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Paulo J.
Fonseca

Personal Profile

I have a Ph.D. in Morphology and Animal Physiology by the University of Lisbon since 1994 and I am currently leading the team ‘Communication and evolution in insects and fish’ within the Conservation in Socio-Ecological Ecosystems research group of cE3c. I am an associate professor at the Department of Animal Biology of the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, where I currently teach Animal physiology, Marine Biology and Animal Behaviour.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Vieira, M., Beauchaud, M., Amorim, M. C. P., & Fonseca, P. J. (2021). Boat noise affects meagre (Argyrosomus regius) hearing and vocal behaviour. Marine Pollution Bulletin 172, 112824.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112824

  • Alves, D., Vieira, M., Amorim, M. C. P., & Fonseca, P. J. (2021). Boat noise interferes with Lusitanian toadfish acoustic communication. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(11), jeb234849.

  • Vieira M., Fonseca P.J., Amorim M.C.P., Teixeira C.J.C. (2015). Call recognition and individual identification of fish vocalizations based on automatic speech recognition methods. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 138(6):3941-3950. 

  • Amorim M.C.P., Simões J.M., Mendonça N., Bandarra N., Almada V.C., Fonseca P.J. (2012). Lusitanian toadfish song reflects male quality. Bioacoustics 1:65-66.

  • Vasconcelos R.O., Fonseca P.J., Amorim M.C.P., Ladich F. (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 278, 826-834.

  • Amorim M.C.P., Simões J.M., Fonseca P.J. (2008). Acoustic communication in the Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus: evidence for an unusual large vocal repertoire. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88(5):1069-1073. pdf

  • Fonseca P.J., Münch D., Hennig R.M. (2000). Auditory perception -  How cicadas interpret acoustic signals. Nature 405:297-298.

  • ​Fonseca P.J., Bennet-Clark H.-C. (1998). Asymmetry of tymbal action and structure in a cicada: A possible role in the production of complex songs. Journal of experimental Biology 201: 717-730. 

  • Fonseca P.J. (1991). Characteristics of the acoustic signals in nine species of cicadas (Homoptera, Cicadidae). Bioacoustics, 3:173-182.

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