Soil and Freshwater Micro Algae as a Food Source for Invertebrates in Extreme Environments
Dr. Alena Lukesova is currently the senior scientist at the Institute of Soil Biology, Biological Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. She obtained her PhD from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in 1990. She deals with the taxonomy, ecology and ecophysiology of soil algae and cyanobacteria. Alena Lukesova's scientific interests are in the areas of the role algae and cyanobacteria in colonization and succession processes, biological crust formation, algae invertebrate interactions, algae of extreme habitats, low temperature stress and cryopreservation of soil algae and cyanobacteria.