Raquel O. Vasconcelos

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Email: 
raquel.vasconcelos@usj.edu.mo
URI: 
MARE - ULisboa
Qualifications: 
PhD
Research domain: 
Coastal Systems and Ocean
Research lines: 
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
ORCID ID: 
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1836-7647
Scopus Author ID: 
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7200105518
ResearchGate: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Raquel-Vasconcelos
Google Scholar: 
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=rwgOIu8AAAAJ&hl=en

Activity summary

I hold a PhD in Ecophysiology, with a research experience on behavioral ecology, neurophysiology, and bioacoustics. I am particularly interested in the physiological mechanisms underlying auditory sensitivity and how changes in the environment (eg. increasing noise pollution) influence the detection of biologically-relevant signals, behavior and possible physiological adaptations. My research employs a range of animal models, including marine and freshwater fish species.

Highlights

Project: SenSing – Acoustic communication in changing sensory environments: testing adaptive responses with the vocal fish model Danionella cerebrum Lau, I.H., Vasconcelos, R.O. 2023. Noise-induced damage in the zebrafish inner ear endorgans: evidence for higher acoustic sensitivity of saccular and lagenar hair cells. Journal of Experimental Biololy, jeb.245992. Vasconcelos, R.O., Gordillo-Martinez, F., Ramos, A., Lau, I.H. 2023. Effects of Noise Exposure and Ageing on Anxiety and Social Behaviour in Zebrafish. Biology, 12, 1165. Wong, M.I., Lau, I.H., Gordillo-Martinez, F., Vasconcelos, R.O. 2022. The effect of time regime in noise exposure on the auditory system and behavioural stress in the zebrafish. Scientific Reports 12, 15353. Lara R.A., Breitzler L., Lau, I.H, Gordillo-Martinez, F., Chen, F., Fonseca, P.J., Bass, A.H., Vasconcelos, R.O. Noise-induced hearing loss correlates with inner ear hair cell decrease in larval zebrafish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225, jeb243743.