bream (Abramis brama L.) in a biomanipulated water supply reservoir. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 60: 357-366.

2011

Borcherding J, Staas S, Krüger S, Ondračková M, Šlapanský L, Jurajda P (2011). Non-native Gobiid species in the lower River Rhine (Germany): recent range extensions and densities. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27: 153-155.
Červenka R, Bednařík A, Komárek J, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Vítek T, Spurný P (2011). The relationship between the mercury concentration in fish muscles and scales/fins and its significance. Central European Journal of Chemistry, 9: 1109-1116.
Francová K, Ondračková M, Polačik M, Jurajda P (2011). Parasite fauna of native and non-native populations of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) (Gobiidae) in the longitudinal profile of the Danube River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27: 879-886.
Janáč M, Jurajda P (2011). Mortality induced by electrofishing and handling in five young-of-the-year cyprinids: effect of the fish size, species and anode size. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 27: 990-994.
Valová Z, Jurajda P (2011). Vývoj plůdkových společenstev ryb řeky Moravy v oblasti Litovelského Pomoraví. Příroda, 30: 65-761210 .

2010

Adámek Z, Jurajda P, Prášek V, Sukop I (2010). Seasonal diet pattern of non-native tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) in the lowland reservoir (Mušov, Czech Republic). Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 397: 1-12.
Georg W, Orendt C, Höss S, Grossschartner M, Adámek Z, Jurajda P, Traunspurger W, de Deckere E, Van Liefferinge C (2010). The macroinvertebrate and nematode community from soft sediments in impounded sections of the river Elbe near Pardubice, Czech Republic. Lauterbornia, 69: 87-105.
Janáč M, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Valová Z, Reichard M (2010). Flood duration determines the reproduction success of fish in artificial oxbows in a floodplain of a potamal river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 19: 644-655.
Janáč M, Jurajda P (2010). Modified sampling design for age-0 fish electrofishing at beach habitats. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 30: 1210-1220.
Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Janáč M, Valová Z (2010). Longitudinal patterns in fish and macrozoobenthos assemblages reflect degradation of water quality and physical habitat in the Bílina river basin. Czech Journal of Animal Science, 55: 123-136.
Jurajda P, Slavík O, White S, Adámek Z (2010). Young-of-the-year fish assemblages as an alternative to adult fish monitoring for ecological quality evaluation of running waters. Hydrobiologia, 644: 89-101.
Jurajda P, Janáč M, Valová Z, Streck G (2010). Fish community in the chronically polluted middle Elbe River. Folia zoologica, 59: 157-168.
Jurajda P, Slavík O, Adámek Z (2010). Monitoring ryb v tekoucích vodách ČR v souvislosti s rámcovou směrnicí 2000/60/ES: plůdek nebo dospělé ryby?. Vodní hospodářství, 2010: 6-81210 .
Musil J, Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Horký P, Slavík O (2010). Non-native fish introductions in the Czech Republic – species inventory, facts and future perspectives. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 26: 38-45.
Ondračková M, Francová K, Dávidová M, Polačik M, Jurajda P (2010). Condition status and parasite infection of Neogobius kessleri and N. melanostomus (Gobiidae) in their native and non-native area of distribution of the Danube River. Ecological Research, 25: 857-866.
Valová Z, Jurajda P, Janáč M, Bernardová I, Hudcová H (2010). Spatiotemporal trends of heavy metal concentrations in fish of the River Morava (Danube basin). Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, 45: 1892-1899.
Wenger M, Ondračková M, Machala M, Neča J, Hyršl P, Šimková A, Jurajda P, von der Ohe P, Segner H (2010). Assessing relationships between chemical exposure, parasite infection, fish health, and fish ecological status: a case study using chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in the Bílina River, Czech Republic. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29: 453-466.

2009

Jurajda P, Janáč M, White S, Ondračková M (2009). Small – but not easy: evaluation of sampling methods in floodplain lakes including whole-lake sampling. Fisheries Research, 96: 102-108.
Konečná M, Jurajda P, Reichard M (2009). River discharge drives recruitment success of the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus in a regulated river in central Europe. Journal of Fish Biology, 74: 1642-1650.
Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Blažek R, Gelnar M, Jurajda P (2009). The interaction between an introduced fish host and local parasite fauna: Neogobius kessleri in the middle Danube River. Parasitology Research, 105: 201-208.
Polačik M, Janáč M, Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Ondračková M, Trichkova T, Vassilev M (2009). Invasive gobies in the Danube: invasion success facilitated by availability and selection of superior food resources. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 18: 640-649.
Ryšavá-Nováková M, Ondračková M, Jurajda P (2009). The importance of surrogate habitats in lowland river floodplains for fish community composition. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 16: 468-477.

2008

Dávidová M, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2008). Parasite assemblages of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), composition and effects of habitat type and host body size. Parasitology Research, 102: 1001-1011.
Jurajda P, Peňáz M, Reichard M, Bernardová I (2008). Water quality improvements following political changes, enhanced fish communities, and fisheries in the Czech Republic. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 12001.
Polačik M, Trichkova T, Janáč M, Vassilev M, Jurajda P (2008). The ichthyofauna of the shoreline zone in the longitudinal profile of the Danube River, Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 60: 77-88.
Polačik M, Janáč M, Jurajda P, Vassilev M, Trichkova T (2008). The sampling efficiency of electrofishing for Neogobius species in a riprap habitat: a field experiment. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 24: 601-604.
Polačik M, Janáč M, Trichkova T, Vassilev M, Keckeis H, Jurajda P (2008). The distribution and abundance of the Neogobius fishes in their native range (Bulgaria) with notes on the non-native range in the Danube River. Large Rivers, 18: 193-208.
Šimková A, Lafond T, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Ottová E, Morand S (2008). Parasitism, life history traits and immune defence in cyprinid fish from Central Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8: 1-11.

2007

Janáč M, Jurajda P (2007). A comparison of point abundance and continuous sampling by electrofishing for age-0 fish in a channelized lowland river. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 27: 1119-1125.
Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Janáč M, Valová Z (2007). Fish and macrozoobenthos in the Vlára stream drainage area (Bílé Karpaty Mountains). Czech Journal of Animal Science, 52: 214-225.
Lamková K, Šimková A, Palíková M, Jurajda P, Lojek A (2007). Seasonal changes of immunocompetence and parasitism in chub (Leuciscus cephalus), a freshwater cyprinid fish. Parasitology Research, 101: 775-789.
Pečínková M, Vollestad LA, Koubková B, Huml J, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2007). The relationship between developmental instability of gudgeon Gobio gobio and abundance or morphology of its ectoparasite Paradiplozoon homoion (Monogenea). Journal of Fish Biology, 71: 1358-1370.
Reichard M, Jurajda P (2007). Seasonal dynamics and age structure of drifting cyprinid fishes: an interspecific comparison. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 16: 482-492.

2006

Jurajda P, Reichard M, Smith C (2006). Immediate impact of an extensive summer flood on the adult fish assemblage of a channelized lowland river. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 21: 493-502.
Jurajda P, Vassilev M, Polačik M, Trichkova T (2006). A first record of Perccottus glenii (Perciformes: Odontobutidae) in the Danube River in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 58: 279-282.
Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Gelnar M, Jurajda P (2006). Susceptibility of Prussian carp infected by metacercariae of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (v. Nordmann, 1832) to fish predation. Ecological Research, 21: 526-529.
Ondračková M, Trichkova T, Jurajda P (2006). Present and historical occurrence of metazoan parasites in Neogobius kessleri (Pisces: Gobiidae) in the Bulgarian section of the Danube River. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 58: 401-408.
Smith C, Reichard M, Douglas A, Jurajda P (2006). Population consequences of behaviour in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Cyprinidae). Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 15: 139-145.
Valová Z, Jurajda P, Janáč M (2006). Spatial distribution of 0+ juvenile fish in differently modified lowland rivers. Folia zoologica, 55: 293-308.

2005

Brack W, Bakker J, de Deckere E, Deerenberg C, van Gils J, Hein M, Jurajda P, Kooijman B, Lamoree M, Lek S, de Alda MJL, Marcomini A, Munoz I, Rattei S, Segner H, Thomas K, von der Ohe PC, Westrich B, de Zwart D, Schmitt-Jansen M (2005). MODELKEY - Models for assessing and forecasting the impact of environmental key pollutants on freshwater and marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 12: 252-256.
Hohausová E, Jurajda P (2005). Restoration of a river backwater and its influence on fish assemblage. Czech Journal of Animal Science, 50: 473-482.
Janáč M, Jurajda P (2005). Inter-calibration of three electric fishing techniques to estimate 0+ juvenile fish densities on sandy river beaches. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 12: 161-167.
Jurajda P, Černý J, Polačik M, Valová Z, Janáč M, Blažek R, Ondračková M (2005). The recent distribution and abundance of non-native Neogobius fishes in the Slovak section of the River Danube. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 21: 319-323.
Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Pečínková M, Blažek R, Gelnar M, Valová Z, Černý J, Jurajda P (2005). Metazoan parasites of Neogobius fishes in the Slovak section of the River Danube. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 21: 345-349.
Ottová E, Šimková A, Jurajda P, Dávidová M, Ondračková M, Pečínková M, Gelnar M (2005). Sexual ornamentation and parasite infection in males of common bream (Abramis brama): a reflection of immunocompetence status or simple cost of reproduction?. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 7: 581-593.
Prášek V, Jurajda P (2005). Expansion of Proterorhinus marmoratus in the Morava River basin (Czech Republic, Danube R. watershed). Folia zoologica, 54: 189-192.

2004

Jurajda P, Regenda J (2004). Littoral 0+ fish assemblages in three reservoirs of the Nové Mlýny dam (Czech Republic). Czech Journal of Animal Science, 49: 450-457.
Jurajda P, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2004). Managed flooding as a tool for supporting natural fish reproduction in man-made lentic waterbodies. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 11: 237-242.
Ondračková M, Šimková A, Gelnar M, Jurajda P (2004). Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) in intermediate fish hosts: factors contributing to the parasite infection and prey selection by the definitive bird host. Parasitology, 129: 761-770.
Ondračková M, Bartošová Š, Valová Z, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2004). Occurrence of black-spot disease caused by metacercariae of Posthodiplostomum cuticola among juvenile fishes in water bodies in the Morava River basin. Acta Parasitologica, 49: 222-227.
Ondračková M, Reichard M, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2004). Seasonal dynamics of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea, Diplostomatidae) metacercariae and parasite-enhanced growth of juvenile host fish. Parasitology Research, 93: 131-136.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Smith C (2004). Spatial distribution of drifting cyprinid fishes in a shallow lowland river. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 159: 395-407.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Smith C (2004). Male-male interference competition decreases spawning rate in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 56: 34-41.
Reichard M, Jurajda P (2004). The effects of elevated river discharge on the downstream drift of young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 19: 465-471.
Smith C, Reichard M, Jurajda P, Przybylski M (2004). The reproductive ecology of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Journal of Zoology, 262: 107-124.

2003

Smith C, Reichard M, Jurajda P (2003). Assessment of sperm competition by European bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53: 206-213.

2002

Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2002). The distribution of Posthodiplostomum cuticola matacercariae in young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 60: 1355-1357.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2002). Interannual variability in seasonal dynamics and species composition of drifting young-of-the-year fishes in two European lowland rivers. Journal of Fish Biology, 60: 87-101.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2002). The effect of light intensity on the drift of young-of-the year cyprinid fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 61: 1063-1066.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Šimková A, Matějusová I (2002). Size-related habitat use by bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) in a regulated lowland river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 11: 112-122.
Smith C, Douglas A, Jurajda P (2002). Sexual conflict, sexual selection and sperm competition in the spawning decisions of bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 51: 433-439.

2001

Adámek Z, Jurajda P (2001). Stream habitat or water quality - what influences stronger fish and macrozoobenthos biodiversity?. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 1: 305-311.
Bartošová Š, Jurajda P (2001). A comparison of 0+ fish communities in borrow pits under different flooding regime. Folia zoologica, 50: 281-289.
Bartošová Š, Jurajda P, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2001). Importance of lentic waterbodies as fish nurseries in the flood plain of the Dyje River, Czech Republic. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 1: 347-353.
Jurajda P, Reichard M, Hohausová E, Černý J (2001). Comparison of 0+ fish communities between regulated-channelized and floodplain stretches of the River Morava. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. 135: 187-202.
Jurajda P, Rulík M (2001). Occurrence of stone loach in the hyporheic zone. Folia zoologica, 50: 239-240.
Machala M, Dušek L, Hilscherová K, Kubínová R, Jurajda P, Neča J, Ulrich R, Gelnar M, Studničková Z, Holoubek I (2001). Determination and multivariate statistical analysis of biochemical responses to environmental contaminants in feral freshwater fish Leuciscus cephalus L. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 20: 1141-1148.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Václavík R (2001). Drift of larval and juvenile fishes: a comparison between small and large lowland rivers. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. 135: 373-389.
Smith C, Douglas A, Jurajda P (2001). Oviposition site selection and embryo mortality in perch. Journal of Fish Biology, 58: 880-882.
Smith C, Rippon K, Douglas A, Jurajda P (2001). A proximate cue for oviposition site choice in the bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Freshwater Biology, 46: 903-911.
Šimková A, Morand S, Matějusová I, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2001). Local and regional influences on patterns of parasite species richness of central European fishes. Biodiversity and Conservation, 10: 511-525.

2000

Adámek Z, Jurajda P (2000). Impact of habitat degradation upon fish and macrozoobenthos biodiversity in small Moravian (Czech Republic) headwaters of the Danube river basin. Limnological Reports.
Jurajda P, Reichard M, Ondračková M, Matějusová I, Prášek V (2000). Rybí společenstva podélného profilu řeky Vláry v Bílých Karpatech. Sborník Přírodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti.
Jurajda P, Adámek Z, Prášek V (2000). Ryby a makrozoobentos povodí říčky Drietomice v Bílých Karpatech. Sborník Přírodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti.
Smith C, Reynolds JD, Sutherland WJ, Jurajda P (2000). Adaptive host choice and avoidance of superparasitism in the spawning decisions of bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 48: 29-35.

1999

Copp GH, Jurajda P (1999). Size-structured diel use of river banks by fish. Aquatic Sciences, 61: 75-91.
Jurajda P (1999). Comparative nursery habitat use by 0+ fish in a modified lowland river. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, 15: 113-124.
Prášek V, Jurajda P (1999). A contribution to the knowledge of fishes in the brooks of the Pelhřimov area (Bohemian-Moravian Highlands). Acta Musei Moraviae. Scientiae biologicae = Časopis Moravského muzea. Vědy biologické, iScientiae biologicae84: 211-221.
Reichard M, Jurajda P (1999). Patterns of ontogenetic changes in relative growth in the precocial cyprinid, bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 49: 111-124.

1998

Jurajda P, Hohausová E, Gelnar M (1998). Seasonal dynamics of fish abundance below a migration barrier in the lower regulated River Morava. Folia zoologica, 47: 215-223.
Jurajda P (1998). Drift of larval and juvenile fishes, especially Rhodeus sericeus and Rutilus rutilus, in the River Morava (Danube basin). Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 141: 231-241.
Jurajda P, Roche K (1998). Effects of pond management on otter food sources in waters adjacent to ponds. BOKU-Reports of Wildlife Research & Game Management, 14: 89-94.

1997

Adámek Z, Jurajda P (1997). Poškození ryb průchodem přes turbíny malé vodní elektrárny. Bulletin VÚRH Vodňany, 33: 120-130.
Bernardová I, Jurajda P, Zahrádková S (1997). Assessment of mercury content in the Morava River water ecosystem. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 45: 104-111.
Gelnar M, Šebelová Š, Dušek L, Koubková B, Jurajda P, Zahrádková S (1997). Biodiversity of parasites in freshwater environment in relation to pollution. Parassitologia, 39: 189-199.
Hohausová E, Jurajda P (1997). Ichthyofauna of the upper Morava River drainage and its role in a restoration project. Folia zoologica, 46: 73-85.
Jurajda P, Černý J (1997). Gymnocephalus baloni, a new fish species in the Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 46: 86-88.
Jurajda P, Reichard M, Hohausová E (1997). A survey of inshore 0+ juvenile fish community in the Nové Mlýny lowland reservoir, Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 46: 279-285.
Lusk S, Halačka K, Jurajda P, Lusková V, Peňáz M (1997). Diversity of fish communities in the waters of the Podyjí National Park. Živočišná výroba, 42: 269-275.

1996

Hohausová E, Jurajda P, Prášek V (1996). Fish assemblages of the River Vsetínská Bečva Basin. Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Biologica, 40: 115-121.
Hohausová E, Jurajda P (1996). Společenstva ryb horního toku řeky Moravy v oblasti Mohelnické brázdy a některých vybraných přítoků a ramen. Časopis Slezského zemského muzea., iSérie A: Vědy přírodní45: 211-222.
Jurajda P, Prášek V, Roche K (1996). The autumnal diet of otter (Lutra lutra) inhabiting four streams in the Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 45: 9-16.
Jurajda P, Bernardová I (1996). PCB in fish of the river Morava (Danube basin) - a sampling approach. Folia zoologica, 45: 77-86.
Jurajda P, Ráb P, Šlechta V, Šlechtová V (1996). Occurrence and identification of Kessler's gudgeon (Gobio kessleri) in the river Bečva (Czech Republic). Folia zoologica, 45: 253-257.
Jurajda P, Hohausová E, Prášek V, Dvořák M (1996). Fishes of Poľana mountain streams. Biologia, 51: 173-178.

1995

Foerster K, Dulfer R, Jurajda P, Křížová M, Kučerová M, Roche K, Vrbová M, de Wit AJ (1995). Die Třeboň Otter Stiftung. Ornithologische Beobachter, 92: 349-350.
Jurajda P (1995). Effect of channelization and regulation on fish recruitment in a flood plain river. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, 10: 207-215.
Lusk S, Jurajda P (1995). Record of ziege (Pelecus cultratus) in the Dyje River. Folia zoologica, 44: 284-287.
Lusk S, Jurajda P, Peňáz M (1995). Age structure in spawning shoals of Chondrostoma nasus. Folia zoologica, 44: 25-34.
Peňáz M, Jurajda P, Roux AL, Olivier JM (1995). 0+ fish assemblages in a sector of the Rhone River influenced by the Bregniér-Cordon hydroelectric scheme. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, 10: 363-372.
Peňáz M, Jurajda P (1995). Antropogenous impact of the river habitat degradation upon ichthyocoenoses of the River Morava. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, 91: 121-127.

1994

Gelnar M, Koubková B, Pláňková H, Jurajda P (1994). Report on metazoan parasites of fishes of the river Morava with remarks on the effects of water pollution. Helminthologia, 31: 47-56.
Halačka K, Jurajda P (1994). Charakteristika elektrolovných zařízení pro odlov ryb. Živočišná výroba, 39: 733-741.
Jurajda P, Peňáz M (1994). Fish community of the lower regulated stretch of the River Morava, Czech Republic. Folia zoologica, 43: 57-64.
Jurajda P, Gelnar M, Koubková B (1994). Occurrence of Zingel (Zingel zingel) in the River Morava with Notes on its Parasites. Folia zoologica, 43: 93-96.

1993

Copp GH, Jurajda P (1993). Do small riverine fish move inshore at night?. Journal of Fish Biology, 43: 229-241.
Jurajda P, Pavlov I (1993). The first record of Volga Pike-Perch (Stizostedion volgense) in the Dyje River. Folia zoologica, 42: 383-384.
Jurajda P, Andrýsek P (1993). Ichthyofauna potoka Brtnice na Českomoravské vrchovině. Vlastivědný sborník Vysočiny : oddíl věd přírodních, 11: 310-314.
Peňáz M, Jurajda P (1993). Finding of the European Brook Lamprey, Lampetra planeri in the Morava River. Folia zoologica, 42: 94-96.
Peňáz M, Jurajda P (1993). Fish assemblages of the Morava River: longitudinal zonation and protection. Folia zoologica, 42: 317-328.