anglicky - Institute of Hydrobiology

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Directors’ preface
The saddest event in the year 2010 was the death of associated professor Jaroslav Hrbáček -
the founder of the Hydrobiological research group at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech
Republic - now the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Biology Centre of the Academy of
Science of the Czech Republic. See Chapter 2 on page 15 of this Annual Report for his
obituary.
The research orientation of the Institute remained unchanged focusing on reservoirs and
selected types of lakes. Regular long-term monitoring with some special investigations
continued in the Slapy and Římov reservoirs, and so did the research on lakes in the
Bohemian Forest and in the Slovakian and Polish High Tatra Mts. The Institute continued the
investigation of flooded coal mining pits in North-West Bohemia with respect to succession
of biota in newly created lake-like freshwater ecosystems. Field research was supplemented
by focused laboratory experiments.
In 2010, an important event was the preparation of materials for the periodic evaluation of
the Institute by the Academy of Sciences. The evaluated period included the years 2005–2009
with respect to developmental trends between 2002–2007. At this evaluation foreign referees
were included.
Since 2010 IHB is the seat of the Czech National Committees of the inernational Man and
Biosphere (MAB) and LTER (Long-term ecological research) programmes. Both the
secretary E. Jelínková (for both committees) and the head of the Czech National LTER
Committee, J. Vrba, are members of IHB. IHB is responsible for two sites in the global LTER
and GTOS (global terrestrial observing networks) programmes - Slapy Reservoir and Římov
Reservoir, as well as for lake sites located inside the LTSER (Long-term social ecological
research) platform Silva Gabreta (in the Šumava National Park and the Bavarian National
Park). More details can be found on the website http://www.lter.cz.
Close cooperation of the IHB with the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South
Bohemia, has continued under similar conditions as in preceding years. Institute members
have also been actively engaged supervising students’ theses, lecturing and training students
at other Faculties (Agricultural and Pedagogical) of the University of South Bohemia and at
other universities (Charles University, Prague; Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague;
Masaryk University, Brno).
Josef Matěna
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