Publications (international journals or monographs)

Elbe River

NOVOTNÁ KRUŽÍKOVÁ K., KODEŠ V., FERENČÍK M., LINHART P., KORIAKINA E., SVOBODOVÁ Z. (2025): Trend of the occurrence of bentazone and the concentration of selected azoles in the Czech part of the River Elbe in the years 2009–2022. Acta Veterinaria Brno 94: 155-164. [Available online ].

ŠAUER P., BOŘÍK A., STAŇOVÁ A. V., GRABIC R., KODEŠ V., AMANKWAH B. K., KROUPOVÁ H. K. (2024): Identification of hot spots and co-occurrence patterns of activities on thyroid hormone receptor and transthyretin binding in passive samplers from Czech surface waters. Environmental Research 252: 118891. [Available online ].

PEIRSON A.E. (2024): Understanding how changing environmental conditions influence phytoplankton growth in the Elbe River Basin using the coupled PhytoBasinRisk and MONERIS models. Master’s Thesis, Freie Universität Berlin, 78 p.

KORIAKINA E., LINHART P., SVOBODOVÁ Z., KODEŠ V., NOVOTNÁ KRUŽÍKOVÁ K. (2023): Trend výskytu vybraných azolů v řece Labi v období let 2009–2022. Trend of azoles concentrations in the Elbe River during the years 2009-2022. Ochrana zvířat a welfare 2023. Animal Protection and Welfare 2023: 406. [Available online ].

FERENCIK M., BLAHOVA J., SCHOVANKOVA J., SIROKA Z., SVOBODOVA Z., KODES V., STEPANKOVA K., LAKDAWALA P. (2022): Residues of selected anticonvulsive drugs in surface waters of the Elbe River basin (Czech Republic). Water 14: 4122. [Available online ].

GRABICOVÁ K., VOJS STAŇOVÁ A., ŠVECOVÁ H., NOVÁKOVÁ P., KODEŠ V., LEONTOVYČOVÁ D., BROOKS B.W., GRABIC R. (2022): Invertebrates differentially bioaccumulate pharmaceuticals: Implications for routine biomonitoring. Environmental Pollution 309: 119715.

Šauer P., Švecová H., Grabicová K., Aydın F.G., Mackuľak T., Kodeš V., Blytt L.D., Henninge L.B., Grabic R., Kroupová H.K. (2021): Bisphenols emerging in Norwegian and Czech aquatic environments show transthyretin binding potency and other less-studied endocrine-disrupting activities. Science of the Total Environment 751: 141801.

Grabicová K., Grabic R., Fedorova G., Kolářová J., Turek J., Brooks B.W., Randák, T. (2020): Psychoactive pharmaceuticals in aquatic systems: A comparative assessment of environmental monitoring approaches for water and fish. Environmental pollution 261: 114150.

Tumová J., Šauer P., Golovko O., Ucun O.K., Grabic R., Máchová J., Kroupová H.K. (2019): Effect of polycyclic musk compounds on aquatic organisms: A critical literature review supplemented by own data. Science of the Total Environment 651: 2235-2246.

Burkina V., Zamaratskaia G., Sakalli S., Pham T.G., Kodeš V., Grabic R., Velíšek J., Turek J., Kolářová J., Žlábek V., Randák T. (2018): Complex effects of pollution on fish in major rivers in the Czech Republic. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 164: 92-99.

Tumova J., Grabicova K., Golovko O., Koba O., Kodes V., Fedorova G., Grabic R., Kroupova H.K. (2017): Comparison of passive sampling and biota for monitoring of tonalide in aquatic environment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24: 22251-22257.

Petrusek A., Pešek P., Leština D., Martin P., Fischer D., Kozák P., Vlach P. (2017): Mitochondrial DNA provides evidence of a double origin for the stone crayfish Austropotamobius torrentium in the Elbe basin. Limnologica 62: 77-83.

Cerveny D., Grabic R., Fedorova G., Grabicova K., Turek J., Kodes V., Golovko O., Zlabek V., Randak, T. (2016): Perfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic environment-comparison of fish and passive sampling approaches. Environmental research 144, 92-98.

Cerveny D., Turek J., Grabic R., Golovko O., Koba O., Fedorova G., Grabicova K., Zlabek V., Randak T. (2016): Young-of-the-year fish as a prospective bioindicator for aquatic environmental contamination monitoring. Water Research 103: 334-342.

Horká P., Horký P., Randák T., Turek J., Rylková K., Slavík O. (2015): Radio-telemetry shows differences in the behaviour of wild and hatchery-reared European grayling Thymallus thymallus in response to environmental variables. Journal of Fish Biology 86: 544-557.

Buřič M., Bláha M., Kouba A., Drozd B. (2015): Upstream expansion of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) - first record in the upper reaches of the Elbe river. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 416.

Fedorova G., Randak T., Golovko O., Kodes V., Grabicova K., Grabic, R. (2014): A passive sampling method for detecting analgesics, psycholeptics, antidepressants and illicit drugs in aquatic environments in the Czech Republic. Science of the Total Environment 487: 681-687.

Červený D., Žlábek V., Velíšek J., Turek J., Grabic R., Grabicová K., Fedorova G., Rosmus J., Lepič, P., Randák T. (2014): Contamination of fish in important fishing grounds of the Czech Republic. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 109: 101-109.

Slavík O., Horký P., Randák T., Balvín P., Bílý M. (2012): Brown Trout Spawning Migration in Fragmented Central European Headwaters: Effect of Isolation by Artificial Obstacles and the Moon Phase. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141: 673-680.

Žlábek V., Randák T., Kolářová J., Svobodová Z., Kroupová H. (2009): Sex Differentiation and Vitellogenin and 11-Ketotestosterone Levels in Chub, Leuciscus cephalus L., Exposed to 17 beta-Estradiol and Testosterone During Early Development. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 82: 280-284.

Žlábek V., Beránková P., Kolářová J., Randák, T., Svobodová Z., Kroupová H. (2009): Induction of vitellogenin and gonadal impairment in chub (Leuciscus cephalus L.) after exposure to 17 beta-estradiol and testosterone. Neuroendocrinology Letters 30: 225-229.

Randák T., Žlábek V., Pulkrabová J., Kolářová J., Kroupová H., Široká Z., Velíšek J., Svobodová Z., Hajšlová J. (2009): Effects of pollution on chub in the River Elbe, Czech Republic. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 72: 737-746.

Kružíková K., Randák T., Kenšová R., Kroupová H., Leontovyčová D., Svobodová Z. (2008): Mercury and Methylmercury Concentrations in Muscle Tissue of Fish Caught in Major Rivers of the Czech Republic. Acta Veterinaria Brno 77: 637-643.

Horký P., Slavík O., Bartoš L. (2008): A telemetry study on the diurnal distribution and activity of adult pikeperch, Sander lucioperca (L.), in a riverine environment. Hydrobiologia 614: 151-157.

Havelková M., Svobodová Z., Kolářová J., Krijt J., Némethová D., Jarkovský J., Pospíšil R. (2008): Organic pollutant contamination of the river Tichi Orlice as assessed by biochemical markers. Acta Veterinaria Brno 77: 133-141.

Havelková M., Dušek L., Némethová D., Poleszczuk G., Svobodová Z. (2008): Comparison of mercury distribution between liver and muscle - A biomonitoring of fish from lightly and heavily contaminated localities. Sensors 8: 4095-4109.

Kalous L., Šlechtová Jr, V., Bohlen J., Petrtýl M., Švátora M. (2007): First European record of Carassius langsdorfii from the Elbe basin. Journal of Fish Biology 70: 132-138.

Horký P., Bartoš L. (2007): Docksides as winter habitats of chub and pikeperch in the channelised Elbe River. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 168: 281-287.

Horký P., Slavík O., Bartoš L., Kolářová J., Randák T. (2007): Behavioural pattern in cyprinid fish below a weir as detected by radio telemetry. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 23: 679-683.

Havelková M., Randák T., Leontovyčová D., Krijt J., Svobodová Z. (2007): Use of biochemical markers for the assessment of contamination of the River Elbe Tributaries. Toxicology Letters 172: S160-S160.

Havelková M., Randák T., Žlábek V., Krijt J., Kroupová H., Pulkrabová J., Svobodová Z. (2007): Biochemical markers for assessing aquatic contamination. Sensors 7: 2599-2611.

Hajšlová J., Pulkrabová J., Poustka J., Čajka T., Randák T. (2007): Brominated flame retardants and related chlorinated persistent organic 2007 pollutants in fish from river Elbe and its main tributary Vltava. Chemosphere 69: 1195-1203.

Randák T., Žlábek V., Kolářová J., Svobodová Z., Hajšlová J., Široká Z., Jánská M., Pulkrabová J., Čajka T., Jarkovský J. (2006): Biomarkers detected in Chub (Leuciscus cephalus L.) to evaluate contamination of the Elbe and Vltava rivers, Czech Republic. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 76: 233-241.

Prchalová M., Vetešník L., Slavík O. (2006): Migrations of juvenile and subadult fish through a fishpass during late summer and fall. Folia Zoologica 55: 162-166.

Petrusek A., Filipová L., Ďuriš Z., Horká I., Kozák P., Policar T., Štambergová M., Kučera, Z. (2006): Distribution of the invasive spiny-cheek crayfish (Orconectes limosus) in the Czech Republic. Past and present. Bulletin Francais De La Peche Et De La Pisciculture (380-81): 903-917.

Maršálek P., Svobodová Z., Randák T. (2006): Total mercury and methylmercury contamination in fish from various sites along the Elbe river. Acta Veterinaria Brno 75: 579-585.

Horký P., Slavík O., Bartoš L., Kolářová J., Randák T. (2006): The effect of the moon phase and seasonality on the behaviour of pikeperch in the Elbe River. Folia Zoologica 55: 411-417.

Žlábek V., Svobodová Z., Randák T., Valentová O. (2005): Mercury content in the muscle of fish from the Elbe River and its tributaries. Czech Journal of Animal Science 50: 528-534.

Široká Z., Krijt J., Randák T., Svobodová Z., Pešková G., Fuksa J., Hajšlová J., Jarkovský J., Jánská, M. (2005): Organic pollutant contamination of the River Elbe as assessed by biochemical markers. Acta Veterinaria Brno 74: 293-303.

Široká Z., Krijt J., Randák T., Svobodová Z., Pešková G., Weissová D. (2005): Biochemical markers cytochrome P450 and EROD in fish in the monitoring of the Elbe River pollution. Toxicology Letters 158: S256-S257.

Dušek L., Svobodová Z., Janous D., Vykusová B., Jarkovský J., Šmíd R., Pavlis P. (2005): Bioaccumulation of mercury in muscle tissue of fish in the Elbe River (Czech Republic): multispecies monitoring study 1991-1996. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 61: 256-267.

Čelechovská O., Svobodová Z., Randák T. (2005): Arsenic content in tissues of fish from the River Elbe. Acta Veterinaria Brno 74: 419-425.

Randák T., Žlábek V., Kolářová J., Svobodová Z., Hajšlová J., Široká Z. (2004): Contamination assessment of Elbe river and its tributaries by means of biomarker detection and chemical analyses in chub (Leuciscus cephalus L.). Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 197: 188-188.

Kozák P., Policar T., Ďuriš Z. (2004): Migratory ability of Orconectes limosus through a fishpass and notes on its occurrence in the Czech Republic. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture, 372-373: 367-373.

Vykusová, B., Svobodová, Z., Máchová, J. (1993): Obsah toxických kovů v tkáních ryb odlovených v různých lokalitách řeky Labe. [Toxic metal content in tissues of fish caught at different localities of Elbe River]. In: Mikroelementy '93, VŠCHT, Praha, pp. 12–15. (in Czech).