Is "Natural" Keeping Even Possible? | Rebecca Bentley

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Rebecca Bentley is an ichthyologist (Fish Biologist), Fish and reptile keeper, and PhD student. Her studies focus on the evolution of Loricariidae (plecos) in the United Kingdom, UK. Rebecca runs the YouTube Channel @FreshwaterIchthyology which promotes ethical, progressive, and scientific advances in Freshwater Fishkeeping. In this episode, we discuss how the aquarium hobby is often sugarcoated as a good example for captive animal care when that isn't always the, we cover the trap of thinking that just because something is an "ecosystem" or "bio-active" that it is positive or natural and we also cover the morphology of catfish as well as their natural diets.

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General Discussion

Caraco, N., Cole, J., Findlay, S., & Wigand, C. (2006). Vascular plants as engineers of oxygen in aquatic systems. BioScience, 56(3), 219-225.

Žák, J., Roy, K., Dyková, I., Mráz, J., & Reichard, M. (2022). Starter feed for carnivorous species as a practical replacement of bloodworms for a vertebrate model organism in ageing, the turquoise killifish Nothobranchius furzeri. Journal of Fish Biology, 100(4), 894-908.

Loricariid diets

Armbruster, J.W., 2002. Hypancistrus inspector: a new species of suckermouth armored catfish (Loricariidae: Ancistrinae). Copeia, 2002(1), pp.86-92.

Armbruster, J.W., Lujan, N.K. and Taphorn, D.C., 2007. Four new Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Amazonas, Venezuela. Copeia, 2007(1), pp.62-79

Lujan, N.K., German, D.P. and Winemiller, K.O., 2011. Do wood‐grazing fishes partition their niche?: morphological and isotopic evidence for trophic segregation in Neotropical Loricariidae. Functional Ecology, 25(6), pp.1327-1338. 

Lujan, N.K., Winemiller, K.O. and Armbruster, J.W., 2012. Trophic diversity in the evolution and community assembly of loricariid catfishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12(1), pp.1-13.

Lujan, N. K., Winemiller, K. O., & Armbruster, J. W. (2012). Trophic diversity in the evolution and community assembly of loricariid catfishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12(1), 1-13.

0:00 Coming Up
1:02 Guest Intro
2:42 Housekeeping
3:15 Orianne Society | Turtle Conservation
4:39 Welcome Rebecca- background
7:23 Goldfish, morphs & artificial selection
17:57 Masters in Biosystematics & Ph.D.
24:29 The Aquarium hobby is sugarcoated!
37:42 Are we making it too complicated?
42:34 How to find good scientific literature?
49:37 "Ecosystems" & "BioActivity"
1:00:07 Tell us about your Ph.D. research on Plecos
1:07:00 Do Plecos actually eat wood?
1:19:52 Freshwater Ichthyology YouTube Channel
1:21:02 Closing Thoughts
1:23:03 Outro

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