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What is the key factor driving the expansion of invasive bentic invertebrates in the czech rivers?
Kolářová, Lucie ; Tátosová, Jolana (advisor) ; Sacherová, Veronika (referee)
The main part of the thesis discusses the occurrence and spreading of non - indigenous species of bentic freshwater invertebrates in the Labe River and it is based on long - term physical, chemical and biological data provided by Povodí Labe, state enterprise. Our results show a decrease in the concentration of nutrients at monitored stretch of the Labe River during the time period between years 2000 and 2011. The relative richness of non - indigenous species in benthic communities was analysed by TCI (Taxonomical Contamination Index), while their relative abundance was analysed by ACI (Abundance Contamination Index). Values of those two indexes increased during the time period between years 1998 and 2012. A detailed analysis is focused on four species - Dikerogammarus villosus, Corbicula fluminea, Jaera istri and Corophium curvispinum. The highest ACI value, as well as the total abundance of D. villosus, C, fluminea and J. istri, has been found at the Velké Březno site. Different values of TCI and ACI indexes and different abundances of specific invasive species can be caused by diverse environmental conditions characterising the studied sites. Significant differences between physical - chemical parameters measured at specific sites has been shown by the Kruskal - Wallis test (α = 0, 05). Only the...
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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Younger Dryas based on subfubfossil cladocera
Bubenková, Anna ; Tátosová, Jolana (advisor) ; Vrba, Jaroslav (referee)
5 ABSTRACT Long-term paleoenvironmental reconstructions provides essential interpretation of environmental changes. Multiproxy analysis of lake sediments can be used for tracking the historical evolution of lakes and significant processes which formed them over time. Subfossil Cladocera play a key ecological role in freshwater ecosystems. Sedimentary cladoceran assemblages reflect environmental changes and exhibit great potential in past environmental reconstructions. The purpose of this diploma thesis is to identify climatic changes of the time interval between the Late Glacial and the early Holocene in Černé Lake. Based on the analysis of geochemical and biological proxies, determined climatic conditions of Younger Dryas (YD). The YD oscillation in Central Europe has only been briefly described. The Czech Republic is positioned between oceanic and continental climate. The results of the multiproxy analyses suggests that climate conditions of the region during YD were similar to Western Europe with moderate wet climate conditions during the first half and drier conditions during the second half of the period. In the middle of YD there was an interesting event. Observed, probably due to high precipitation and floods. These results are based on P/L ratio, geochemical proxies, pollen analyses and record of...
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Recent and subfossil chironomids as a tool for tracing of environmental changes in mountain lakes of glacial origin
Tátosová, Jolana
JOLANA TÁTOSOVÁ, Charles University in Prague Ph.D. Thesis, 2008 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The limnological research in mountain areas of Czech Republic and Slovakia have a long tradition at our workplace, and our hydrobiological team has participated on many international projects focused on study of mountain lake ecosystems. Since 2000, I have become a member of this team and I have directed my research activities on the benthic fauna of mountain waters, especially on chironomids. They represent the most numerous and diverse group of benthic communities in the waters of mountain areas. As the life and geographical distribution of chironomids are controlled by many environmental parameters - temperature, food availability, concentrations of dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, heavy metals and other pollutants, they can be very successfully used for tracking of environmental changes and effects of climatic variability on mountain lake ecosystems. The investigation of mountain areas has also its foundation. High altitude lakes represent very unique and vulnerable aquatic ecosystems. At the present time of very strong influence of human activity, these...
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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Younger Dryas based on subfubfossil cladocera
Bubenková, Anna ; Tátosová, Jolana (advisor) ; Vrba, Jaroslav (referee)
5 ABSTRACT Long-term paleoenvironmental reconstructions provides essential interpretation of environmental changes. Multiproxy analysis of lake sediments can be used for tracking the historical evolution of lakes and significant processes which formed them over time. Subfossil Cladocera play a key ecological role in freshwater ecosystems. Sedimentary cladoceran assemblages reflect environmental changes and exhibit great potential in past environmental reconstructions. The purpose of this diploma thesis is to identify climatic changes of the time interval between the Late Glacial and the early Holocene in Černé Lake. Based on the analysis of geochemical and biological proxies, determined climatic conditions of Younger Dryas (YD). The YD oscillation in Central Europe has only been briefly described. The Czech Republic is positioned between oceanic and continental climate. The results of the multiproxy analyses suggests that climate conditions of the region during YD were similar to Western Europe with moderate wet climate conditions during the first half and drier conditions during the second half of the period. In the middle of YD there was an interesting event. Observed, probably due to high precipitation and floods. These results are based on P/L ratio, geochemical proxies, pollen analyses and record of...
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Sediments of Bohemian Forest lakes and their use in paleoenvironmental research
Vondrák, Daniel ; Tátosová, Jolana (advisor) ; Hruška, Jakub (referee) ; Kyška Pipík, Radovan (referee)
Sediments of Bohemian Forest lakes are important natural archives. Their sedimentary record covers postglacial history of the lakes as well as history of natural processes in a wider region. It also documents local settlements and changes in landscape management. The lake sediments have attracted the interest of the scientific community since the end of the 19th century. Despite of the fact that modern paleolimnological and paleoecological investigations were already performed in the second half of the 20th century in the Bohemian Forest Mts., the great potential of the lake sediments was not fully utilized in scientific research so far. The ultimate objective of this thesis is to deepen knowledge of these natural archives and support their utilization in future studies. Several specific objectives have been set to achieve the ultimate objective: i) to compare age of the Bohemian Forest lake sediments with the recent knowledge of local deglaciation at the end of the last ice age, ii) to integrate chronostratigraphic marker horizons as one of the tools of Late Glacial sediment dating, iii) to assess the role of bioerosion in chitinous subfossil freshwater invertebrate remains on the record representativeness, and iv) to prove the presumed dystrophic nature of the lakes during the Holocene using...
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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Younger Dryas based on fossil chironomids
Skurčáková, Anežka ; Tátosová, Jolana (advisor) ; Bitušík, Peter (referee)
The final stadial of the last glacial - Younger Dryas (12 650 - 11 500 cal yr BP) is relatively well described in sediments of European lakes, however research related to its progress in Central European area is missing. The goal of this thesis was to examine progress of this stadial based on sediment core from Černé Lake at Šumava (Czech Republic). To reconstruct climatic conditions, sub-fossil remains of Chironomidae was used. The air July temperature was estimated using Swiss-Norwegian model. Geochemical analysis was performed to determine intensity of erosion, trophic status of the lake, and sources of its organic matter. To complete information about catchment, pollen analysis was performed. Following climatic events were identified in the sediment: Older Dryas (13 583 - 13 394 cal yr BP), Alleröd (13 394 - 12 383 cal yr BP), Younger Dryas (12 383 - 11 394 cal yr BP) a Early Holocene (11 394 - 11 138 cal yr BP). Presence of two phases of Younger Dryas was not significantly proven, nevertheless, the isotope composition suggests, that the first half of this oscillation was drier. Reconstructed temperature ranged between 8,30 and 10,31řC. The mean temperature for Older Dryas event was 8,92 řC, for Alleröd 9,61 řC, Younger Dryas 9,17 řC and Early Holocene 10,00 řC. Reconstructed temperature...
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Subfossil Cladocera as a powerful tool for paleoecological reconstruction
Bubenková, Anna ; Tátosová, Jolana (advisor) ; Kopalová, Kateřina (referee)
This bachelor thesis is a literature review documenting the usage of subfossil Cladocera in paleoecological reconstruction. Its aim is to argue for subfossil Cladocera as an effective means of studying historical evolution of lakes and identifying significant processes which formed them over time. Furthemore, this literature review critically evaluates some of the most common approaches to reconstructing changes in climate, water levels, acidification, and eutrophication, and numerous issues they often encouter. The correct interpretation is vital because all the factors in the aquatic environment are connected. Despite some debate, subfossil Cladocera are an important aspect of paleoecological reconstructions with much possible utilization in future research. Key words: subfossil Cladocera, paleoecology, reconstruction
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Recent and subfossil chironomids as a tool for tracing of environmental changes in mountain lakes of glacial origin
Tátosová, Jolana ; Stuchlík, Evžen (advisor) ; Šporka, Ferdinand (referee) ; Brabec, Karel (referee)
JOLANA TÁTOSOVÁ, Charles University in Prague Ph.D. Thesis, 2008 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Summary Chironomid seasonality in a high mountain lake ecosystem - case study This paper summarizes result of the first complete round-year study of chironomids in the profundal zone of an oligotrophic high mountain Tatra lake - Ľadové lake - chosen as the key site in the EMERGE project. High mountain or arctic lakes are typical by the specific chironomid species composition, low species diversity at all and low abundances as well (Bretschko, 1974, Rieradevall & Prat, 1999, Aagaard, 1986, Brundin, 1956, Steinböck, 1955) Four chironomid taxa identified in the profundal of Ľadové lake (after average abundances) - Micropsectra radialis (Goetghebuer, 1939), Pseudodiamesa nivosa (Goetghebuer, 1928), Procladius (Holotanypus) sp. and Heterotrisscladius marcidus (Walker, 1856) - and the average chironomid density of 1 700 ind m-2 have confirmed this fact. The two most abundant taxa P. nivosa and M. radialis have demonstrated a univoltine life history with emergences in July and in August, respectively. According to published data, the univolitne life cycle of chironomids is expectable in high mountain or subarctic lakes (Moore, 1979, Wiederholm, 1977, Pechlaner et...
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