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María José Cabrera Álvarez completed her PhD in Biology at the Department of Biology of McGill University (Canada), where she received five awards, and her Bachelors in Biology in 2010 at the Faculty of Sciences at Granada University, which included a Master's project in Behaviour and Neuroscience at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) in 2010. She is a Researcher at the Fish Ethology and Welfare Group at Centro de Ciências do Mar (Portugal) and Vice-President of the FishEthoGroup Association, where she works in the areas of behaviour and welfare of aquatic species. She was the Scientific Program Manager of and International Conference for Medical Doctors. Maria is currently Principal investigator of one project and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in anther one, and participates/participated as Researcher in 14 projects after her PhD. She was invited to talk at two international events, has published eight articles in scientific journals, two policy reports, participated in the Spanish Fish Welfare Guides, and published 17 fish welfare profiles in a public database. She was the Laboratory Manager of two laboratories for three years (McGill and Cambridge Universities) where she coordinated the projects of several researchers (from undergraduate students to post-docs) and managed funding sources of an European Research Council (ERC) grant.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
María José Cabrera Álvarez

Citation names

  • Cabrera-Álvarez, María José
  • Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.
  • Cabrera-Álvarez, M. J.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2A10-D5E6-540C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5646-8743
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9UJPgDUAAAAJ&hl=en

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 928123174 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Behavioural Sciences Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/09/01 - 2018/08/15
Concluded
 Biology (Doutoramento)
Major in Behavioural Ecology and Neuroscience
McGill University Department of Biology, Canada
"Neural Mechanisms of Social Behaviour and Social Information Use in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado por Unanimidade
2004/09/01 - 2010/06/01
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidad de Granada Facultad de Ciencias, Spain
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/09/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2020/09/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2010/08 - 2010/10 Research Assistant (Research) Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01 - Current Vice-President FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal
2019/08 - 2020/09 Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory University of Cambridge Department of Psychology, United Kingdom
2019/01 - 2019/07 Scientific Programme Manager Société Internationale d'Urologie, Canada
2015/01 - 2017/01 Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory McGill University Department of Biology, Canada

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/08 - 2012/08 Technical Support; Professional and Quality Assurance Engineer VSee Lab Inc, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024 - 2028 SmartFishPonds
SmartFishPonds
Researcher
FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal

Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Ergomarine, Portugal
Open Philanthropy Project
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Carefish/catch
Carefish/catch
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Friends of the Sea, Italy

FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal

fair-fish international, Switzerland

Demos, United Kingdom
Open Philanthropy Project
Ongoing
2020 - 2025/12/31 fair-fish database
fair-fish database
Researcher
fair-fish international, Switzerland

FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal
Open Philanthropy Project
Ongoing
2021 - 2025 RichFISH 2.0
UIDB/04326/2020
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
 Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Ongoing
2022 - 2024/12 CAREFISH/Farm
Carefish/farm
Researcher
FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

fair-fish international, Switzerland
Open Philanthropy Project
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 INFLAMMAFISH
InflammaFish
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Fundación Margarita Salas
Ongoing
2021 - 2023 WELLSTUN - Improving the slaughter process of farmed fish: indicators of welfare and product quality
WellStun
Researcher
Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, Spain

Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain

Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario, Spain

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Veterinaria, Spain

APROMAR, Spain
Gobierno de España

European Union
Concluded
2021 - 2022 CHILLTROUT - welfare of rainbow trout at stunning and slaughter
ChillTrout
Researcher
FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

Fondazione Edmund Mach Centro Ricerca e Innovazione, Italy

Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
fair-fish international
Concluded
2020/01 - 2021/12 CAREFISH 2.0 - Improving fish welfare through stakeholdercommunication: from research to fish farms
CareFish2.0
Researcher
Open Philanthropy Project
Concluded
2012/09/01 - 2018/08/15 Discovery Grant
418342-2012
429385-2012
29433
PhD Student Fellow
McGill University Department of Biology, Canada
 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Canada Foundation for Innovation
Concluded
2009/08 - 2010/08 Behavioural responses of feral and domestic guppies (Poecilia reticulata) to predators and their cues
Erasmus Grant
Master Student Fellow
Universiteit Utrecht Departement Biologie, Netherlands
 European Union
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024 - Current SACRIFISH - Applying EEG to evaluate stunning in farms
SacriFish
Principal investigator
FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal

CETGA - Centro Tecnológico del Cluster de la Acuicultura, Spain

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden

Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Universität Innsbruck, Austria

Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, Spain
APROMAR
Ongoing
2024/01 - 2024/12 Measuring Consciousness
Measuring Consciousness
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal

Universität Innsbruck, Austria

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
The Center for Responsible Seafood
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2023 - Current ManyFishes
ManyFishes
Researcher
FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2023 - Current Fish Acclimation
FishAcclimation
Researcher
FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Oliveira, Gonçalo; Campos-Sánchez, Jose C; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Saraiva, João L.. "The Effect of Pain on Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Behaviour.". Paper presented in XXI Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia., Lisboa, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. E. Hoyo-Alvarez; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; E. Bertomeu ; A. Roque; P. Arechavala-López. "EFECTOS DEL AYUNO, CONFINAMIENTO Y TEMPERATURA AMBIENTAL EN LA RESPUESTA CARDÍACA DE LAS LUBINAS DURANTE EL SACRIFICIO.". Paper presented in XIX Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura 2024, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2024.
  3. Mar Bo-Castellà, , , , ; Esther Hoyo-Álvarez; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Juan B. Sanchez- Torregrosa; Margalida Vanrell; Pablo Arechavala-López.. "COMPORTAMIENTO Y BIENESTAR DE LAS LUBINAS EN VIVEROS FLOTANTES: APLICACIONES DE LA TELEMETRÍA ACÚSTICA.". Paper presented in XIX Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura 2024, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2024.
    Published
  4. Pablo Arechavala-López; Esther Hoyo-Álvarez; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Juan B. Sanchez-Torregrosa; Amalia Grau. "EVALUANDO EL BIENESTAR DE LAS LUBINAS EN VIVEROS DE ENGORDE MEDIANTE EL USO DE BIOLOGGERS.". Paper presented in XIX Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura 2024, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2024.
    Published
  5. Esther Hoyo-Álvarez; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Rafael Ginés; Ana Roque; Pablo Arechavala-López. "RESPUESTA CARDÍACA DE LAS LUBINAS FRENTE A DISTINTOS MÉTODOS DE ATURDIMIENTO Y SACRIFICIO.". Paper presented in XIX Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura 2024, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2024.
    Published
  6. Maia, Caroline M.; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Jenny Volstorf. "A global assessment of fish welfare in aquaculture and fisheries: the fair-fish database.". Paper presented in 57th Congress of the International Society of Applied Ethology., 2024.
  7. FAUSTA BORSANI ; Jenny Volstorf; Caroline Marques Maia; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Sebastian Scholz. "The fair-fish database: welfare assessment of aquatic species in aquaculture and fisheries". Paper presented in FSVO/UFAW Symposium – Humanely Ending the Life of Animals 2024, Bern, 2024.
    Published
  8. Adrián V. Montalt; Caroline M. Maia; Pablo Arechavala-Lopez; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; João L. Saraiva. "Tilápia do Nilo visita tanto abrigo quanto ambiente complexo similarmente, mas prefere ficar mais tempo com o abrigo". Paper presented in XL Encontro Anual de Etologia (EAE 2023), Sao Paulo, 2023.
    Published
  9. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "fair-fish database: welfare assessment of aquatic species in aquaculture". Paper presented in 4th Annual Aquatic Life Conference, 2023.
  10. Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.. Corresponding author: Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.. "Invited speaker: fair-fish database: welfare assessment of aquatic species in aquaculture (Essential Tools and Resources panel)". Paper presented in 4th Annual Aquatic Life Conference (online event - October 17, 2023):, 2023.
    Published
  11. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "Seabream welfare during slaughter: behaviour and heart rate assessment.". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, Vienna, 2023.
  12. E. Hoyo-Alvarez; Cabrera-Álvarez, M. J.; E. Bertomeo; P. Arechavala-López; A. Roque. "CONSCIOUSNESS INDICATORS AND CARDIAC RESPONSES OF EUROPEAN SEABASS TO DIFFERENT SLAUGHTERING PROCESSES". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, Vienna, 2023.
    Published
  13. Ana Roque; Esther Hoyo-Álvarez; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Edgar Bertomeu; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo. "THE EFFECTS OF PRE-SACRIFICE AND CROWDING ON THE HEART ACTIVITY OF COMMERCIAL SEABASS Dicentrarchus labrax". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, Vienna, 2023.
    Published
  14. P. Arechavala-Lopez1; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; E. Hoyo-Alvarez; Pere Bestard-Gelabert; J. Ramis; J. Tomás-Ferrer; A. Grau. "SWIMMING AND CARDIAC ACTIVITY OF EUROPEAN SEABASS REARED IN EXPERIMENTAL SEA-CAGES". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, Vienna, 2023.
    Published
  15. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "Invited speaker: Getting at the heart of welfare in aquaculture". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, Vienna, 2023.
    Published
  16. Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Maia, Caroline M.; Jenny Volstorf; Eliane Gonçalves-de-Feritas. "Welfare assessment of farmed aquatic species using the fair-fish database: the need for ethological and welfare studies in unexplored species". Paper presented in Behaviour 2023, Bielefeld, 2023.
  17. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "A behavioural and physiological approach for the study of welfare in seabream broodstock exposed to environmental enrichment.". Paper presented in Behaviour 2023, Bielefeld, 2023.
  18. JC. Campos-Sánchez; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Ana Rita Oliveira; Florbela Soares; Ana Candeias-Mendes; Márcio Moreira; Carolina Ribeiro; MA Esteban; Jõao L. Saraiva. "Cambios fisiológicos y conductuales en la respuesta inflamatoria de la dorada (Sparus aurata) causados por la inyección intramuscular de ¿-carragenina". Paper presented in Congreso Avance Europeo en Crecimiento Azul, Murcia, 2023.
    Published
  19. Saraiva J.L.; Faccenda, Filippo; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Povinelli M.; Hubbard, Peter; Cerqueira, Marco; Farinha A.; et al. "ASSESSING RAINBOW TROUT WELFARE AT SLAUGHTER: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH USING BEHAVIOURAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, PROTEOMIC AND QUALITY INDICATORS WITH A NOVEL TEMPERATURE STUNNING METHOD". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, Vienna, 2023.
    Published
  20. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "Husbandry procedures affect heart rate of broodstock of gilthead sea bream". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, 2022.
  21. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Corresponding author: Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "Las tareas rutinarias en acuicultura alteran la frecuencia cardiaca de las doradas reproductoras". Paper presented in XVIII Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura, Cadiz, 2022.
  22. Ana Rita Oliveira; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "Structural enrichment effects on the welfare of gilthead seabream sparus aurata broodstock". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2022, 2022.
  23. Caroline Marques Maia; Jenny Volstorf; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Pablo Arechavala-Lopez; Billo Heinzpeter Studer; João Luis Saraiva. "Welfare assessment in farmed fishes based on the FishEthoBase". Paper presented in XXXVIII Encontro Anual de Etologia, 2021.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Ana Rita Oliveira; María J. Cabrera-Álvarez; Florbela Soares; Ana Candeias-Mendes; Pablo Arechavala-Lopez; João L. Saraiva. "Effects of Environmental Enrichment on the Welfare of Gilthead Seabream Broodstock". 2022.
    10.3390/blsf2022013090
  2. Maia, Caroline M.; Adrian V. Montalt; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Saraiva, João L.. "Tilápia-do-Nilo prefere interagir com toca do que com estrutura complexa". Paper presented in 39 Encontro Anual de Etologia, 2022.
    Published
  3. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Reader, S.M.. "Brain activation during alarm substance exposure and social transmission of alarm response.". Paper presented in Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada., Montreal, 2017.
  4. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "Grouping behaviour in guppies after intracranial nonapeptide administration.". Paper presented in Society for Integrative and Comparative Behaviour Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA., New Orleans, 2017.
  5. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "Behavioral differences between feral and domestic guppies.". Paper presented in 50th Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, Boulder, Colorado, USA., Boulder, Colorado, 2013.
Conference poster
  1. Pablo Arechavala-Lopez; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Cairsty DePasquale; Joachim G. Frommen; Theodora Fuss; Lisa Jacquin; Nick A. R. Jones; et al. "The Effect of habituation on fish behaviour – a multi-lab, multi-species experiment.". Paper presented in ABSA winter conference 2024., 2024.
  2. Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Gonçalo Oliveira; Martina Bortoletti; Inês S. Neves; Diogo I. Figueiredo; Saraiva, João L.. Corresponding author: Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.. "Does environmental enrichment and acclimation period affect the behaviour of juvenile gilthead seabream when exposed to a novel testing environment?". Paper presented in XXI Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia., 2024.
  3. Inês S. Neves; Gonçalo Oliveira; Saraiva, João L.; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.. Corresponding author: Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.. "Can environmental enrichment influence behavioural stress indicators in juvenile gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) exposed to acute and chronic stressors?". Paper presented in XXI Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia., 2024.
  4. Campos-Sánchez, Jose C. ; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Oliveira Gonçalo; Sneddon, Lynne; Esteban, María A.; Saraiva, João L.. "Effects of acetic acid administration in the lips of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata): Establishing a pain model for teleosts". Paper presented in X Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, ‘Fishes for Future’, 2024.
  5. Jenny Volstorf; Caroline Marques Maia; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Sebastian Scholz. "Application of slaughter protocols for aquatic species in aquaculture". Paper presented in FSVO/UFAW Symposium – Humanely Ending the Life of Animals 2024, 2024.
  6. Jenny Volstorf; Caroline Marques Maia,; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Sebastian Scholz. "Welfare Assessment of Aquatic Species in Fisheries.". Paper presented in Catch Welfare Platform, Bergen, Norway., 2023.
  7. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Campos-Sánchez, J. C.; Oliveira, A. R.; Soares, Florbela; Ana Isabel Candeias Mendes; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Moreira, M.; et al. Corresponding author: Campos-Sánchez, J. C.. "Effects of intramuscular injection of carrageenin, lipopolysaccharide, and polyinosinic: polycytidylic acid to gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) specimens on serum and skin mucus humoral immunity". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  8. Saraiva, João L.; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "Influence of carrageenin-induced inflammation on the serum and skin mucus of gilthead seabream (sparus aurata) specimens during a photobacterium damselae infection". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  9. Campos-Sánchez, J. C.; Cabrera-Álvarez, M. J.; Oliveira, A. R.; Livramento, M; Ovelheiro, A.; Ribeiro, Maria Carolina; Barata, M.; et al. "INFLUENCE OF CARRAGEENIN-INDUCED INFLAMMATION ON SERUM AND SKIN MUCUS OF GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata) DURING A Photobacterium damselae sube sp. Piscicida INFECTION". Paper presented in Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  10. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Reader, S.M.. "Brain activation during alarm substance exposure and social transmission of alarm response". Paper presented in Société Québécoise pour l’Étude Biologi ue du Co po te e t Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada., 2017.
  11. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Swaney, W.T.; Reader, S.M.. "Activation of the Preoptic Area during social exposure in guppies.". Paper presented in Society for Integrative and Comparative Behaviour Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA., 2017.
  12. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Battesti, M.; Swaney, W.T.; Reader, S.M.. "Nonapeptide effects on social behaviour in guppies.". Paper presented in 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Montreal, Canada., 2016.
  13. Swaney, W.T.; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Hewlett, S. E.; Trezza, I. ; Reader, S.M.. "Predation-driven behavioural variation is associated with vasotocin system changes in the guppy". Paper presented in 43rd European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting, Sevilla, Spain, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Jose Carlos Campos-Sánchez; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; João L. Saraiva. Corresponding author: Jose Carlos Campos-Sánchez. "Review of Fish Neuropeptides: A Novel Perspective on Animal Welfare". The Journal of Comparative Neurology 533 2 (2025): e70029. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cne.70029.
    Accepted
  2. Maia, Caroline M.; Montalt, Adrián V.; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Saraiva, João L.. "Shelter or complexity? Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) preference for enrichment structures is a matter of time and frequency of visits.". Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2024): 106498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106498.
    Published • 10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106498
  3. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo; Mignucci, Alexandre; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Soares, Florbela; Saraiva, João L.. Corresponding author: Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. "Environmental enrichment reduces the effects of husbandry stressors in gilthead seabream broodstock". Aquaculture Reports 37 (2024): 102256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2024.102256.
    10.1016/j.aqrep.2024.102256
  4. Oliveira, Ana Rita; Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Soares, Florbela; Diáz-Gil, Carlos; Candeias-Mendes, Ana; Saraiva, João L.; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo. "Structural enrichment promotes natural behaviour and welfare of captive gilthead seabream broodstock". Applied Animal Behaviour Science 275 (2024): 106289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106289.
    10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106289
  5. Saraiva, João L.; Faccenda, Filippo; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Povinelli, Michele; Hubbard, Peter C.; Cerqueira, Marco; Farinha, Ana Paula; et al. "Welfare of rainbow trout at slaughter: Integrating behavioural, physiological, proteomic and quality indicators and testing a novel fast-chill stunning method". Aquaculture 581 (2024): 740443. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.740443.
    10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.740443
  6. Campos-Sánchez, J. C.; Cabrera-Álvarez, M. J.; Saraiva, João L.. "Review of fish neuropeptides: A novel perspective on animal welfare". Journal of Comparative Neurology (2024):
    Submitted
  7. María J. Cabrera-Álvarez; Ana Rita Oliveira; Florbela Soares; Ana Candeias-Mendes; Pablo Arechavala Lopez; João L. Saraiva. "Husbandry Procedure Effects on Brood-Stock Gilthead Seabream’s Heart Rate Housed under Enriched and Bare Environments". Biology and Life Sciences Forum (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9976/13/1/21.
    10.3390/blsf2022013021
  8. Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo; Cabrera-Álvarez, Maria J.; Maia, Caroline M.; Saraiva, Joao L.. "Environmental enrichment in fish aquaculture: A review of fundamental and practical aspects". Reviews in Aquaculture (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq.12620.
    Published • 10.1111/raq.12620
  9. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José (2A10-D5E6-540C); Clayton, Nicola S.. "Neural Processes Underlying Tool Use in Humans, Macaques, and Corvids". Frontiers in Psychology (2020):
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.560669
  10. Cabrera-Álvarez, M.J.; Swaney, W.T.; Reader, S.M.. "Forebrain activation during social exposure in wild-type guppies". Physiology and Behavior 182 (2017): 107-113. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042674000&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.10.012
  11. Swaney, W.T.; Cabrera-Álvarez, M.J.; Reader, S.M.. "Behavioural responses of feral and domestic guppies (Poecilia reticulata) to predators and their cues". Behavioural Processes 118 (2015): 42-46. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930960057&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.beproc.2015.05.010
Online resource
  1. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Esox lucius. 2023. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/esox-lucius/.
  2. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Perca fluviatilis. 2023. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/perca-fluviatilis/.
  3. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Clupea harengus. 2023. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/clupea-harengus/.
  4. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Tachysurus sinensis. 2022. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/tachysurus-sinensis/.
  5. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Ictalurus punctatus. 2022. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/ictalurus-punctatus/.
  6. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Tachysurus dumerili. 2022. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/tachysurus-dumerili/.
  7. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Ameiurus melas. 2022. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/ameiurus-melas/.
  8. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Protosalanx chinensis. 2022. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/protosalanx-hyalocranius/.
  9. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Papyrocranus afer. 2022. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/papyrocranus-afer/.
  10. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Stoltsea Farms, Santiago, Spain. 2021. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/lutjanus-argentimaculatus/.
  11. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Lutjanus johnii. 2021. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/lutjanus-johnii/.
  12. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Oncorhynchus kisutch. 2021. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/oncorhynchus-kisutch/.
  13. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. 2021. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/oncorhynchus-tshawytscha/.
  14. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Salmo carpio. 2021. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/salmo-carpio/.
  15. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Huso huso. 2021. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/huso-huso/.
  16. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Huso dauricus. 2021. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/huso-dauricus/.
  17. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José. Silurus asotus. 2021. https://fair-fish-database.net/db/species/silurus-asotus/.
Preprint
  1. Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; António Soares, Sónia Marina; Nuñez-Velazquez, Samira; Aníbal, Jaime; Esteves, Eduardo; Costa, Rita A.; Guerreiro, Pedro; et al. Corresponding author: Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.. "Stunning and Slaughter Methods in Gilthead Seabream: Animal Welfare and Muscle Quality". 2025. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5166576.
    10.2139/ssrn.5166576
  2. Cabrera-Álvarez, María José; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo; Mignucci, Alexandre; Oliveira, Ana Rita; Soares, Florbela; Saraiva, João L.. "Environmental Enrichment Reduces the Effects of Husbandry Stressors in Gilthead Seabream Broodstock". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4646976.
    10.2139/ssrn.4646976
Report
  1. Jeroen Brijs; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Saraiva, João L.; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo; Albin Grans. 2024. Seabream and seabass welfare in aquaculture: A review of slaughter practices and future directions for humane standards..
  2. Saraiva, João L.; Jeroen Brijs; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo; Albin Grans. 2024. Research design to detect loss of consciousness and/or sensibility of fish at slaughter.. EURCAW Aqua – 101193803.
  3. Saraiva, João L.; Jenny Volstorf; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo. 2022. Using ethology to improve farmed fish ethology and production. https://aac-europe.org/images/AAC_ethology_and_welfare_final.pdf.
  4. Saraiva, João L.; Arechavala-Lopez, Pablo; Cabrera-Álvarez, María J.; Douglas WALEY. 2021. Research for ANIT Committee: Particular welfare needs in animal transport: aquatic animals. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/IPOL_STU(2021)690875.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Álvarez, María. "Neural Mechanisms of Social Behaviour and Social Information Use in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)". PhD, McGill University Department of Biology, 2018. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/pk02cd154.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018 Neural mechanisms of social behaviour and social transmission of information in guppies. Neurobiology & Behaviour seminar
McGill University (Montreal, Canada)
2016 Nonapeptide effects on grouping behaviour Neurobiology & Behaviour Seminar
McGill University (Montreal, Canada)
2015 Effects of nonapeptides on grouping behaviour Neurobiology & Behaviour Cluster Departmental Seminar Day
McGill University (Montreal, Canada)
2010 Long-term effects of different environments on grouping and anti-predator behaviour Behavioural Biology Seminar
Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/05/28 - 2022/06/01 IV Summer Shoal (2022/05/28 - 2022/06/01)
Round table (Co-organisor)
 FishEthoGroup Association, Portugal

fair-fish international, Switzerland
2019/01/01 - 2019/07/01 39th Congress of the Société Internationale d'Urologie (2019/10/17 - 2019/10/20)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Société Internationale d'Urologie, Canada

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/01/29 - 2024/01/30 Ready for BioData.pt Management Intensive Course Ready for BioData.pt Management Intensive Course
BioData.pt, Portugal
2022/05/11 - 2022/05/11 Seminario sobre Prácticas de Aturdimiento y Sacrificio de Peces en Acuicultura
Seminar
 Seminario sobre Prácticas de Aturdimiento y Sacrificio de Peces en Acuicultura
APROMAR, Spain
2022/02/24 - 2022/02/24 Invited speaker: Assessing humane stunning and slaughtering of sea bream using biologgers.
Seminar
 Welfare Seminar
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022/04 - 2022/04 I Congreso Internacional Multidisciplinar Innovación e Investigación en Hábitos Saludables Univerdad de Granada, Campus de Ceuta

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/11/15 - 2024/11/15 Welfare in Aquaculture: the use of behavioural and physiological indicators. Bachelor in Marine Biology (Bacharelato) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2024/10/15 - 2024/10/15 Welfare in Aquaculture: the use of behavioural and physiological indicators. Master in Aquaculture. CCMAR. Portugal. TOPICS IN AQUACULTURE, FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION (Mestrado) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2024/02/07 - 2024/02/08 Fish welfare in aquaculture (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Culmarex, Spain
2024/01 - 2024/01 Fish welfare in aquaculture Fish welfare in aquaculture (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Stolt Sea Farms, Spain
2023/12/13 - 2023/12/15 Fish welfare tailored course. Shanghai Ocean University, China, December 2023 Fish welfare (Graduado) Shanghai Ocean University, China
2023/11/01 - 2023/11/01 Welfare in Aquaculture: the use of behavioural and physiological indicators TOPICS IN AQUACULTURE, FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION (Mestrado) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2023/10/24 - 2023/10/24 Welfare in Aquaculture: the use of behavioural and physiological indicators. Master in Aquaculture. CCMAR. Portugal. Temas em Aquacultura, Pescas e Conservação (Mestrado) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2019/10/30 Comparative Cognition Psychology University of Cambridge Department of Psychology, United Kingdom
2014/09/01 - 2014/12/31 Neural Bases of Behaviour Neural Bases of Behaviour (Licenciatura) McGill University Department of Biology, Canada
2014/01/01 - 2014/04/30 Cell and Molecular Biology Cell and Molecular Biology (Licenciatura) McGill University Department of Biology, Canada
2013/09/01 - 2013/12/31 Cell and Molecular Biology Cell and Molecular Biology (Licenciatura) McGill University Department of Biology, Canada
2013/01/01 - 2013/04/30 Behavioural Ecology Behavioural Ecology (Licenciatura) McGill University Department of Biology, Canada
2012/08/01 - 2012/08/31 Ecology and Behaviour Field Course Ecology and Behaviour Field Course (Licenciatura) McGill University Department of Biology, Canada

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2025/01/24 As Preferências da Tilápia-do-Nilo por Enriquecimentos Ambientais segundo Variáveis Comportamentais Aquaculture Brasil
2024/06/20 Fish Etho Group hace un llamado a seguir avanzando en el bienestar de los peces de cultivo MisPeces.com
2024/06/19 CCMAR: Aquacultura atinge recordes históricos, mas bem-estar animal ainda não é prioridade Diario do Algarve Barlavento
2024/06/19 Un estudio del CCMAR en el que se monitorizan los latidos del corazón de los peces confirma que es posible reducir el estrés y aumentar el bienestar con pequeñas alteraciones en las rutinas Ipac.acuicultura

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/06/24 - Current TSF Radio Noticias Os peixes também sentem stress e investigadores da Universidade do Algarve encontraram maneira de o reduzir
2025/03/11 - 2025/03/11 Neuropeptídeos em Peixes: Nova Perspectiva para Avaliação do Bem-Estar Animal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/12/01 - 2022/12 Master Dissertation, Comparative study of the effects of differing slaughtering methods on seabream heart rate Sonia Soares
2019/08/01 - 2020/07/31 Behavioural Cognition Research Jamie DuBois
2019/08/01 - 2020/07/31 Behavioural Cognition Research Francesca Cornero
2017/09 - 2018/06 Neuroscience Techniques Training Raina Fan
2017/09 - 2018/03 Neurosciente Technique Training Dr. Mélanie Guigueno
2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Animal Behaviour Research Techniques Cassia Foley
2015/09 - 2016/03 Behavioural Research Techniques Marine Battesti
2015/04/01 - 2015/09/01 Animal Behaviour Research Techniques Kaitlynn Perry
2014/01/01 - 2014/01/01 Animal Behaviour Research Techniques Lisa Xu
Distinctions

Award

2016 Charlotte Magnum Support Award
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, United States
2016 McGill Writing Year Award
McGill University Department of Biology, Canada
2016 Research Travel Award
McGill University Department of Biology, Canada
2013 Research Travel Award
McGill University Department of Biology, Canada
2012 Graduate Excellence Award
McGill University Department of Biology, Canada