Teacher
Raquel Freire Pereira De Ornelas E Vasconcelos

Resume

Raquel Freire Pereira de Ornelas e Vasconcelos completed her Doutoramento in Biologia in 2011 from Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. She earned her Mestrado in Biologia e Gestão de Recursos Marinhos in 2006 and Licenciatura in Biology in 2004. Currently serving as a Senior Researcher at Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente in Lisbon, Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona, and Associate Professor at the University of Saint Joseph (Macau), Raquel has contributed significantly to her field. With 23 articles in journals and 4 sections in books, she has also supervised numerous theses and dissertations. Her research focuses on exploring areas such as animal communication, hearing, behavioral physiology, ecoacoustics, and noise pollution. Throughout her career, Raquel has received several international grant projects and supervised multiple candidates from undergraduates, master and PhD students to postdoctoral researchers.

Graus

• Licenciatura
  Biology
• Mestrado
  Biologia e Gestão de Recursos Marinhos
• Pós-doutoramento
  Behavioral Neurophysiology
• Outros
  Neural Systems and Behaviour
• Outros
  Grass Fellowship
• Doutoramento
  Biologia

Publicações

Preprint

Journal article

• 2024-01-01, Characterization of the vocal behavior of the miniature and transparent fish model, Danionella cerebrum, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
• 2023-11-15, Noise-induced damage in the zebrafish inner ear endorgans: evidence for higher acoustic sensitivity of saccular and lagenar hair cells, Journal of Experimental Biology
• 2023-08-24, Effects of Noise Exposure and Ageing on Anxiety and Social Behaviour in Zebrafish., Biology
• 2022-09-12, The effect of time regime in noise exposure on the auditory system and behavioural stress in the zebrafish, Scientific Reports
• 2022-03-08, Noise-induced hearing loss correlates with inner ear hair cell decrease in larval zebrafish, Journal of Experimental Biology
• 2021-02-26, Impact of noise on development, physiological stress and behavioural patterns in larval zebrafish, Scientific Reports
• 2020, Noise-induced hearing loss in zebrafish: investigating structural and functional inner ear damage and recovery, Hearing Research
• 2019, Characterization of the Natural Soundscape of Zebrafish and Comparison with the Captive Noise Conditions, Zebrafish
• 2018, Acoustic communication in marine shallow waters: Testing the acoustic adaptive hypothesis in sand gobies, Journal of Experimental Biology
• 2017, Ontogenetic development of the inner ear saccule and utricle in the Lusitanian toadfish: Potential implications for auditory sensitivity, Hearing Research
• 2015, Vocal differentiation parallels development of auditory saccular sensitivity in a highly soniferous fish, Journal of Experimental Biology
• 2012, Vocal behavior predicts reproductive success in a teleost fish, Behavioral Ecology
• 2012, Hearing sensitivity of the painted goby, Pomatoschistus pictus., Advances in experimental medicine and biology
• 2011, Representation of complex vocalizations in the Lusitanian toadfish auditory system: Evidence of fine temporal, frequency and amplitude discrimination, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• 2011, Auditory saccular sensitivity of the vocal Lusitanian toadfish: Low frequency tuning allows acoustic communication throughout the year, Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
• 2010, Vocal behavior during territorial intrusions in the lusitanian toadfish: Boatwhistles also function as territorial 'keep-out' signals, Ethology
• 2009, Variability in the sonic muscles of the lusitanian toadfish (halobatrachus didactylus): Acoustic signals may reflect individual quality, Canadian Journal of Zoology
• 2008-01, Ship noise affects acoustic communication in the Lusitanian toadfish, Bioacoustics
• 2008, Variability in the mating calls of the Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus: Cues for potential individual recognition, Journal of Fish Biology
• 2008, Ship noise affects acoustic communication in the lusitanian toadfish, Bioacoustics
• 2008, Development of vocalization, auditory sensitivity and acoustic communication in the Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus, Journal of Experimental Biology
• 2007, Effects of ship noise on the detectability of communication signals in the Lusitanian toadfish, Journal of Experimental Biology
• 2006, Seasonal variation of sound production in the Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus, Journal of Fish Biology

Book chapter

• 2023, Zebrafish as a Model in Bioacoustics: Investigating Sensory Responses to Noisy Environments
• 2023, Chronic Boat Noise Impacts on the Early Life Stages of Cichlids (Maylandia zebra): Preliminary Findings
• 2016, Development of structure and sensitivity of the fish inner ear, 877
• 2015, Fish Sounds and Mate Choice

Conference poster

• 2023, Testing the impact of antropogenic noise on behavior, reproduction and transgenerational effects in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma)., OCEANOISE international conference, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain
• 2022, The effect of temperature on agonistic sound production in a small marine fish. , XIX Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal
• 2022, Characterization of the vocal behaviour in the miniature and transparent Danionella cerebrum (Cyprinidae). , XIX Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal
• 2022, A noisy lifetime: behavioral effects of noise exposure and aging in the zebrafish model., XIX Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal
• 2021, Noise-induced hearing loss is related with inner ear hair cell decrease in larval zebrafish., SEB, Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference, Belgium, virtual meeting
• 2021, Investigating the mechanisms underlying ageing and noise-induced hearing loss in the zebrafish model. , SEB, Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference, Belgium, virtual meeting
• 2020, Investigating the mechanisms underlying ageing and noise-induced hearing loss in the zebrafish model. , 11th European Zebrafish Meeting, Czek Republic, virtual meeting
• 2020, Are the zebrafish inner ear endorgans are differentially affected by noise exposure? , 11th European Zebrafish Meeting, Czek Republic, virtual meeting
• 2019, Zebrafish as a model system in hearing research: investigating the species adaptation to the natural soundscape and noise-induced hearing loss. , The effects of noise on aquatic life conference, Den Haag, The Netherlands
• 2019, Unraveling the auditory function of zebrafish otolithic end organs using noise. , The effects of noise on aquatic life conference, Den Haag, The Netherlands
• 2019, Light preference and spontaneous alternation behavior as measurements of noise-induced stress in larval zebrafish., 6th Macao Symposium on Biomedical Sciences, Macao
• 2019, Impact of noise exposure on development and physiological stress in larval zebrafish. , The effects of noise on aquatic life conference, Den Haag, The Netherlands
• 2019, Impact of noise exposure on development and physiological stress and behavior in larval zebrafish., XXVII International Bioacoustics Congress, Brighton, England
• 2018, Effects of noise on development, hearing and physiological stress: insights from larval and adult zebrafish., Zebrafish Neuroethology Symposium, Brisbane, Australia
• 2018, Auditory temporary threshold shifts under acoustical stress in zebrafish., The International Conference of Neuroethology, Brisbane, Australia
• 2017, Light pollution in Macao: assessment of night-sky brightness and potential implication., Asia-Pacific regional IAU Meeting (APRIM), Taiwan
• 2017, Development of zebrafish under noise conditions: insights into the natural soundscape and noise effects, XXVI International Bioacoustics Congress, Haridwar, India
• 2016, Early development of the auditory sense in zebrafish: effects of hormonal levels and environmental noise conditions. , International symposium & workshop - Fish and Amphibian Embryos as Alternative Models in Toxicology and Teratology, Paris, France
• 2015, Early multimodal communication in the territorial Lusitanian toadfish. , International Bio-Acoustic Council (IBAC) Congress, Murnau, Germany
• 2015, Differentiation of vocal patterns in a singing fish. , Modulation of Neural Circuits & Behavior, Gordon Research Conference, Hong Kong SAR
• 2015, Development of the inner ear morphology and auditory sensitivity for social communication in the Lusitanian toadfish. , International Bio-Acoustic Council (IBAC) Congress, Murnau, Germany
• 2013, Differential roles of saccule and utricle for directional hearing and vestibular sense in a soniferous benthic fish, 50 years of Underwater Bioacoustics: a symposium to honor Drs. Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, USA
• 2011, Talkative males are more attractive: relation between vocal behaviour and mating success in the Lusitanian toadfish. , Acoustic Communication by Animals - Third International Conference, Ithaca, NY, USA
• 2010, Peripheral auditory sensitivity of the Lusitanian toadfish: both males and females are best tuned to low frequencies to enhance acoustic communication throughout the year., SFN - Society for Neuroscience, 40th Annual Meeting Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, USA
• 2008, Ontogenetic development of acoustic communication in the Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus., Acoustic Communication by Animals - Second International Conference, Corvallis, OR, USA
• 2007, Ship noise affects acoustic communication in the Lusitanian toadfish. , International Conference - The Effects of noise on Aquatic Life, Nyborg, Denmark
• 2005, Acoustic communication in the Lusitanian toadfish (Halobatrachus didactylus): vocal interactions between nesting males., XX International Bio-Acoustic Council (IBAC) Congress, Piran, Slovenia