Department of Physics

• Publications

• Grants

• Laboratories

Centre for Polar Ecology

Research groups

• Algology and biotechnology

  Phycology:

  • Molecular diversity, ecology and biogeography of cyanobacteria and algae of the polar regions
  • Functional characteristics of the cyanobacteria and algae of the polar regions
  • Role of cyanobacteria and algae in individual biotopes and the relations among individual ecosystem components
  • Biotechnological exploitations of cyanobacteria and algae of the polar regions

  The research of the algological group begins with a description of the species diversity of cyanobacteria and algae, which are studied in all types of terrestrial biotopes. Basic environmental factors are then measured in the given biotopes (physico-chemical parameters of soil and water, daily temperature, radiation, transparency, pH, oxygen concentration, conductivity, etc.).

  For the taxonomic determination of individual species of algae and cyanobacteria, classic microscopic observation is combined with data obtained from DNA sequences. The ecophysiological properties of polar cyanobacteria and algae are determined using field measurements and laboratory experiments. Field experiments in Svalbard are focused, for example, on monitoring photosynthetic activity, nitrogen fixation, studying the formation of dormant stages of cyanobacteria and algae, or studying photochemical processes in different types of biotopes. Laboratory experiments focus on the determination of the ecophysiological requirements of individual species and the detailed study of their reactions to various ecological factors.

  Since 2009, experiments with open top chambers (OTC) have been taking place on Svalbard at several locations, where the effect of mild warming and changes in soil moisture on the communities of cyanobacteria and algae and on the rate of decomposition of selected biotopes is monitored. As a result of increasing temperatures in the Arctic, the use of natural resources in the polar regions and the development of human settlements are developing. To reduce the consequences of human activity on polar ecosystems (e.g. eutrophication of waters) and increase the efficiency of local resource use (e.g. fish farming), a number of new technologies will need to be developed, some of which will be based on the use of native microorganisms. The algal group has already carried out the first tests for the selection of biotechnologically interesting strains and tested the possibility of cultivation at low temperatures.

  The algology group cooperates with a number of workplaces, for example with the institutes of the Biological Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Charles University and the University of Cologne in Germany.

  Team members: Josef Elster, Jana Kvíderová, Eva Hejduková, Oleksandr Bren, Anastasiia Kolomiiets

  

  

  

  

• Polar microbial ecology

  Our group focuses on study of carbon and nitrogen cycles in relation to the composition and functioning of microbial communities and their relationships with other organisms in ecosystems such as tundra, taiga, continental glaciers, lakes.

  The main objective of our group is to:

  • improve estimates of organic carbon in cryosols (soils affected by permafrost) with a focus on the Eurasian Arctic.
  • understand the vulnerability of these carbon stocks in future climate
  • improve existing models to better predict the response of permafrost soils, glacies, lakes to future climate conditions
  • describe the functioning of microbial communities under extreme Arctic conditions

  We are primarily interested in how natural forcing (permafrost thaw) is changing the functioning of these ecosystems, i.e. rates of carbon and nutrient transformation and loss from the ecosystem, species and functional diversity of the soil microbial community, and soil-vegetation relationships.

  Our research focuses primarily on describing microorganisms in terms of both diversity and function. Microbial communities include all three domains of life (bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes), which implies that the study of such a complex system is poses a considerable challenge to scientists. In the last decade, new genetic and molecular biological techniques (PCR, sequencing, etc.) have been increasingly applied to study complex microbial communities. It is these that allow us to better describe the processes and the microorganisms responsible for them in complex terestrial and aquatic environments. Last but not least, they allow us to study the interactions between organisms. These new methods are the focus of our molecular biology laboratory.

  Knowledge of the chemical and microbiological composition of organic matter and the processes by which carbon, nitrogen and nutrients are stabilized is essential to predict the extent and timescale at which SOC will be remobilized from thawing permafrost under climate change.

  We have long-standing collaborations with institutes at the Biological Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and with foreign universities in Helsinki, Hannover, Vienna and Uppsala. These collaborations open up the possibility for our students to travel abroad on a placement at a friendly university.

  Team members: Jiří Bárta, Muhammad Waqas, Marria Dimova, Monika Strejckova, Simona Zelenkova, Annika Schmidinger, Laura Noskova, Jonas Proger, Sára Turková, Marie Šabacká

  

  

  

• Parasitology

  Parasitology and Infection Biology

  1. The study of life cycle of trematodes from the family Opecoelidae occurring in gastropods Buccinium spp.and family Gymnophalidae from bivalves Mya truncata and Hiatella arctica.
  2. Study of other helminths found in fish and selected invertebrate hosts.
  3. Examination of tissues and organs if selected vertebrate and invertebrate hosts with the aim of the histological studies of parasites from the groups Apicomplexa, Myxozoa, Microsporidia, Ciliata and the isolation of amphizoic amoebas.
  4. Mapping of biodiversity of littoral biocenoses
  5. Intestinal parasites of mammals and birds
     Examination of feces using classical coprological methods and molecular analyses. Special attention is paid to parasites of Polar Fox (Vulpes lagopus) and Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), as well as to parasites of introduced mammals (vole Microtus levis and dog).
  6. Searching for arboviruses and influenza viruses
     Using molecular analyses, the mosquitoes Aedes nigripes (larvae and adult females) and ticks Ixodes uriae are examined for arboviruses. Oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs as well as droppings of selected species birds are screened for influenza viruses. Antibodies against bird influenza have been already recorded in serum samples of Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla).

  Team members: Oleg Ditrich

  

  

  

• Zoology

  Ornithology

  Ornithology group focuses mainly on:

  • evolutionary ecology, life histories, global comparative insights
  • climate change and human pressure impacts and adaptations
  • population dynamics, demography, latitudinal gradients
  • predation, predator-prey interactions, parasites
  • migration, behavioral ecology, breeding associations
  • sex roles, mating systems and parental investment
  • camouflage and plumage colouration
  • Important Bird Areas, conservation implications

  When asking important scientific questions, we are often effectively combining independent data at three different levels: i) data directly collected by our team – individual in-depth field studies using a detailed methodology and experimental design; ii) data collected according to unified protocols across an extensive network of 40+ collaborating teams worldwide; iii) data extracted from published and online sources, enabling broad comparative insights.

  Our investigations have several important implications. First, we are identifying key climate change, human pressure, and life-history factors affecting breeding performance and survival rates as well as global population trends of wild animals with the use of recently developed demographic models adopting an explicit phylogenetic framework. Second, the exploration of spatial and temporal changes in life-history traits, population dynamics, and social behavior is enabling us to track historic patterns and recent impacts of climate change and human pressure on wild animals in a rapidly changing world. Third, we do care for the outreach and conservation implications of our research, our scientific outputs are being disseminated among conservationists, policymakers, and the wide public in various countries to promote and advocate new specific conservation applications mitigating the impact of recent environmental changes.

  We look forward working with highly motivated researchers from all over the world. This may include scientists, conservationists, post-docs, students at various levels, interns, and volunteers. Get in touch with us.

  Team members: Vojtěch Kubelka, Guillaume Dillenseger, Miguel Angelo Silva Monteiro, Kateřina Kubelková and Andreas Rimoldi

  

  

Centre for Polar Ecology

Projects

• International projects

  2022 – 2025, Origin of resistance to desiccation and cryoinjuries in biological soil crust microalgae of High Arctic.
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and GAČR.
  22-08680L

  2021 – 2023   The terrestrial Ecology Flagship in Ny-Ålesund: reinforcement and futher development – activities for 2021-2023.
  Norwegian Polar Institute (NO),  Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (NL), Ghent University (BE), University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (NO), National Institute of Polar Research (JP) National Research Council of Italy (IT), JU (CZ) a Adam Mickiewicz University (PL)
  Svalbard Science Forum – ES610235.

  2021 – 2024  EU-PolarNet 2 Co-ordinating and Co-designing the European Polar Research Area 
  H2020-LC-CLA-2020-1

  2018 - 2022   Sex role evolution: testing the impacts of ecology, demography and genes.
  ÉLVONAL Shorebird Science project

  2015-2027   Nutrient Network Petunia site
  JU (CZ) a Estonian University of Life Sciences (EE)
  (RiS ID 10812)

• National projects

  2024–2029 Animal migrations in a changing world – Movements for reproduction to higher latitudes: still advantageous strategy or maladaptive behaviour?
  University of South Bohemia (CZ)
  MŠMT ERC-CZ 317-LL2412
  

  2023–2025 SoWaFUN - Fungal ecology at the soil-water interface
  University of South Bohemia (CZ) and Institute of Soil Biology BC CAS (CZ)
  GAČR 23-06429S

  2022–2025 Glacial ecosystems: from tropics to the poles
  University of South Bohemia (CZ)
  GAČR 22-26348S

  2022-2024 Unique community of ice-bound tardigrades and rotifers in evolutionary, physiological and ecological context
  Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics CAS (CZ), Institute of Soil Biology BC CAS (CZ) and University of South Bohemia (CZ)
  GAČR 22-28778S

• Finished projects

  List of finished international projects

  List of finished national projects

Centre for Polar Ecology

Publications

• 2024

  Articles

  Cooke S. J., Piczak M. L., Singh N. J., Åkesson S., Ford A. T., Chowdhury S., Mitchell G. W., Norris D. R., Hardesty-Moore M., McCauley D., Hammershlag N., Tucker M. A., Horns J. J., Reisinger R. R., Kubelka V., Lennox R. J. (2024): Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options. Biological reviews 99 (4), p. 1242-1260.
  https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13066

  Dayal A., Hodson A., Šabacká M., Smalley A. (2024): Seasonal changes in the viability and abundance of bacterial cells in the snowpack ecosystem of a High Arctic ice cap. ARCTIC, ANTARCTIC, AND ALPINE RESEARCH 56 (1), 2407711.
  https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2407711

  Dillenseger G. (2024): Active defence mechanisms in brood parasitism hosts and their consequences for parasite adaptation and speciation. Journal of Avian Biology. 
  https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03252

  Dillenseger G., Rimoldi A., Barreto S., Ugarte M., Kubelka V. (2024): Courtship behavior and breeding phenology of Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) in the Peruvian altiplano. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 135(4), p. 560-569.
  https://doi.org/10.1676/23-00013

  Engel Z, Láska K, Smolíková J, Kavan J. (2024): Recent change in surface mass-balance trends of glaciers on James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Glaciology 2024:1-15. 
  https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.16

  Janko K., Shain D. H., Fontaneto D., Kaštánková Doležálková M., Buda J., Štefková Kašparová E., Šabacká M., Rosvold J., Stefaniak J., Hessen D. O., Devetter M., Jimenez/Santos M. A., Horna P., Janková Drdová E., Yde J. C., Zawierucha K. (2024): Islands of ice: Glacier-dwelling metazoans form regionally distinct populations despite extensive periods of deglaciation. Diversity and Distribution 30(10).
  https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13859
  

  Kavan J., Stuchlík R., Carrivick J. L., Hanáček M., Stringer Ch. D., Roman M., Holuša J., Dagsson-Waldhauserová P., Láska K., Nývlt K. (2024): Proglacial lake evolution coincident with glacier dynamics in the frontal zone of Kvíárjökull, South-East Iceland.  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 49 (5), p. 1487-1502.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5781

  Kostrzewa O., Szczypinska M., Kavan J., Senderak K., Novák M., Strzelecki M. C. (2024): A Boulder Beach Formed by Waves From a Calving GlacierRevisited: Multidecadal Tsunami–Controlled Coastal Changes in Front of Eqip Sermia, West Greenlan. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 35 (3), p. 312-325.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2235

  Kvíderová J., Kubáč D., Lukavský J. (2024): Pilot plant cultivation of microalga Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides with night illumination from LEDs sources. Algal Research 84, 103759.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2024.103759
  

  Liebmann P., Bárta J., Vogel C., Urich T., Kholodov A., Varsadiya M., Mewes O., Dultz S., Waqaz M., Wang H., Shibistova O., Guggenberger G. (2024): Permafrost degradation and its consequences for carbon storage in soils of Interior Alaska. Biogeochemistry 167, p. 199–223.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-024-01132-4

  Pushkareva E., Hejduková E., Elster J., Becker B. (2024): Microbial response to seasonal variation in Arctic biocrusts with a focus on fungi and cyanobacteria. Environmental Research, 263 (2), 120110.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.120110
  

  Pushkareva E, Elster J, Kudoh S, Imura S and Becker B (2024): Microbial communitycomposition of terrestrial habitats in East Antarctica with a focus on microphototrophs. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1323148. 
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1323148.

  Roman M., Píšková A., Sanderson D. C. W., Cresswell A. J., Bulínová M., Pokorný M., Kavan J., Jennings S. J. A., Lirio J. M., Nedbalová L., Sacherová V., Kopalová K., Glasser N. F., Nývlt D. (2024): The Late Holocene deglaciation of James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula: OSL and 14C-dated multi-proxy sedimentary record from Monolith Lake. Quaternary Science Reviews 333, 108693.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108693

  Savaglia V, Lambrechts S, Tytgat B,Vanhellemont Q, Elster J, Willems A,Wilmotte A, Verleyen E andVyverman W (2024): Geology definesmicrobiome structure and composition innunataks and valleys of the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. Frontiers in Microbiology 15, p. 1 - 16.
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1316633.

  Tanner C. E., Jones W., Kubelka V., Caspers B. A., Krueger O., Mijoro T. J., Sandercock B. K., Zefania S., Székely T. (2024): Variation in nest survival of three species of tropical plovers in Madagascar with clutch size, age of nest, year and El Niño effect. Ecology and Evolution, 14 (9), e70269.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70269

• 2023

  Articles

  Dayal, A., Hodson, A. J., Šabacká, M., Smalley, A. L. (2023): Seasonal snowpack microbial ecology and biogeochemistry on a high Arctic ice cap reveals negligible autotrophic activity during spring and summer melt. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128, e2022JG007176.
  https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007176.

  Edwards K.R., Bárta J., Mastný J., Picek T. (2023): Multiple environmental factors, but not nutrient addition, directly affect wet grassland soil microbial community structure: a mesocosm study. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 99 (7).
  https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad070.

  Elster J., Souquieres C. E., Jadrná I., Škaloud P., Søreide J. E., Kvíderová J. (2023): Invasive Vaucheria aff. compacta (Xanthophyceae) and its distribution over a high Arctic tidal flat in Svalbard. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 281.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108206.

  Herrmann, T.M., Brunner Alfani, F., Chahine, A., Doering, N., Dudeck, S., Elster, J., Fjellheim, E., Henriksen, J.E., Hermansen, N., Holmberg, A., Kramvig, B., Keskitalo, A.M.N., Omma, E.M., Saxinger, G., Scheepstra, A., van der Schot, J. (2023). Comprehensive Policy-Brief to the EU Commission: Roadmap to Decolonial Arctic Research. University of Oulu, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research- UFZ, The Indigenous Voices (IVO) research group – Álgoálbmogii jienat, Arctic University of Norway UiT, Saami Council. Áltá – Kárášjohka – Leipzig – Oulu.
  https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.400

  Hromádková T., Pavel V., Weidinger K. (2023): Incubation behaviour of Arctic (Sterna paradisaea) and Antarctic (Sterna vittata) terns under disturbance by humans and predators. Polar Biology 46 (12), p. 1265-1274.
  DOI: 10.1007/s00300-023-03199-5.

  Kavan, J., Luláková, P., Małecki, J., & Strzelecki, M. (2023): Capturing the transition from marine to land-terminating glacier from the 126-year retreat history of Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard. Journal of Glaciology, 1-11.
  https://doi:10.1017/jog.2023.92

  Liu J., Chai Z., Wang H., Ivanov A., Kubelka V., Freckleton R., Zhang Z., Székely T. (2023): Egg characteristics vary longitudinally in Arctic shorebirds. iScience, Volume 26 (6).
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106928

  Lukavský J., Kopecký J., Kubáč D., Kvíderová J., Procházková L., Řezanka T. (2023): The alga Bracteacoccus bullatus (Chlorophyceae) isolated from snow,as a source of oil comprising essential unsaturated fatty acidsand carotenoids. Journal of Applied Phycology 35:649–660.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-02916-1.

  Luláková P., Šantrůčková H., Elster J., Hanáček M., Kotas P., Meador T., Tejnecký V., Bárta J. (2023): Mineral substrate quality determines the initial soil microbial development in front of the Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99 (10)
  https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad104

  Pushkareva E., Elster J., Becker B. (2023): Metagenomic Analysis ofAntarctic Biocrusts Unveils a RichRange of Cold-Shock Proteins. Microorganisms 11, 1932.
  https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081932.

  Souquieres C.-E., Kvíderová J., Elster J. (2023): Extensive microphytobenthos mats of invasive Vaucheria aff.compacta and abiotic environmental factors influencing its abundancein Adventfjorden tidal flat, Svalbard. Polar Biology 46 (2).
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03203-y.

  Székely T., Carmona-Isunza M. C., Engel N., Halimubieke N., Jones W., Kubelka V., Rice R., Tanner C. E., Tóth Z., Valdebenito J. O., Wanders K., McDonald G. C. (2023): The causes and implication of sex role diversity in shorebird breeding systems. Ibis 166(2).
  https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13277.

  Zawierucha K., Kašparová E.Š., McInnes S., Buda J., Ambrosini R., Devetter M., Ficetola G.F., Franzetti A., Takeuchi N., Horna P., Novotná Jaroměřská T., Ono M., Šabacká M., Janko K. (2023): Cryophilic Tardigrada have disjunct and bipolar distribution and establish long-term stable, low-density demes. Polar Biology 46(10), 1-17.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03170-4.

• 2022

  Articles

  Barrio I. C., Ehrich D., Soininen E. M., Ravolainen V. T., Bueno C. G., Gilg O., Koltz A. M., Speed J. D. M., Hik D. S., Morsdorf M., Alatalo J. M., Angerbjorn A., Bety J., Bollache L., Boulanger-Lapointe N., Brown G. S., Eischeid I., Giroux M. A., Hájek T., Hansen B. B., Hofhuis S. P., Lamarre J-F., Lang J., Latty C., Lecomte N., Macek P., McKinnon L., Myers-Smith I. H., Pedersen A. O., Prevey J. S., Roth J. D., Saalfeld S. T., Schmidt N. M., Smith P., Sokolov A., Sokolova N., Stolz C., van Bemmelen R., Varpe O., Woodard P. F., Jonsdottir I. S. (2022): Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales(1). Arctic Science, 8 (3), 638-679. 
  https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2020-0020

  Dao, T. T., Mikutta, R., Sauheitl, L., Gentsch, N., Shibistova, O., Wild, B., Schecker J., Bárta J., Čapek P., Gittel A., Lashchinskiy N., Urich T., Šantrůčková H., Richter A., Guggenberger G. (2022): Lignin preservation and microbial carbohydrate metabolism in permafrost soils. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127, e2020JG006181
  https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006181.

  Ernakovich, J. G., Barbato, R. A., Rich, V. I., Schädel, C., Hewitt, R. E., Doherty, S. J., Whalen, E. D., Abbott, B. W., Barta, J., Biasi, C., Chabot, C. L., Hultman, J., Knoblauch, C., Vetter, M. C. Y., Leewis, M-C, Liebner, S., Mackelprang, R., Onstott, T. C., Richter, A. … Winkel, M. (2022). Microbiome assembly in thawing permafrost and its feedbacks to climate. Global Change Biology, 00, 1–20.
  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16231

  Kubelka V., Sandercock B., Székely T. & Freckleton R. P. (2022): Animal migration to northern latitudes: environmental changes and increasing threats. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37: 30–41.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.010

  Pedersen Å.Ø., Convey P., Newsham K.K., Mosbacher J.B., Fuglei E., Ravolainen V., Hansen B.B., Jensen T.C., Augusti A., Biersma E.M., Cooper E.J., Coulson S.J., Gabrielsen G.W., Gallet J.C., Karsten U., Kristiansen S.M., Svenning M.M., Tveit A.T., Uchida M., Baneschi I., Calizza E., Cannone N., de Goede E.M., Doveri M., Elster J., Giamberini M.S., Hayashi K., Lang S.I., Lee Y.K., Nakatsubo T., Pasquali V., Paulsen I.M.G., Pedersen C., Peng F., Provenzale A., Pushkareva E., Sandström C.A.M., Sklet V., Stach A., Tojo M., Tytgat B., Tømmervik H., Velazquez D., Verleyen E., Welker J.M., Yao Y.-F. & Loonen M.J.J.E. (2022): Five decades of terrestrial and freshwater research at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. Polar Research 41, 6310.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.33265/polar.v41.6310

  Prakash E. A., Hromádková T., Jabir T., Vipindas P. V., Krishnan K.P., Hatha M. A. A., Briedis M. (2022): Dissemination of multidrug resistant bacteria to the polar environment - Role of the longest migratory bird Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea). Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 815 (152727).
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152727

  Pushkareva E. , Elster J., Holzinger A. , Niedzwiedz S. , Becker B. (2022): Biocrusts from Iceland and Svalbard: Does microbial community composition differ substantially?. Frontiers in Microbiology 13.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1048522

  Šálek, M., Sládeček, M., Kubelka, V., Mlíkovský, J., Storch, D. and Šmilauer, P. (2022): Beyond habitat: effects of conspecific and heterospecific aggregation on the spatial structure of a wetland nesting bird community. Journal of Avian Biology, 2022(2): e02928. 
  https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02928

  Varsadiya, M., Liebmann, P., Petters, S., Hugelius, G., Urich, T., Guggenberger, G., Bárta, J. (2022): Extracellular enzyme ratios reveal locality and horizon-specific carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus limitations in Arctic permafrost soils. Biogeochemistry 161, 101–117.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-022-00967-z

  Wada T., Kudoh S., Koyama H., Iakovenko N., Elster J., Kvíderová J., Otani M., Shimada S., Imura S. (2022): Abundance and biomass of Bdelloid rotifers in the microbial mats from East Antarctica: The ecologiacel relations between microscopic phototrophs and invertebrates. Ecological Research, 1 - 14. 
  https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12368

• 2021

  Articles

  Vonnahme T.R., Persson E., Dietrich U., Hejdukova E., Dybwad C., Elster J., Chierci M., Gradinger R. (2021): Early spring subglacial discharge plumes fuel under-ice primary production at a Svalbard tidewater glacier. The Cryosphere, 15, 2083-2107.
  doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2083-2021

  Kudoh, S., Wada T., Shimada, S., Otani, M., Elster, J., Uchida, M., Imura, S. (2021): Meteorological data from ice-free areas in Yukidori Zawa, Langhovde and Kizahashi Hama, Skarvsnes, and Skallen on Soya Coast, East Antarctica during January 2017 – December 2018 2021: Polar Data Journal, Vol. 5, 1-10. Arctic Data Archive System (ADS), Japan, 2019.
  https://doi.org/10.17592/001.2020103001

  Verleyen E., Van de Vijver B., Tytgat B., Pinseel E., Hodgson D. A., Kopalová K., Chown S. L., Ranst E. V., Imura S., Kudoh S., Nieuwenhuyze W. V., Elster J., Jones, V. J. Kohler T. J., McKnight D., McMinn A., Nedbalová L., Roberts D., Saunders K. M., Souffreau C., Sterken M., Tavernier I., Sabbe K., Vyverman W. (2021): Diatoms define a novel freshwater biogeography of the Antarctic. Ecography, 44: 1-13.
  doi: 10.1111/ecog.05374

  Jimel M., Kvíderová J., Elster J. (2021): Annual cycle of mat-forming filamentous algae Tribonema cf. minus (Stramenopile, Xanthophyceae) in hydro-terrestrial habitats in the Hight Arctic revealed by multiparameter fluorescent staining. J. Phycol., 57, 780-796,
  DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13109

  Hermans R., M.P.M., Ditrich O., Tyml T.,Gelnar M., Artois T., Kmentová N., (2021): Parasitic flatworms infecting thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata: Infection by the monogeneans Acanthocotyle verrilli and Rajonchocotyle emarginata in Svalbard. Parasitology International, Vol. 81, 102261, ISSN 1383-5769.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2020.102261.

  Myšková E., Brož M., Kváč M., Sak B. Ditrich O. (2021): Intestinal parasites of dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in Svalbard (Norway): low prevalence and limited transmission with wildlife. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 4. pp. 249-255.
  DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2020-0186

  Hodson, A. J., Šabacká, M., Dayal, A., Edwards, A., Cook, J., Convey, P., et al. (2021). Marked seasonal changes in the microbial production, community composition, and biogeochemistry of glacial snowpack ecosystems in the maritime Antarctic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005706

  Lyčka, Z., Elster, J. (2021): Český polární výzkum a Arktický festival – Dny arktické a české vědy a kultury. Živa 1/2021: 2-5, LXIX.

  Elster, J., Lyčka, Z. (2021): Arktida a její reakce na globální oteplování – příběh české vědy. Živa 1/2021: XXI-XXII, LXIX.

  Chapters in books

  Petkov, B.H., Vitale, V., Di Carlo P., Hansen G.H., Svendby T.M., Láska K., Sobolewski S., Solomatnikova A., Pavlova K., Johnsen B., Posyniak M. A., Elster, J., Mazzola M., Lupi A., Verazzo G. (2021): The extreme Arctic ozone depletion in 2020 as was observed from Svalbard (EXAODEP-2020) SESS  report 2021 – The State of Environmental Science in Svalbard.,
  Doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5751922

  Di Prisco, G., Edwards H. G.M., Elster J., Huiskes A.H.L.(eds.) (2021): Life in Extreme Environments; Insights in Biological, Introduction, pp. 1 – 5,  Capability. Cambridge University Press,
  DOI: 10.1017/9781108683319.

  Pichrtová M., Hejduková E., Nedbalová L., Elster, J. (2021): How to survive winter? Adaptation and acclimation strategies in eukaryotic algae from polar terrestrial ecosystems. In Life in Extreme Environments; Insights in Biological Capability (Eds G. Di Prisco, G.,  H. G. M Edwards, J. Elster, A. H. L. Huiskes), pp. 101 - 125, Cambridge University Press,
  DOI: 10.1017/9781108683319.

  Elster, J. (2021): PART I I I - Introduction, Life in extreme environments and the responses to change; the example of polar environments. In Life in Extreme Environments; Insights in Biological Capability (Eds G. Di Prisco, G.,  H. G. M Edwards, J. Elster, A. H. L. Huiskes), pp. 149 – 150, Cambridge University Press,
  DOI: 10.1017/9781108683319.

  Books

  Di Prisco, G., Edwards H. G.M., Elster J., Huiskes A.H.L. (eds.) (2021): Life in Extreme Environments; Insights in Biological Capability, pp, 364, Cambridge University Press,
  DOI: 10.1017/9781108683319.

• 2020

  Articles

  Hejduková E., Elster J., Nedbalová L. (2020): Annual cycle of freshwater diatoms in the High Arctic revealed by multiparameter fluorescent staining. Microbial Ecology,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01521-w

  Lyčka Z., Elster J. (2020): Punk’s not dead, even at the Czech Arctic Scientific Station in Svalbard. Oceanologia, 000:1-6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2020.03.007

  Singh, P., Šnokhousová, J., Saraf, A., Suradkar, A., Elster, J. (2020):  Phylogenetic evaluation of the genus Nostoc and description of Nostoc neudorfense sp. nov., from the Czech Republic. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
  DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004102.

  Hromádková T, Pavel V, Flousek J, Briedis M (2020) Seasonally specific responses to wind patterns and ocean productivity facilitate the longest animal migration on Earth. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 638:1-12. 
  https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13274

  Shukla, S. P., Kvíderová, J., Adamec, L., Elster, J. (2020). Ecophysiological features of polar soil unicellular micro‐algae. Journal of Phycology

  Syrová, M., Hromádková, T., Pavel, V., Veselý, P. (2020). Responses of nesting Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) to disturbance by humans. Polar Biology, 1-9.

  Chapters in books

  Søreide J. E., Pitusi V., Vader A., Damsgård B., Nilsen F., Skogseth R., Poste A., Bailey A., Kovacs K. M., Lydersen Ch., Gerland S., Descamps S., Strøm H., Renaud P. E., Christensen G., Arvnes M. P., Moiseev D., Singh R. K., Bélanger S., Elster J., Urbański J., Moskalik M., Wiktor J., and Węsławski J. M. (2020): Environmental status of Svalbard coastal waters: coastscapes and focal ecosystem components (SvalCoast), In: Moreno-Ibáñez at al. (eds.) SESS report 2020, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, Longyearbyyen, pp. 143-174,
  doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4293849.

  Books

  Bezděk A., Bernardová A., Burgert P., Ditrich O., Drvotová M., Hlaváč J., Horáček I., Hošek J., Hošková K., Juřičková L., Kapustka K., Kovačiková L., Krásný F., Kuželka V., Mangel T., Novák J., Prostředník J., Ptáková M., Sázelová S., Vondrovský V. (2020): Mezolit severních Čech III. Vývoj pravěké krajiny Českého ráje: Vegetace, fauna, lidé, pp. 600.
  ISBN 978-80-7524-036-1

  Abstract books

  Hromádková, T. (ed.) (2020) Polar Ecology Conference 2020. Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice.Abstract books
  ISBN: 978-80-7394-796-5

• 2019

  Articles

  Hawes, I., Jungblut, A. D., Elster, J., Van de Vijver, B., Mikucki, J. (2019). Inland aquatic biodiversity in Antarctica. Antarctic Environments Portal, 
  https://doi.org/10.18124/439s-wk64
  

  Hejduková, E., Pinseel, E., Vanormelingen, P., Nedbalová, L., Elster, J., Vyverman, W., & Sabbe, K. (2019). Tolerance of pennate diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) to experimental freezing: comparison of polar and temperate strains. Phycologia, 1-11.

  Dufková, K., Barták, M., Morkusová, J., Elster, J., Hájer, J. (2019). Screening of growth phases of Antarctic algae and cyanobacteria cultivated on agar plates by chlorophyll fluorescence imaging. Czech Polar Reports 9 (2): 170-181.

  Kvíderová, J., Souquieres, C. E., Elster, J. (2019). Ecophysiology of photosynthesis of Vaucheria sp. mats in a Svalbard tidal flat. Polar Science, 21, 172-185.

  Kvíderová, J., Elster, J. (2019). Photosynthesis ecophysiology of polar Vaucheria sp.–inter-annual comparison. Czech Polar Reports, 9(2), 141-151.

  Kvíderová, J., Kumar, D., Lukavský, J., Kaštánek, P., & Adhikary, S. P. (2019). Estimation of growth and exopolysaccharide production by two soil cyanobacteria, Scytonema tolypothrichoides and Tolypothrix bouteillei as determined by cultivation in irradiance and temperature crossed gradients. Engineering in Life Sciences, 19(3), 184-195.

  Lulakova, P., Perez Mon, C., Šantrůčková, H., Rüthi, J., Frey, B. W. (2019). HIGH-ALPINE PERMAFROST AND ACTIVE-LAYER SOIL MICROBIOMES DIFFER IN THEIR RESPONSE TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURES. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 668.

  Malard, L. A., Šabacká, M., Magiopoulos, I., Hodson, A., Tranter, M., Siegert, M. J., Pearce, D. A. (2019). Spatial variability of Antarctic surface snow bacterial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 461.

  Myšková, E., Brož, M., Fuglei, E., Kvičerová, J., Mácová, A., Sak, B., Kváč, M., Ditrich, O. (2019). Gastrointestinal parasites of arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and sibling voles (Microtus levis) in Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Parasitology Research 
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06502-8

  Orekhova, A., Barták, M., Özkar, A., Elster, J. (2019) The effect of shock freezing on physiological properties and consequent growth of Antarctic filamentous (Stigeoclonium sp.) and coccal alga (Diplosphaera chodatii) on agar plates. Czech Polar Reports, 9(1), 37-48

  Pushkareva, E., Wilmotte, A., Láska, K., Elster, J. (2019) Comparison of Microphototrophic Communities Living in Different Soil Environments in the High Arctic. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 393.

  Raabová, L., Kovacik, L., Elster, J., Strunecký, O. (2019) Review of the genus Phormidesmis (Cyanobacteria) based on environmental, morphological, and molecular data with description of a new genus Leptodesmis. Phytotaxa, 395 (1), 001-0016.

  Roman, M., Nedbalová, L., Kohler, T., Lirio, J., Coria, S.,H., Kopáček, J., Vignoni, P., Kopalová, K., Lecomte, K., Elster, J., Nývlt, D. (2019). Lacustrine systems of Clearwater Mesa (James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula): geomorphological setting and limnological characterization. Antarctic Science. 1-20.

  Shukla, S. P., Kvíderová, J., Adamec, L., Elster, J. (2019). Ecophysiological features of polar soil unicellular micro‐algae. Journal of Phycology.

  Chapters in books

  Kvíderová, J., Elster, J., & Komárek, J. (2019). Ecophysiology of Cyanobacteria in the Polar Regions. In Cyanobacteria (pp. 277-302). Academic Press.

  Petkov, B. H., Vitale, V., Hansen, G. H., Svendby, T. M., Sobolewski, P. S., Láska, K., Elster, J., Viola, A., Mazzola M., Lupi, A. (2019). Observations of the solar UV irradiance and ozone column at Svalbard. In:  Orr, E., Hansen, G., Lappalainen, H., Hübner, Ch. & Lihavainen, H. (Eds), SESS report 2018, Longyearbyen, The State of Environmental Science in Svalbard, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), ISSN 2535-6321, SSBN 978-82-691528-0-7, pp. 170 – 182

• 2018

  Articles

  Barcytė, D., Elster, J., Nedbalová, L. (2018): Plastid-encoded rbcL phylogeny suggests widespread distribution of Galdieria phlegrea (Cyanidiophyceae, Rhodophyta). Nordic Journal of Botany, 36(6), e01794. 

  Barcyté, D., Hodač, L., Nedbalová, L., Elster, J. (2018): Chloromonas arctica sp. nov., a psychrotolerant alga from snow in the High Arctic (Chlamydomonadales, Chlorophyta). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 68(3), 851-859.

  Barcytė, D., Hodač, L., Nedbalová, L., Elster, J. (2018): Chloromonas svalbardensis n. sp. with insights into the phylogroup Chloromonadinia (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 65(6), 882-892. 

  Bjorkman, A.D., Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S.C., Normand, S., Thomas, H.J.D., Alatalo, J.M., Alexander, H., Anadon-Rosell, A., Angers-Blondin, S., Bai, Y., Baruah, G., Beest, M.T., Berner, L., Björk, R.G., Blok, D., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Carbognani, M., Christie, K., Collier, L.S., Cooper, E.J. Cornelissen, J.H.C., Dickinson, K., Dullinger, S., Elberling, B., Eskelinen, A., Forbes, B.C., Frei, E.R., Garcia, M.I., Good, M., Grau, O., Green, P., Grogan, P., Hájek, T., Martin Hallinger, M., Harper, K.A., Heijmans, M.M.P.D., Henry, G.H.R., Hermanutz, L., Hollister, R.D., Hudson, J., Hülber, K., Iversen, C.M., Jaroszynska, F., Johnstone, J., Jorgensen, R.H., Kaarlejärvi, E., Klady, R., Klimešová, J., Korsten, A., Kuleza, S., Kulonen, A., Lamarque, L.J., Lantz, T., Lavalle, A., Levesque, E., Little, C.J., Macek, P., Michelsen, A., Milbau, A., Molau, U., Morgan, J.W., Mörsdorf, M.A., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Nielsen, S.S., Ninot, J.M., Oberbauer, S., Olofsson, J., Onipchenko, V.G., Petraglia, A., Pickering, C., Prevéy, J.S., Rixen, C., Rumpf, S.B., Schaepman-Strub, G., Semenchuk, P., Shetti, R., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Spasojevic, M., Speed, J.D.M., Street, L., Suding, K., Tape, K.D., Tomaselli, M., Trant, A., Treier, U., Tremblay, J.P., Tremblay, M., Venn, S., Vowles, T., Weijers, S., Wilmking, M., Wipf, S., Zamin, T. (2018): Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(12), 1402-1411. 

  Bohuslavová, O., Macek, P., Redčenko, O., Láska, K., Nedbalová, L., Elster, J. (2018): Dispersal of lichens along a successional gradient after deglaciation of volcanic mesas on northern James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Polar Biology, 41(11), 2221-2232. 

  Kvíderová, J. (2018): Internal structure and photosynthetic performance of Nostoc sp. colonies in the High Arctic. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 87(4), 3602. 

  Macek, P., Schöb, C., Núñez-Ávila, M., Hernández Gentina, I.R., Pugnaire, F.I., Armesto, J.J., (2018): Shrub facilitation drives tree establishment in a semiarid fog-dependent ecosystem. Applied Vegetation Science, 21, 113-120. 

  Macek, P., Schöb, C., Núñez-Ávila, M., Pugnaire, F.I., Armesto, J.J., (2018): Shrubs mediate forest start-up and patch dynamics in a semiarid landscape. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 34, 140-149. 

  Maliniemi, T., Kapfer J., Saccone, P., Skog, A., Virtanen, R. (2018): Long-term vegetation changes of treeless heath communities in northern Fennoscandia: links to climate change trends and reindeer grazing. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29, 469-479. 

  Müllerová, J., Elsterová, J., Černý, J., Ditrich, O., Žárský, J., Culler, L.E., Kampen, H., Walther, D., Coulson, S.J., Růžek, D., Grubhoffer, L. (2018): No indication of arthropod-vectored viruses in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected on Greenland and Svalbard. Polar Biology, 41(8), 1581–1586. 

  Petkov, B. H., Vitale, V., Svendby, T. M., Hansen, G. H., Sobolewski, P. S., Láska, K., Elster, J., Pavlova, K., Viola, A., Mazzola, M., Lupi, A., Solomatnikova, A. (2018): Altitude-temporal behaviour of atmospheric ozone, temperature and wind velocity observed at Svalbard. Atmospheric Research, 207, 100–110. 

  Pessi, I.S., Pushkareva, E., Lara, Y., Borderie1, F., Wilmotte, A., Elster, J. (2018): Marked succession of cyanobacterial communities following glacier retreat in the High Arctic. Microbial Ecology, 77 (1), 136–147. 

  Pistón, N., Michalet, R. Schöb, C., Macek, P., Armas, C., Pugnaire, F.I. (2018): The balance of canopy and soil effects determines intraspecific differences in foundation species’ effects on associated plants. Functional Ecology 32: 2253–2263. 

  Roy, J., Bonneville, J.M., Saccone, P., Ibanez S., Albert, H. C., Boleda, M., Gueguen, M., Ohlman, M., Rioux, D., Clément, J.C., Lavergne, S., Geremia, R. (2018): Differences in the fungal communities nursed by two genetic groups of the alpine cushion plant, Silene acaulis. Ecology and Evolution, 8(23): 11568–11581.

  Schaeffner, B.C., Ditrich, O., Kuchta, R. (2018): A century of taxonomic uncertainty: re-description of two species of tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidea) from Arctic seals. Polar Biology, 41 (12), 2543–2559.

  Smykla, J., Porazinska, D.L., Iakovenko, N.S., Devetter, M., Drewnik, M., Hii, S.Y., Emslie, S.D. (2018): Geochemical and biotic factors influencing diversity and distribution patterns of soil microfauna across ice-free coastal habitats in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 116 265–276 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.028. 

  Tyml, T., Lisnerová, M., Kostka, M., Dyková, I. (2018): Current view on phylogeny within the genus Flabellula Schaeffer, 1926 (Amoebozoa: Leptomyxida). European Journal of Protistology, 64, 40-53. 

  Tyml, T., Dyková, I. (2018): Sappinia sp. (Amoebozoa: Thecamoebida) and Rosculus sp. (SAR: Cercozoa) isolated from king penguin guano collected in the Subantarctic (South Georgia, Salisbury Plain) and their coexistence in culture. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 65, 544-555. 

• 2017

  Articles

  Devetter M., Háněl L., Řeháková K., Doležal J. (2017) Diversity and feeding strategies of soil microfauna a along elevation gradients in Himalayan cold deserts. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0187646.
  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187646

  Devetter M., Fontaneto D., Jersabek C.D., Welch D.B.M., May L., Walsh E.J. (2017) Preface: evolving rotifers, evolving science: Proceedings of the XIV International Rotifer Symposium. Hydrobiologia 796: 1–6.
  DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3241-0

  Elster J., Margesin R., Wagner D., Häggblom M. (2017) Polar and Alpine Microbiology - Earth's Cryobiosphere. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93, fiw221.
  DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw221

  Hodson A., Nowak A., Cook J., Šabacká M., Wharfe E.S., Pearce D., Convey P., Vieira G., (2017) Microbes influence the biogeochemical and optical properties of maritime Antarctic snow. JGR: Biogeosciences 122: 1456–1470.
  DOI: 10.1002/2016JG003694

  Hodson A., Nowak A., Šabacká M., Jungblut A.D., Navarro F., Pearce D.A., Ávila-Jiménez M.L., Convey P., Vieira G. (2017) Climatically sensitive transfer of iron to maritime Antarctic ecosystems by surface runoff. Nature Communications (8): 14499.
  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14499

  Kumar D., Kvíderová J., Kaštánek P., Lukavský J. (2017) The green alga Dictyosphaerium chlorelloides biomass and polysaccharides production determined using cultivation in crossed gradients of temperature and light. Engineering in Life Sciences 9: 1030–1038.
  DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201700014

  Kvíderová J., Elster, J. (2017) Photosynthetic activity of Arctic Vaucheria (Xanthophyceae) measured in microcosmos. Czech Polar Reports 7(1): 52–61.
  DOI: 10.5817/CPR2017-1-6

  Nedbalová L., Mihál M., Kvíderová J., Procházková L., Řezanka T., Elster J. (2017): Identity, ecology and ecophysiology of planktic green algae dominating in ice-covered lakes on James Ross Island (northeastern Antarctic Peninsula). Extremophiles 21(1): 187–200.
  DOI: 10.1007/s00792-016-0894-y

  Nedbalová L., Nývlt D., Lirio J.M., Kavan J., Elster J. (2017) Current distribution of Branchinecta gaini on James Ross Island and Vega Island. Antarctic Science 29(4): 141–142.
  DOI: 10.1017/S0954102017000128

  Pouska V., Macek P., Zíbarová L., Ostrow H. (2017) How does the richness of wood-decaying fungi relate to wood microclimate? Fungal Ecology, 27: 178–181.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2016.06.006

  Pushkareva E., Kvíderová J., Šimek M., Elster J. (2017) Nitrogen fixation and diurnal changes of photosynthetic activity in Arctic soil crusts at different development stage. European Journal of Soil Biology, 79, 21–30.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.02.002

  Smykla J., Porazinska D.L., Iakovenko N.S., Devetter M., Drewnik M., Hii S.Y., Emslie S.D. (2018) Geochemical and biotic factors influencing diversity and distribution patterns of soil microfauna across ice-free coastal habitats in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 116: 265–276.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.028

  Schöb C., Macek P., Pistón N, Kikvidze Z., Pugnaire F.I. (2017) A trait-based approach to understand the consequences of specific plant interactions for community structure. Journal of Vegetation Science 28: 696–704.
  DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12523

  Tyml T., Lares‐Jiménez L. F., Kostka M., Dyková I. (2017) Neovahlkampfia nana n. sp. reinforcing an underrepresented subclade of Tetramitia, Heterolobosea. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 64(1): 78–87.
  DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12341

  Tyml T., Dyková I. (2017) Phylogeny and taxonomy of new and re-examined strains of Tubulinea (Amoebozoa). European Journal of Protistology, 61, 41–47.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2017.08.002

  Vítová A., Macek P., Lepš J. (2017): Disentangling the interplay of generative and vegetative propagation among different functional groups during gap colonization in Meadows. Functional Ecology 31: 458–468.
  DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12731

  Chapters in books

  Devetter M., Přikryl I. (2017) Rotifera. In: Hejda R, Farkač J, Chobot K (eds) Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České Republiky. Bezobratlí. Příroda, Praha, 36, 1-612.

  Kvíderová J., Shukla S.P., Pushparaj B., Elster J. (2017) Perspectives of low-temperature biomass production of polar microalgae and biotechnology expansion into high latitudes. In: Margesin R. (ed) Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology. Springer, Cham, 585-600.
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57057-0_25

  Ditrich, O.(2017) Zdravotní rizika mokřadů. In: Čížková, Vlasáková, Květ (eds) Mokřady. Episteme, České Budějovice, 515-521

  Abstract books

  Bernardová A. (ed.) (2017) The Arctic Science Summit Week 2017. Book of Abstracts. CZECH-IN, Praha. ISBN: 978-80-906655-2-1.

• 2016

  Articles

  Bradley J.A., Arndt S., Šabacká M., Benning L.G., Barker G.L., Blacker J.J., Yallop M.L., Wright K.E., Bellas C.M., Telling J., Anesio A.M. (2016) Microbial dynamics in a High Arctic glacier forefield: a combined field, laboratory, and modelling approach. Biogeosciences 13: 5677-5696.
  doi:10.5194/bg-13-5677-2016

  Cepák V., Kvíderová J., Lukavský J. (2016): The first description of snow algae on Mount Olympus (Greece). Nova Hedwigia 103: 457-473.
  doi: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2016/0365 

  Elster J., Margesin R., Wagner D., Häggblom M. (2017) Polar and Alpine Microbiology – Earth’s Cryobiosphere. Editorial.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93: fiw221, 4p.
  doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw221

  Elster J., Nedbalová L., Vodrážka R., Láska K., Haloda J., Komárek J. (2016) Unusual biogenic calcite structures in shallow lakes, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Biogeoscience 13: 535-549.
  doi: 10.5194/bg-13-535-2016

  Hodač L., Hallmann, Ch., Spitzer K., Elster J., Fashauer F., Brinkmann N., Lepka D., Diwan, V., Friedl, T. (2016) Widespread green algae Chlorella and Stichococcus exhibit polar-temperate and tropical-temperate biogeography. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92: fiw122FEMS, 16p.
  doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw122

  Kavan J., Ondruch J., Nývlt D., Hrbáček F., Carrivick J.L., Láska K. (2016) Seasonal hydrological and suspended sediment transport dynamics in proglacial streams, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography.
  doi:10.1080/04353676.2016.1257914

  Krajcarová L., K. Novotný K., Chattová B., Elster J. (2016) Elemental analysis of soils and Salix polaris in the town of Pyramiden and its surroundings (Svalbard). Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23 (10): 10124-10137.
  doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6213-4

  Kvíderová J., Elster J., Iliev I. (2015): Exploitation of databases in polar research – Data evaluation and outputs. Czech Polar Reports 5(2): 143-159.
  doi: 10.5817/CPR2015-2-13

  Macek P., Prieto I., Macková J., Pistón N., Pugnaire F.I. (2016) Functional plant types drive plant interactions in a Mediterranean mountain range. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 662. 11p.
  doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00662

  Medová H., Koblížek M., Elster J., Nedbalová, L. (2016) Short note: Abundance of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in Antarctic freshwater lakes, James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 28(2): 101-102.
  doi: 10.1017/S0954102015000590

  Obbels D., Verleyen E., Mano M.-J., Namsaraev Z., Sweetlove M., Tytgat B., Fernandez-Carazo R., De Wever A., D’hondt S., Ertz D., Elster J., Sabbe K., Willems A., Wilmotte A., Vyverman, W. (2016) Prokaryotic and eukaryotic biodiversity patterns in terrestrial habitats of the Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92: fiw041, 13p.
  doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw041

  Pichrtová M., Arc E., Stöggl W., Kranner I., Hájek T., Hackl H. & Holzinger A. (2016) Formation of lipid bodies and fatty acid composition changes upon pre-akinete formation in arctic and Antarctic Zygnema (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) strains. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92, 9 pp.
  doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw096

  Pearce D.A., Alekhina I.A., Terauds A., Wilmotte A., Quesada A., Edwards A., Dommergue A., Sattler B., Adams B., Magalhães C.M., Chu W,. Lau M., Cary S.C., Smith D.J., Wall D.H., Eguren G., Matcher G., Bradley J.,De Vera J.P., Elster J., Hughes K.A., Benning L.G., Gunde - Cimerman N., Convey P., Hong S., Pointing S.B., Pellizari V.H., Vincent W.F. (2016) Aerobiology over Antarctica – A new initiative for atmospheric ecology. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 16, 7p.
  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00016

  Pichrtová M., Hájek T., Elster J. (2016) Annual development of mat-forming conjugating green algae Zygnema spp. in hydro-terrestrial habitats in the Arctic. Polar Biology 39:1653–1662.
  doi: 10.1007/s00300-016-1889-y

  Pinseel E., Van de Vijver B., Kavan J., Verleyen E., Kopalová K. (2016) Diversity, ecology and community structure of the freshwater littoral diatom flora from Petuniabukta (Spitsbergen). Polar Biology.
  doi: 10.1007/s00300-016-1976-0

  Pouska V., Macek P., Zíbarová L. (2016) The relation of fungal communities to wood microclimate in a mountain spruce forest. Fungal Ecology 21: 1‒9.
  doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2016.01.006

  Pushkareva E., Johansen J. R. and Elster J. (2016) Polar desert and semidesert soil crust ecosystem; a review of ecophysiological features of cyanobacteria and microalgae. Polar Biology 39: 2227-2240.
  doi: 10.1007/s00300-016-1902-5

  Raabová L., Elster J., Kováčik L. (2016) Phototrophic microflora colonizing substrates of man-made origin in Billefjorden Region, Central Svalbard. Czech Polar Reports 6(1): 21-30.
  doi: 19.5817/CPR2016-1-3

  Ryšánek D., Elster J., Kováčik L., Škaloud P. (2016) Diversity and dispersal capacities of a terrestrial algal genus Klebsormidium (Streptophyta) in polar regions. FEMS Micrologiology Ecology, 92: fiw039, 9p.
  doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw039

  Tashyreva D., Elster J. (2016) Annual cycles of two cyanobacterial mat communities in hydro-terrestrial habitats of the high Arctic. Microbial Ecology 71 (4): 887-900.
  doi: 10.1007/s00248-016-0732-x

  Tyml T., Kostka M., Ditrich O., Dyková I. (2016) Vermistella arctica n. sp. nominates the genus Vermistella as a candidate for taxon with bipolar distribution. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 63(2):210-219.
  doi: 10.1111/jeu.12270

  Tyml T., Skulinová K., Kavan J., Ditrich O., Kostka M., Dyková I. (2016) Heterolobosean amoebae from Arctic and Antarctic extremes: 18 novel strains of Allovahlkamfia, Vahlkampfia and Naegleria. European Journal of Protistology 56: 119-133.
  doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2016.08.003

  Vinšová P., Pinseel E., Kohler T.J., Van de Vijver B., Žárský J.D., Kavan J., Kopalová K. (2015) Diatoms in cryoconite holes and adjacent proglacial freshwater sediments, Nordenskiöld glacier (Spitsbergen, High Arctic). Czech Polar Reports 5(2): 122-133.
  doi: 10.5817/CPR2015-2-11

  Vonnahme T.R., Devetter M., Žárský J.D., Šabacká M., Elster J. (2016) Controls on microalgal community structures in cryoconite holes upon high Arctic glaciers, Svalbard. Biogeoscience 13: 659-674.
  doi: 10.5194/bg-13-659-2016

  Chapters in books
  

  Sabbe K., Obbels D., Vanormelingen P., Strunecký O., Van de Vijver B., Elster J., Wilmotte A., Verlyen E., Vyverman W. (2015) Microbial biodiversity in polar lake ecosystem: why is it different at the North and South Pole? In: Callaghan TV, Savela H (eds) INTERACT, International network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic. Stories of Arctic Science. DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, Aarhus University, Denmark, 146-147.

  Abstract books
  

  Kavan J., Bernardová A. (eds.) (2016) Polar Ecology Conference 2016. Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, 134p. ISBN 978-80-7394-594-7.

• 2015

  Articles

  Elsterová J., Černý J., Müllerová J., Šíma R., Coulson S.J., Lorentzen E., Strøm H. & Grubhoffer L. (2015) Search for tick-borne pathogens in the Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen. Polar Research 34: 27466.
  doi: 10.3402/polar.v34.27466

  Iakovenko  N.S.,  Smykla J., Convey P.,  Kašparová E.,  Kozeretska I.A.,  Trokhymets V., Dykyy I.,  Plewka M.,  Devetter M., Duriš Z. & Janko K.  (2015) Antarctic bdelloid rotifers: diversity, endemism and evolution. Hydrobiologia 761 (1): 5-43.
  doi: 10.1007/s10750-015-2463-2

  Kašparová E.,  Van de Putte A.P., Marshall C. & Janko K. (2015) Lifestyle and ice: the relationship between ecological specialization and response to Pleistocene climate change. PloS one 10.11: e0138766.
  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138766

  Komárek J., Bonaldo G. D., Fatima F. M. & Elster J. (2015) Heterocytous cyanobacteria of the Ulu Peninsula, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology 38: 475–492.
  doi: 10.1007/s00300/014/1609/4

  Kuchta R., Pearson R., Scholz T., Ditrich O. & Olson P.D. (2014) Spathebothriidea: survey of species, scolex and egg morphology, and interrelationships of a non-segmented, relictual tapeworm group (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda). Folia Parasitologica 61: 331-346.
  doi: 10.14411/fp.2014

  Laanisto L., Sammul M., Kull T., Macek P. & Hutchings M.J. (2015) Trait-based analysis of decline in plant species ranges during the 20th century: a regional comparison between the UK and Estonia. Global Change Biology 21: 2726-2738.
  doi: 10.1111/gcb.12887 

  Peng Y., Macek P., Macková J., Romoleroux K. & Hensen I. (2015) Clonal diversity and fine-scale genetic structure in a high Andean tree-line population. Biotropica 47: 59-65.
  doi: 10.1111/btp.12175

  Pistón N., Armas C., Schöb C., Macek P. & Pugnaire F.I. (2015) Phylogenetic distance among beneficiary species in a cushion plant species explain interaction outcome. Oikos, 124: 1354-1359.
  doi: 10.1111/oik.01979

  Schulz F., Tyml T., Pizzetti I., Dyková I., Fazi S., Kostka M. & Horn M. (2015) Marine amoebae with cytoplasmic and perinuclear symbionts deeply branching in the Gammaproteobacteria. Scientific Reports 5:13381.
  doi: 10.1038/srep13381

  Sklenář P., Kučerová A., Macková J. & Macek P. (2015) Temporal variation of climate in the high-elevation páramo of Antisana, Ecuador. Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria 38: 67-78. 

  Stibal M., Gözdereliler E., Cameron K.A., Box J.E., Stevens I.T., Gokul J.K., Schostag M., Žárský J.D., Edwards A. & Irvine-Fynn T.D. (2015): Microbial abundance in surface ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 225. 
  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00225. 

  Tashyreva D.,  Elster J. (2015) Effect of nitrogen starvation on desiccation tolerance of Arctic Microcoleus strains (cyanobacteria). Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 278.
  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00278 

  Vonnahme T.R., Devetter M., Žárský J.D., Šabacká M. & Elster J. (2016) Controls on microalgal community structures in cryoconite holes upon high Arctic glaciers, Svalbard. Biogeosciences Discuss 12: 11751–11795.
  doi:10.5194/bgd-12-11751-2015.

  Chapters in books
  

  Elster J. & Kvíderová J. (2015) Cyanobacteria. In. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. M. Gargaud, W. Irvine, (eds). The second modified edition, SpringeR.
  doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-278333-4_378-2

  Hájek T. (2014) Physiological Ecology of Peatland Bryophytes. In: Hanson D.T. & Rice S.K. (eds.): Photosynthesis in Bryophytes and Early Land Plants, Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, 37: 233–252.

  Abstract books
  

  Kavan J.(ed.) (2015) Současné trendy v českém polárním výzkumu 2015. Sborník abstraktů. Centrum polární ekologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, České Budějovice, 11p.

  Kvíderová J., Tashyreva D., Bernardová A. & Elster J. (eds.) (2015) 6th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Programme and Abstracts. Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, 264p.
  ISBN: 978-80-7394-528-2

  Ondruch J., Hrbáček F., Nývlt D. & Láska K. (eds.) (2015): Proceedings: Students in Polar Research Conference 2015. Masarykova univerzita, Brno, p. 54.

• 2014

  Articles

  Anthelme F., Jacobsen D., Macek P., Meneses R. I., Moret P., Beck S. & Dangles O. (2014) Biodiversity patterns and continental insularity in the tropical high-Andes. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 46: 811-828.
  doi: 10.1657/1938-4246-46.4.811

  Bartošová-Sojková P., Hrabcová M., Pecková H., Patra S., Kodádková A., Jurajda P., Tyml T. & Holzer A.S. (2014) Hidden diversity and evolutionary trends in malacosporean parasites (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) identified using molecular phylogenetics. International Journal for Parasitology 44: 565-577.
  doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.04.005

  Kodáková A., Dyková I., Tyml T., Ditrich O. & Fiala I. (2014) Myxozoa in high Arctic: Survey on the central part of Svalbard archipelago. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 3: 41-56.
  doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.02.001

  Kuchta R., Pearson R., Scholz T., Ditrich O. & Olson P.D. (2014) Spathebothriidea: survey of species, scolex and egg morphology, and interrelationships of a non-segmented, relictual tapeworm group (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda). Folia Parasitologica 61:331–346.
  doi: 10.14411/fp.2014.040

  Kvíderová J (2014) Sample database of the Centre for Polar Ecology – Database structure and data mamagement. Czech polar Reports 4 (2): 140-148.
  doi: 10.5817/CPR2014-2-14

  Pichrtová M., Hájek T. & Elster J. (2014) Osmotic stress and recovery in field piopulations of Zygnema sp. (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) on Svalbard (High Arctic) subjected to natural dessication. FEMS Miocrobial Ecology 89: 270-280.
  doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12288.

  Těšitel J., Těšitelová T., Bernardová A., Janková-Drdová E., Lučanová M. & Klimešová J. (2014) Demographic population structure and fungal associations of plants colonizing High Arctic glacier forelands, Petuniabukta, Svalbard. Polar Research 33: 20797.
  doi: 10.3402/polar.v33.20797

  Abstract books
  

  Kavan J., Bernardová A. (eds.) (2014) Polar Ecology Conference 2014. Abstracts & Contact List. Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, 172p.
  ISBN 978-80-7394-463-6.

  Ondruch J, Nývlt D, Láska K, Hrbáček F (eds.) (2014) Sborník abstraktů konference: Současné trendy v českém polárním výzkumu 2014. Masarykova univerzita, Brno, p.17.

• 2013

  Articles

  Hanáček M., Nývlt D. & Nehyba S. (2013) Písečník u Javorníku - drumlin se zachovalou sukcesí subglaciálních a supraglaciálních sedimentů. Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku 20: 22-29.
  doi: 10.5817/GVMS2013-1-2-22

  Hanáček M., Nývlt D., Flašar J., Stacke V., Mida P., Lehejček J., Tóthová G., Břežný M., Procházková B., Uxa T.  & Křenovská I. (2013) New methods to reconstruct clast transport history in different glacial sedimentary environments: Case study for Old Red sandstone clasts from polythermal Hørbyebreen and Bertilbreen valley glaciers, Central Svalbard. Czech Polar Reports 3 (2): 107-129.
  doi: 10.5817/CPR2013-2-13

  Hindák F., Kvíderová J. & Lukavský J. (2013) Growth characteristics of selected thermophilic strains of cyanobacteria using crossed gradients of temperature and light. Biologia 68(5): 830-837.
  doi: 10.2478/s11756-013-0215-1

  Kopalová K., Nedbalová L., Nývlt D., Elster J. & de Vijver B. V. (2013) Diversity, ecology and biogeography of the freshwater diatom communities from Ulu Peninsula (James Ross Island, NE,  Antarctic Peninsula). Polar Biology 36: 933-948.
  doi: 0.1007/s00300-013-1317-5

  Kvíderová J. & Elster J. (2013) Algal growth potential and/or algal primary production rates of the maritime Antarctic stream’s waters (King George Island, South Shetlands). Polar Research 32: 11191.
  doi: 10.3402/polar.v32i0.11191

  Kvíderová J., Hájek J. & Worland R.M. (2013) The ice nucleation activity of extremophilic algae. CryoLetters 34 (2): 137-148.

  Láska K., Chládová Z., Ambrožová A. & Husák J. (2013) Cloudiness and weather variation in central Svalbard in July 2013 as related to atmospheric circulation. Czech Polar Reports 3(2): 184-195. doi: 10.5817/CPR2013-2-19

  Mareš J., Hrouzek P., Kaňa R., Ventura S., Strunecký O. & Komárek, J. (2013) The primitive thylakoid-less cyanobacterium Gloeobacter is a common rock-dwelling organism. PloS one 8: e66323.
  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066323

  Marteinsson V., Vaishampayan P., Kvíderová J., Mapelli F., Medori M., Calfapietra C., Aguilera A., Hamisch D., Reynisson E., Magnússon S., Marasco R., Borin S., Diaz C., Souza-Egipsy V., González-Toril E., Amils R., Elster J. & Hänsch R.A (2013): Laboratory of the Extremophiles: Iceland CAREX field campaign. Life 3: 211-233.
  doi: 10.3390/life3010211

  Nedbalová L., Nývlt D., Kopáček J., Šobr M. & Elster J. (2013) Freshwater lakes of Ulu Peninsula (James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula): I. Origin, geomorphology and physico-chemical limnology. Antarctic Science 25 (3): 358-372.
  doi: 10.1017/S0954102012000934

  Pushkareva E. & Elster J. (2013) Biodiversity and ecological classification of cryptogamic soil crusts in the vicinity of Petunia Bay, Svalbard. Czech Polar Records, 3 (1): 7-18.
  doi: 10.5817/CPR2013-1-3

  Shukla S.P., Kvíderová J., Tříska J. & Elster J. (2013) Chlorella mirabilis as a potential species for biomass production in low temperature environment. Frontiers in Microbiology 4 (97): 1-12.
  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00097

  Singh P., Singh S.S., Elster J. & Mishra A.K. (2013) Molecular phylogeny, population genetics and evolution of heterocytous cyanobacteria using nifH gene sequences. Protoplasma 250: 751-764.
  doi: 10.1007/s00709-012-0460-0

  Stacke V., Mida P., Lehejček J., Tóthová G. & Nývlt D. (2013) Recent landscape changes in terminoglacial area of the Nordensköldbreen, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Short communication. Czech Polar Reports 3: 3-6.
  doi: 10.5817/CPR2013-1-2

  Strunecký O., Komárek J., Johansen J., Lukešová A. & Elster J. (2013) Molecular and morphological criteria for revision of the genus Microcoleus (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria). Journal of Phycology 49(6): 1167–1180.
  doi: 10.1111/jpy.12128

  Škaloud P., Nedbalová L., Elster J. & Komárek J. (2013) A curious occurrence of Hazenia broadyi spec. nova in Antarctica, and the review of the genus Hazenia (Ulotrichales, Chlorophyceae). Polar Biology 36: 1281-1291.
  doi: 10.1007/s00300-013-1347-z

  Tashyreva D., Elster J. & Billi D. (2013) A novel staining protocol for multiparameter assessment of cell heterogeneity in Phormidium populations (Cyanobacteria) employing fluorescent dyes. Plos One, 8/2: 1-12.
  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055283

  Chapters in books
  

  Elster J. & Komárek, J. (2013) Život v moři. In: Prošek P. a kol: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 132-135.

  Elster J., Komárek J. & Nedbalová L. (2013) Biodiverzita sinic a řas. In: Prošek P. a kol: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 303-311.

  Elster J., Komárek J. & Nedbalová L. (2013) Sinice a řasy. In: Prošek P. a kol: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 88-101.

  Gloser J. & Nedbalová L. (2013) Bezobratlí živočichové. In: Prošek, P. a kol.: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 117-119.

  Nedbalová L. (2013) Zooplankton. In: Prošek, P. a kol.: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, pp. 135-137.

  Nedbalová L. (2013) Bakterie. In: Prošek, P. a kol.: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 133.

  Nedbalová L. (2013) Větší bezobratlí živočichové. In: Prošek, P. a kol.: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 137-142.

  Nedbalová L. & Prošek P. (2013) Kytovci. In: Prošek, P. a kol.: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 149-155.

  Nedbalová L. & Prošek P. (2013) Ploutvonožci. In: Prošek, P. a kol.: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 145-148.

  Pavel V. & Weidinger K. (2013) Ptáci a jejich biodiverzita. In: Prošek P. a kol: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 119-129.

  Pavel V. & Weidinger K. (2013) Avifauna ostrova Jamese Rosse. In: Prošek P. a kol: Antarktida. Academia, Praha, 322-326.

• 2012

  Articles

  Barták M., Váczi P. & Hájek J. (2012) Photosynthetic activity in three vascular species of Spitzbergen vegetation during summer season in response to microclimate. Polish Polar Research 33 (4): 443-462.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183-012-0018-z

  Bernardová A. & Košnar J. (2012) What do Holocene sediments in Petuniabukta, Svalbard reveal? Polish Polar Research 33 (4): 329-346.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183-012-0023-2

  Bohuslavová O., Šmilauer P. & Elster J. (2012) Usnea lichen community biomass estimation on volcanic mesas, James Ross Island, the Antarctica. Polar Biology 35: 1563-1572.
  doi: 10.1007/s00300-012-1197-0.

  Elster J., Kvíderová J., Hájek T., Láska K. & Šimek M. (2012) Impact of warming on Nostoc colonies (Cyanobacteria) in a wet hummock meadow, Spitzbergen. Polish Polar Research 33 (4): 395-420.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183-012-0021-4

  Elster J. & Rachlewicz G. (2012) Petuniabukta, Billefjorden in Svalbard: Czech-Polish long term ecological and geographical research. Polish Polar Research 33 (4): 289-295.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183−012−0024−1.

  Klimešová J., Doležal J., Prach K. & Košnar J. (2012) Clonal growth forms in Arctic plants and their habitat preferences: a case study from Petuniabukta, Spitsbergen. Polish Polar Research 33 (4): 421-442.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183-012-0019-y

  Klimešová J., Prach K. & Bernardová A. (2012) Using available information to assess the potential effects of climate change on vegetation in the High Arctic - North Billjefjorden, central Spitsbergen (Svalbard). Ambio 41 (5): 435-445.
  doi: 0.1007/s13280-011-0235-4

  Komárek J., Kováčik Ľ., Elster J. & Komárek O. (2012) Cyanobacterial diversity of Petunia-Bukta, Billefjorden, central Svalbard. Polish Polar Research 33 (4): 347-368.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183−012−0024−1.

  Kopalová K., Veselá J., Elster J., Nedbalová L., Komárek  J. & Van de Vijver B. (2012) Diatom communities in seepages and streams on James Ross Island (NW Weddell Sea, Antarctica). Plant Ecology and Evolution 145 (2): 190-208.
  doi: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.639

  Kvíderová J. (2012): Research on cryosestic communities in Svalbard: the snow algae of temporary snowfields in Petuniabukta, Central Svalbard. Czech Polar Reports 2 (1): 8-19.

  Láska K., Witoszová D. & Prošek P. (2012) Weather patterns of the coastal zone of Petuniabukta (Central Spitsbergen) in the period 2008–2010. Polish Polar Research 33 (4): 297-318.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183-012-0025-0

  Prach K., Klimešová J., Košnar J., Redcheko O. & Hais M. (2012) Variability of contemporary vegetation around Petuniabukta, central Svalbard. Polish Polar Research 33 (4): 383-394.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183-012-0026-z

  Prach K. & Rachlewicz G. (2012) Succession of vascular plants in front of retreating galciers in central Spitzbergen. Polish Polar Research 33 (4): 319-328.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183-012-0022-3

  Segečová J., Elster J. & Kováčik Ľ. (2012): Effects of exposition to various stress conditions on filamentous green alga Klebsormidium (Streptophyta) strains, isolated from both polar regions and Slovakia. Acta Botanica Universitatis Comenianae Vl. 47: 19-26.

  Stibal M., Šabacká, M.  & Žárský J. (2012) Biological processes on glacier and ice sheet surfaces. Nature Geoscience 5 (11): 771-774.
  doi: 10.1038/ngeo1611

  Strunecký O., Elster J. & Komárek J. (2012) Molecular clock evidence for survival of Antarctic cyanobacteria 1 (Oscillatoriales, Phormidium autumnale) from Paleozoic times. FEMS Microbial Ecology 82: 482-490.
  doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01426.x

  Strunecký O., Komárek J. & Elster J. (2012) Biogeography of Phormidium autumnale (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) at western and central Svalbard. Polish Polar Research 33 (4) 369-382.
  doi: 10.2478/v10183−012−0020−5.

  Váczi P., Barták M., Nedbalová L. & Elster J. (2012) Comparative analysis of temperature courses in Antarctic lakes of different morphology: Study from James Ross Island, Antarctica. Czech Polar Reports 1 (2): 78-87.

  Chapters in books
  

  Raabová L., Elster J. & Kováčik Ľ (2012) Niektoré dominantné cyanobakterie a riasy osídľujúce akvatické a hydroterestrické biotopy zátoky Petuniabukta na Svalbarde v Arktidě. In Študentská vedecká konferencia PriF UK. Zborník recenzovaných prispevkov. Univerzita Komenského 573-578.
  ISBN 978-80-233-3213-2.

  Segečová J., Elster J. & Kováčik, Ľ (2012) Stresová rezistencia jednodruhových kmeňov kultúr vláknitej zelenej riasy z rodu Klebsormidium (Streptophyta) izolovaných z polárnych oblastí a zo Slovenska. In Študentská vedecká konferencia PriF UK. Zborník recenzovaných prispevkov, Universita Komenského 600-605.
  ISBN 978-80-233-3213-2.

  Tashyreva D. & Elster J. (2012) Production of dormant stages and stress resistance of polar cyanobacteria.  In: Hanslmeier A., Kempe S. & Seckbach J (eds.): Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies. Springer, 367-386.
  doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4966-5_21.

  Abstract Books
  

  Bernardová A., Kavan J. & Strunecký O. (eds.) (2012) Polar Ecology Conference, Abstracs. Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice.
  ISBN 978-80-7394-375-2

• 2011

  Articles

  Hanáček M., Flašar J. & Nývlt D. (2011) Sedimentary petrological characteristics of lateral and frontal moraine and proglacial glaciofluvial sediments of Bertilbreen, Central Svalbard. Czech Polar Reports 1: 11-33.

  Klimešová J. & Doležal J. (2011) Are clonal plants more frequent in cold environments than elsewhere? Plant Ecology and Diversity 4: 373-378.
  doi: 10.1080/17550874.2011.586734

  Klimešová J., Doležal J. & Sammul M. (2011) Evolutionary and organismic constraints on the relationship between spacer length and environmental conditions in clonal plants. Oikos 120: 1110-1120.
  doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19332.x

  Kvíderová J., Elster J. & Šimek, M. (2011) In situ response of Nostoc commune s.l. colonies to desiccation, in Central Svalbard, Norwegian High Arctic. Fottea 11(1): 87-97.

  Segečová J., Elster J. & Kováčik Ľ. (2011) Filamentous green alga Klebsormidium flacidum as a laboratory model for the study of dormancy. Acta Botanica Comenianae, Vol. 46: 49-53.

  Shukla S.P., Kvíderová J. & Elster, J. (2011) Nutrient requirements of polar Chlorella-like species. Czech Polar Reports 1: 1- 10.

  Strunecký O., Elster J. & Komárek, J. (2011) Taxonomic revision of the fresh-water cyanobacterium „Phormidium“ murrayi = Wilmottia murrayi.  Fottea 11(1): 57-71.

  Taton A., Wilmotte A., Šmarda J., Elster J. & Komárek J. (2011) Plectolyngbya hodgsonii – a remarkable filamentous cyanobacterium from Antarctic lakes; comparison with related cyanobacterial types. Polar Biology 34: 181-191.
  doi: 10.1007/s00300-010-0868-y

  Chapters in books

  Elster, J. & Kvíderová, J. (2011) Cyanobacteria. In: Gargaud M., Amils R., Quintanilla J.C., Cleaves H.J., II, Irwine W.M., Pinti D.L. & Viso M. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, 394-397.
  doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-11274-4

  Květ J. & Elster J. (2011) Josef Svoboda. In: S. Štrbáňová a A. Kostlán, eds., Sto českých vědců v exilu, Encyklopedie významných vědců z řad pracovníků Československé akademie věd v emigraci. Academia, Praha, 509-513.
  ISBN 978-80-200-1915-5

  Kvíderová J. (2011) Biofilm. In: Gargaud M., Amils R., Quintanilla J.C., Cleaves H.J., II, Irwine W.M., Pinti D.L. & Viso M. (eds.): Encyclopedia of astrobiology. Springer, 170-171.
  doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-11274-4

  Segečová J., Elster J. & Kováčik, Ľ. (2011) Študium dormancie na kmeňových kultúrach vláknitej zelenej riasy z rodu Klebsormidium izolovaných z polárných oblastí a zo Slovenska. Študentská vedecká konferencia PriF UK, Biólogia 682-688.
  ISBN: 978-80-223-3013-8