ELISKA REJMANKOVA, PhD
EDUCATION
PhD Botany, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1981
RNDr Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1971
MS Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1970
EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW
Dr. Rejmankova is currently an Associated Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) at the University of California, Davis. She has over 20 years of experience in aquatic and wetland plant ecology. She received her PhD in the Department of Hydrobotany, CZ Academy of Sciences where she was a member of Research Staff from 1970 to 1983 working on various projects related to primary production processes in aquatic environment as a part of the International Biological Program (IBP). Her associations with the University of California dates back to 1986 when she became a member of the Aquatic Weed Research Group. She was appointed an Assistant Research Botanist in the Botany Department in 1987 and Assistant Professor-Wetland Ecology in ESP in 1990. She has been teaching Wetland Ecology, Wetland Ecology Laboratory and Tropical Ecology.
Dr. Rejmankova’s main research topics include structure and functions of wetlands of California and Central America. The common goal of research in these diverse types of wetland ecosystems has been to associate patterns and processes with their controlling factors. This overlaps with her studies on ecology of malaria transmitting mosquitoes. Most of her basic research is being conducted as a part of broader, applied, usually multidisciplinary projects funded by NASA, EPA, and Water Resources Center. Her research on mosquito larval habitats encompasses diverse larval habitats as well as four different malaria vector species. Predictive models for different vectors and different regions were developed and verified. An important area of Dr. Rejmankova’s research has been studying the role of plants in wetland ecosystems with the potential applications for wetland management, wastewater treatment and remediation. This research focuses on elucidating functions of macrophytes and microphytes in both natural and man-made wetland ecosystems in California and in Central America. Topics such as carbon transformations, nutrient cycling, and tolerance of selected species to increased levels of salinity are subject to field analyses and experiments.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Rejmankova, E., Savage, H.M., Rejmanek, M., Roberts, D.R., Arrendo-Jimenez,J.I. 1991.
Multivariate analysis of relationships between habitats, environmental factors and occurrence of
anopheline mosquito larvae (Anopheles albimanus and A. pseudopunctipennis) in southern Chiapas,
Mexico. Journal of Applied Ecology 28(3): 827-841.
Wood, B., R. Washino, L. Beck, K. Hibbard, M. Pitcairn, D. Roberts, E. Rejmankova, J. Paris,
C. Hacker, J. Salute, P. Sebesta, and L. Legters. 1991. Distinguishing high and low anopheline-
producing rice fields using remote sensing and GIS technologies. Preventive Veterinary Medicine
11: 277-288.
Roberts, D., M. Rodriguez, E. Rejmankova, K. Pope, H. Savage, A. Rodriguez-Ramirez, B. Wood,
J. Salute, and L. Legters. 1991. Overview of field studies for the application of remote sensing to
the study of malaria transmission in Tapachula, Mexico. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 11: 269-275.
Rejmankova, E. 1992. Ecology of creeping macrophytes with special reference to Ludwigia
peploides. Aquatic Botany 43: 283-299.
Rejmankova,E., H. Savage, M. Rodriguez, and D. Roberts. 1992. Aquatic vegetation as a
basis for classification of Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitats. Environmental Entomology 21: 598-603.
Rodriguez, A. D., M. H. Rodriguez, J. E. Hernandez, R. A. Meza, E. Rejmankova, H. M. Savage,
D. R. Roberts, K. O. Pope, and L. Legters. 1993. Dynamics of population densities and vegetation associations of Anopheles albimanus larvae in a coastal area of southern Chiapas, Mexico. Journal
of the American Mosquito Control Association 9: 46-58.
Rejmankova, E., D. R. Roberts, R. E. Harbach, J. Pecor, E. L. Peyton, S. Manguin, R. Krieg, J.
Polanco, and L. Legters. 1993. Environmental and regional determinants of Anopheles larval
distribution in northern Belize. Environmental Entomology 22: 978-992.
Pope K., E. Rejmankova, H. M. Savage, J. I. Arredondo-Jimenez, M. Rodriguez and D. Roberts.
1994. Remote sensing of tropical wetlands for malaria control in Chiapas, Mexico. Ecological
Application 4: 81-90.
Roberts, D. R., O. Chan, J. E. Pecor, E. Rejmankova, S. Manguin, J. Polanco, and L. J. Legters.
1993. Preliminary observation on the changing roles of malaria vectors in southern Belize.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 9: 456-459.
Pitcairn, M. J., L. T. Wilson, R. K. Washino, and E. Rejmankova. 1994. Spatial pattern of
Anopheles freeborni Aitken and Culex tarsalis Coquilett (Diptera: Culicidae) in California rice
fields. Journal of Medical Entomology 31: 545-553.
Beck, L., M. Rodriguez, S. Dister, C. Hacker, J. Paris, E. Rejmankova, D. Roberts, A. Rodriguez,
M. Spanner, R. Washino, B. Wood and L. Legters. 1994. Remote sensing as a landscape
epidemiological tool to identify villages at high risk of malaria transmission. American Journal of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 51: 271-280.
Rejmankova, E., and Rejmanek, M. 1995. A comparison of Carex runssoroensis on Rwenzori
Mountains and Mt. Elgon, Uganda. Biotropica 27: 37-46.
Rejmankova, E., K. O. Pope, M. D. Pohl, and J. M. Rey-Benays. 1995. Freshwater wetland plant
communities of Northern Belize: Implications for paleoecological studies of Maya wetland agriculture.
Biotropica 27: 28-36.
Rejmankova, E., D. R. Roberts, A. Pawley, S. Manguin, J. Polanko. 1995. Predictions of
adult Anopheles albimanus in villages based on distance from remotely sensed larval habitats.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 53: 482-488.
Rejmankova, E., K. O. Pope, R. Post and E. Maltby. 1996. Herbaceous wetlands of the Yucatan
Peninsula: Communities at extreme ends of environmental gradients. Internationale Revue
der Gesamten Hydrobiologie 81: 225-254.
Roberts, D., J. Paris, S. Manguin, R. Harbach, R. Woodruff, E. Rejmankova, J. Polanco, W. Wullschleger and L. Legters. 1996. Predictions of malaria vector distributions in Belize using multispectral satellite data. Amer. J. Trop. Med. & Hyg. 54: 304-308.
Manguin, S., D. R. Roberts, R. G. Andre, E. Rejmankova and S. Hakre. 1996. Characterization of Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitats in Belize, Central America. Journal of
Medical Entomology 33: 205-211
Rejmankova, E. and R. Post. 1996. Methane production in sulfate rich and sulfate poor wetland
sediments. Biogeochemistry 34: 57-70.
Rejmankova, E., D. R. Roberts, R., S. Manguie, K. Pope, J. Komarek and R. Post. 1996.Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) and cyanobacteria: an example of accurate habitat selection. Environmental Entomology 25: 1058-1067.
Hernandez, J. E., Epstein, L. D., Rodrigues, M. H., Rodriguez, A. D., Rejmankova, E., Roberts, D.
1997. Use of generalized regression tree models to characterize vegetation favoring Anopheles albimanus mosquito breeding. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 13: 28-34.
Rodriguez, A. D., M. Rodriguez, J. E. Hernandez, S. W. Dister, L. R. Beck, E. Rejmankova and
D. Roberts. 1996. Landscape surrounding human settlements and Anopheles albimanus (Diptera:
Culicidae) abundance in southern Chiapas, Mexico. J. Med. Entomol. 33: 39-48.
Andre, R. G., D. R. Roberts and E. Rejmankova. 1996. The recent application of remote sensing
and geographic information system technologies to the study of malaria vector populations. Acta
Medica Philippina 31: 27-35.
Manguin, S., D. R. Roberts, E. L. Peyton, E. Rejmankova, J. Pecor. 1996. Characterization of
Anopheles pseudopunctipennis larval habitats. Journal of the American Mosquito Control
Association 12: 619-626.
Pope, K. O., E. Rejmankova, J. F. Paris and R. Woodruff. 1997. Monitoring seasonal flooding
cycles in marshes of the Yucatan Peninsula with SIR-C polarimetric radar imagery. Remote Sensing
of Environment 59: 157-166.
Zhang, M., S. L. Ustin, E. Rejmankova, E. W. Sanderson. 1997. Monitoring Pacific Coast salt
marshes using remote sensing. Ecological Applications 7: 1039-1053.
Sanderson, E. W., M. Zhang, S. L. Ustin, and E. Rejmankova. 1998. Geostatistical scaling of canopy water content in a California salt marsh. Landscape Ecology 13: 79-92.
Spanglet, H., S. Ustin and E. Rejmankova. 1998. Spectral characteristics of a California subalpine
marsh plant communities. Wetlands 18: 307-319.
Rejmánková, E., K. O. Pope, D. R. Roberts, M. G. Lege, R. Andre, J. Greico, and Y. Alonzo. 1998. Chatacterization and detection of Anopheles vestitipennis and Anopheles punctimacula (Diptera:Culicidae) larval habitats in Belize with field survey and SPOT satellite imagery. J. Vector Ecol. 23: 74-88.
Rejmankova, E., M. Rejmanek, T. Djohan, C. R. Goldman. 1999. Resistance and resilience of
subalpine wetlands with respect to prolonged drought. Folia Geobotanica 34: 175-188.
Rejmankova, E., Y. Rubio-Palis and L. Villegas. 1999. Larval habitats of anopheline mosquitoes
in the Upper Orinoco, Venezuela. Journal of Vector Ecology 24: 130-137.
Rejmankova, E. and J. Komarkova. A function of cyanobacterial mats in phosphorus-limited
tropical wetlands. (Hydrobiologia; In Press)
Rejmankova, E. and A. Harbin. Bacterial abundance in larval habitats of four species of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belize, Central America. (Journal of Vector Ecology, submitted).
Rejmankova, E., R. Higashi, D. Roberts, M. Lege and R. Andre. Detection of a potential oviposition attractant for Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann using solid-phase microextraction fibers in situ
(Aquatic Ecology, submitted).
Rejmankova, E. Effect of experimental phosphorus enrichment on oligotrophic tropical marshes in Belize, Central America. (Journal of Ecology, submitted).