Title: How do fish hear and survive the increasingly altered environmental noise?

The acoustic environment is responsible for altering the behavior, physiology and well-being of animals.
In recent decades we have seen a significant increase in noise pollution in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
This event will present the results of recent research into bioacoustics and sensory adaptation in fish.
From 1 cm fish to animals half a meter long, many fish species depend on sound for their orientation and communication. The disruption of this communication channel has a very significant impact on their growth, adaptation, reproduction and survival.

Name: Raquel Vasconcelos

With a PhD in Biology from the University of Lisbon, Raquel Vasconcelos specializes in neurophysiology, behaviour and acoustics. She has been a lecturer in Macau at the University of São José for more than 10 years, where she established a laboratory for audiometry and behavior in fish. She is also currently in Portugal, working as a researcher at MARE-UL and as a lecturer at Universidade Lusófona. Raquel Vasconcelos is responsible for coordinating international projects ranging from the impact of noise on seahorses and zebrafish to ecological restoration based on passive acoustics.

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