Fishing for answers: Behaviour, physiology and the consequences of capture in fishes
Abstract: Anthropogenic pressures have widespread impacts on aquatic ecosystems, affecting the ecology, behaviour and physiology of aquatic organisms. As ectotherms, fishes are particularly sensitive to environmental changes, including fluctuations in temperature and oxygen availability. Additional pressures such as harvesting can also have long-lasting consequences through selective removal of individuals from wild populations. Understanding how variation in behavioural and physiological traits influences individual responses to these stressors is therefore important for predicting their broader ecological and evolutionary consequences.
In this seminar, I will provide an overview of my research exploring the behavioural and physiological responses of fishes to anthropogenic and environmental stressors, before focusing on my doctoral research, which used combinations of experimental lab work and remote field work in the Amazon to explore the relationships between behaviour, physiology, and capture vulnerability in the ornamental fishing industry.
Speaker: Dr. Mar Yerli Pineda, Research Assistant (Physiology Ageing & Welfare), School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow
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