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Turning up the heat: Effects of temperature on agonistic acoustic communication...
Penim, Jorge; Beauchaud, Marilyn; Millot, Morgane; Faria, Ana M.; Vieira, Manuel; Fonseca, Paulo; Vasconcelos, Raquel O.; Amorim, M. Clara P.Acoustic communication is linked to fitness traits in many animals, but under the current scenario of global warming, sound signals can be affected by rising temperatures, particularly in ectothermic organisms such as fishes. This study examines the effect of water temperature in acoustic communication in the two-spotted goby, Pomatoschistus flavescens. To address this, we looked at the effect of different temp...
Noise-induced hearing loss in zebrafish: investigating structural and functiona...
Breitzler, Lukas; Lau, Ieng Hou; Fonseca, Paulo; Vasconcelos, Raquel O.Exposure to continuous moderate noise levels is known to impair the auditory system leading to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) in animals including humans. The mechanism underlying noise-dependent auditory Temporary Threshold Shifts (TTS) is not fully understood. In fact, only limited information is available on vertebrates such as fishes, which share homologous inner ear structures to mammals and have the ab...
Vocal behavior predicts reproductive success in a teleost fish
Vasconcelos, Raquel O.; Carrico, Rita; Ramos, Andreia; Modesto, Teresa; Fonseca, Paul J.; Amorim, M. Clara. P.The relation between acoustic signaling and reproductive success is important to understand the evolution of vocal communication systems and has been well studied in several taxa but never clearly shown in fish. This study aims to investigate whether vocal behavior affects the reproductive success in the Lusitanian toadfish (Halobatrachus didactylus) that relies on acoustic communication to attract mates. We re...