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ArticleScientific reports2021

Impact of noise on development, physiological stress and behavioural patterns in larval zebrafish.

Rafael A Lara, Raquel O Vasconcelos

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neurobehavioral Alterations from Noise Exposure in Animals: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  8. Effects of Underwater Noise Exposure on Early Development in Zebrafish.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  12. Circadian Modulation of Behavioral Stress Responses in Zebrafish Is Age-Dependent.Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rafael A LaraInstitute of Science and Environment, University of Saint Joseph, Macao S.A.R., China. rafael.lara@usj.edu.mo.
Raquel O VasconcelosInstitute of Science and Environment, University of Saint Joseph, Macao S.A.R., China. raquel.vasconcelos@usj.edu.mo.
Shanghai Institute for Science of Science · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noise pollution is increasingly present in aquatic ecosystems, causing detrimental effects on growth, physiology and behaviour of organisms. However, limited information exists on how this stressor affects animals in early ontogeny, a critical period for development and establishment of phenotypic traits. We tested the effects of chronic noise exposure to increasing levels (130 and 150 dB re 1 μPa, continuous white noise) and different temporal regimes on larval zebrafish (Danio rerio), an important vertebrate model in ecotoxicology. The acoustic treatments did not affect general development or hatching but higher noise levels led to increased mortality. The cardiac rate, yolk sac consumption and cortisol levels increased significantly with increasing noise level at both 3 and 5 dpf (days post fertilization). Variation in noise temporal patterns (different random noise periods to simulate shipping activity) suggested that the time regime is more important than the total duration of noise exposure to down-regulate physiological stress. Moreover, 5 dpf larvae exposed to 150 dB continuous noise displayed increased dark avoidance in anxiety-related dark/light preference test and impaired spontaneous alternation behaviour. We provide first evidence of noise-induced physiological stress and behavioural disturbance in larval zebrafish, showing that both noise amplitude and timing negatively impact key developmental endpoints in early ontogeny.

Indexed as

Behavior, AnimalNoiseStress, PhysiologicalZebrafishAnimalsEnvironmentLarvaReproduction

Identifiers

PMID33758247
PMCPMC7988139
OpenAlexW3119015564

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