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Dopamine in the Auditory System of Vocal Toadfishes: Potential Adaptation for Noisy Aquatic Environments
Anthropogenic noise negatively impacts the lives of aquatic animals including their ability to reproduce and survive. However, some animals are still...
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Mobile resistome of human gut and pathogen drives anthropogenic bloom of antibiotic resistance
BackgroundThe impact of human activities on the environmental resistome has been documented in many studies, but there remains the controversial...
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Effects of Low-Frequency Continuous Noise on Fishes
Anthropogenic low-frequency continuous noise is on the rise in aquatic environments due to increased ship**, resource exploration, and...
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Effect of Boat Noise on Chorusing Behavior of a Marine Fish (Argyrosomus regius, Sciaenidae)
Aquatic noise has increased in the last decades, especially along the routes of freighter and in harbor areas. The increasing sounds are likely...
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Anthropophony Effects on Acoustic Metrics in a Marine Soundscape
Anthropogenic noise is known to influence acoustic environments and the habitats of marine species. Acoustic indices used to evaluate relative...
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City-level impact of extreme temperatures and mortality in Latin America
Climate change and urbanization are rapidly increasing human exposure to extreme ambient temperatures, yet few studies have examined temperature and...
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May microbial ecological baseline exist in continental groundwater?
BackgroundMicrobes constitute almost the entire biological community in subsurface groundwater and play an important role in ecological evolution and...
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Shaking Up Aquatic Substrates: Taking Lessons from Biotremology and Defining Terminology
Sound pressure and particle motion form the basis of discussions regarding potential effects of anthropogenic signals on fishes and aquatic...
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Fish Sound Production Research: Historical Practices and Ongoing Challenges
Even with widespread evidence of the ecological importance of fish sounds for signaling and communication, and an increasing awareness of the...
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The Built Environment and Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a Review on Quantitative Health Impact Assessments
Purpose of ReviewFeatures and attributes of the built environment (BE) impact positively and negatively on health, especially in cities facing...
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Modelling Pile-Driving Sound and Mitigation in Realistic Environments
Impact pile driving is a transient anthropogenic underwater sound source that can potentially affect marine life. Mathematical modelling tools are...
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Desert Malaria An Emerging Malaria Paradigm and Its Global Impact on Disease Elimination
This book comprehensively reviews the disease dynamics, distribution, surveillance, epidemiology, diagnosis, control strategies, and management of...
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A review of microcystin and nodularin toxins derived from freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms and their impact on human health
The impacts of climate change on cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) are paramount, promoting the widespread distribution, intensity, and...
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Bacterial dynamics of the plastisphere microbiome exposed to sub-lethal antibiotic pollution
BackgroundAntibiotics and microplastics are two major aquatic pollutants that have been associated to antibiotic resistance selection in the...
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Dirty Minds: How Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) and Other Pollutants Affect the Neuroendocrinology of Behavior and Emotions
Thousands of anthropogenic chemicals occupy our bodies and environment, a situation that imperils the health of present and future generations. This...
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Impact of physicochemical parameters of Aedes aegypti breeding habitats on mosquito productivity and the size of emerged adult mosquitoes in Ouagadougou City, Burkina Faso
BackgroundOutbreaks of dengue fever caused by viruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are repeated occurrences in West Africa. In recent...
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Meta-organism gene expression reveals that the impact of nitrate enrichment on coral larvae is mediated by their associated Symbiodiniaceae and prokaryotic assemblages
BackgroundCoral meta-organisms consist of the coral, and its associated Symbiodiniaceae (dinoflagellate algae), bacteria, and other microbes. Corals...
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Marine Plants and Sound
Plants have been considered passive, static, and immutable organisms for a long time, but research shows that plants can perceive their environment...
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Overview of the Effects of Boat Noise on Lusitanian Toadfish
Most marine soundscapes have changed due to the massive presence of anthropogenic noise. Lusitanian toadfish (Halobatrachus didactylus) is a vocal...
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Adaptive Call Design to Escape Masking While Preserving Complex Social Functions of Calls in Killer Whales
Since first described as moans or squeals, pulsed calls of killer whales (Orcinus orca) have been extensively studied. Most research focused on their...