Dr Sonia Rey Planellas

Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare

Institute of Aquaculture Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Contact details

ORCID 0000-0002-3406-3291

About me

Dr. Sonia Rey Planellas has a MSc in biodiversity and conservation ecology. Her PhD was on Animal Sciences: Behaviour and Ecology. Her first Post-doctoral research position was on an European Project on fish welfare (COPEWELL). She has been working in the field of behaviour, physiology and welfare of individuals and groups of animals for the past 10 years.

Research

Dr. Sonia Rey research interests lie in: 1) the study of individual differences (stress coping styles) and how this affects multiple aspects of their life history: development, cognition,learning, fitness and survival; and 2) impact of environmental stressors (like temperature) on fish general performance. This questions are approached using behavioural, physiological and molecular biology tools. She has been and is actually involved in multiple projects like COST action on fish welfare, Aquaexel research mission, AQUISOST (MEC-CENIT: Towards a sustainable aquaculture), AquaGenomics (MEC-consolider: development of biotechnological tools for aquaculture) and two different INIA projects (MEC) first one on stunning methods for seabream and the second on the characterisation of behavioural profiles (stress coping style) and their impact on reproductive success in Senegalese sole. Also a EU COPEWELL project aimed to provide a better understanding of underpinning mechanisms in the physiology, biology, and behaviour of fishes and their relationship to individual coping styles, environment and development. The over-arching aim is to improve fish welfare status across the EU (aquaculture, research facilities, etc). Her current position is within the Health and Welfare group at the University of Stirling Institute of Aquaculture as a senior Research Fellow. She is involved as a co-researcher in a DEFRA project on salmon fin damage and a SAIC project (Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Center) on vaccination protocols on salmon cleaning fish. She has been recently awarded with a cleaning fish (Lumpfish) project on health and welfare as a Principal Investigator.

Projects

Health and welfare of lumpfish in hatchery production and deployed in Scottish salmon cages
PI: Dr Sonia Rey Planellas
Funded by: Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre
21/04/2016–20/07/2018

Outputs

Article

Proactive avoidance behaviour and pace-of-life syndrome in Atlantic salmon

Damsgård B, Evensen TH, Øverli Ø, Gorissen M, Ebbesson LOE, Rey S & Höglund E (2019) Proactive avoidance behaviour and pace-of-life syndrome in Atlantic salmon. Royal Society Open Science, 6 (3), Art. No.: 181859. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181859

Article

Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758): last natural viable population in the Eastern Carpathians - conservation elements

Curtean-Bănăduc A, Marić S, Gábor G, Didenko A, Planellas SR & Bănăduc D (2019) Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758): last natural viable population in the Eastern Carpathians - conservation elements. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 43, pp. 215-223. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1711-52

Book Chapter

Cleaner fish biology and aquaculture applications

Treasurer J, Noble C, Puvanendran V, Rey S & Iversen MH (2018) Cleaner fish biology and aquaculture applications. In: Treasurer J (ed.) Cleaner Fish Biology and Aquaculture Applications. Sheffield: 5m Books. http://www.5mbooks.com/cleaner-fish-biology-and-aquaculture-applications.html

Newspaper Article

What zebrafish reveal about importance of looks vs personality in choosing a mate

Rey Planellas S & MacKenzie S (2018) What zebrafish reveal about importance of looks vs personality in choosing a mate. The Conversation. 21.09.2018. https://theconversation.com/what-zebrafish-reveal-about-importance-of-looks-vs-personality-in-choosing-a-mate-103611

Article

Sustainable production and use of cleaner fish for the biological control of sea lice: recent advances and current challenges

Brooker AJ, Papadopoulou A, Gutierrez C, Rey S, Davie A & Migaud H (2018) Sustainable production and use of cleaner fish for the biological control of sea lice: recent advances and current challenges. Veterinary Record, 183, Art. No.: 383. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104966

Article

'Love at first sight': The effect of personality and colouration patterns in the reproductive success of zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Vargas R, Mackenzie S & Rey S (2018) 'Love at first sight': The effect of personality and colouration patterns in the reproductive success of zebrafish (Danio rerio). PLOS ONE, 13 (9), Art. No.: e0203320. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203320

Article

The expression of TRPV channels, prostaglandin E2 and pro-inflammatory cytokines during behavioural fever in fish

Boltana S, Sanhueza N, Donoso A, Aguilar A, Crespo D, Vergara D, Arriagada G, Morales-Lange B, Mercado L, Rey S, Tort L & MacKenzie S (2018) The expression of TRPV channels, prostaglandin E2 and pro-inflammatory cytokines during behavioural fever in fish. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 71, pp. 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2018.03.023

Conference Proceeding

Assessing the Influence of Individual Variation in Coping Styles on Swimming Performance in Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) (Meeting Abstract)

Rey Planellas S, Mackenzie S & Planas J (2018) Assessing the Influence of Individual Variation in Coping Styles on Swimming Performance in Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) (Meeting Abstract) [Swimming performance in zebrafish]. In: FitFish Annual Conference 2016. FITFISH EU cost action, Belgrade, Serbia, 22.04.2016-22.04.2016. FitFish, p. 34. https://www.fitfish.eu/upload_mm/c/5/8/bc3a7541-dd20-4aa4-bbe4-f074612af4cb_FITFISH%20annual%20conference%202016.pdf

Commentary

The emotional brain of fish

Rey S (2017) The emotional brain of fish [Emotions in fish]. Commentary on: Woodruff, Michael L. (2017) Consciousness in teleosts: There is something it feels like to be a fish. Animal Sentience 13(1). Animal Sentience, 2 (13), Art. No.: 11. http://animalstudiesrepository.org/animsent/vol2/iss13/11

Article

Dominance behaviour in a non-aggressive flatfish, Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) and brain mRNA abundance of selected transcripts

Fatsini E, Rey S, Ibarra-Zatarain Z, MacKenzie S & Duncan N (2017) Dominance behaviour in a non-aggressive flatfish, Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) and brain mRNA abundance of selected transcripts. PLoS ONE, 12 (9), Art. No.: e0184283. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184283

Article

Coping styles in farmed fish: consequences for aquaculture

Castanheira F, Conceicao LEC, Millot S, Rey S, Begout M, Damsgard B, Kristiansen TS, Hoglund E, Overli O & Martins CIM (2017) Coping styles in farmed fish: consequences for aquaculture [Coping styles in farmed fish]. Reviews in Aquaculture, 9 (1), pp. 23-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12100

Article

Behavioural fever in zebrafish larvae

Rey S, Moiche Vega AV, Boltana S, Teles M & MacKenzie S (2017) Behavioural fever in zebrafish larvae. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 67, pp. 287-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2016.09.008

Commentary

Stress induced hyperthermia in zebrafish: a reply to Key et al.

Rey S, Huntingford FA, Knowles TG & MacKenzie S (2017) Stress induced hyperthermia in zebrafish: a reply to Key et al.. Commentary on: Key B et al. 2017 Problems with equating thermal preference with ‘emotional fever’ and sentience: comment on ‘Fish can show emotional fever: stress-induced hyperthermia in zebrafish’ by Rey et al. (2015). Proc. R. Soc. B 284, 20160681. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0681). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 (1847), Art. No.: 20162124. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2124

Article

Characterization of stress coping style in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) juveniles and breeders for aquaculture

Ibarra-Zatarain Z, Fatsini E, Rey S, Chereguini O, Martin I, Rasines I, Alcaraz C & Duncan N (2016) Characterization of stress coping style in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) juveniles and breeders for aquaculture. Royal Society Open Science, 3 (11), Art. No.: 160495. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160495

Article

Thermal preference predicts animal personality in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus

Cerqueira M, Rey S, Featherstone Z, Crumlish M & MacKenzie S (2016) Thermal preference predicts animal personality in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85 (5), pp. 1389-1400. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12555

Article

The Lower Danube River–Danube Delta–North West Black Sea: A pivotal area of major interest for the past, present and future of its fish fauna — A short review

Rey S (2016) The Lower Danube River–Danube Delta–North West Black Sea: A pivotal area of major interest for the past, present and future of its fish fauna — A short review. Science of the Total Environment, 545-546, pp. 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.058

Article

Differential responses to environmental challenge by common carp Cyprinus carpio highlight the importance of coping style in integrative physiology

Rey S, Ribas L, Capdevila DM, Callol A, Huntingford FA, Pilarczyk M, Kadri S & MacKenzie S (2016) Differential responses to environmental challenge by common carp Cyprinus carpio highlight the importance of coping style in integrative physiology. Journal of Fish Biology, 88 (3), pp. 1056-1069. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12877

Newspaper Article

Do fish have feelings? Maybe ...

Rey Planellas S (2016) Do fish have feelings? Maybe .... The Conversation. 16.02.2016.

Article

Fish can show emotional fever: stress-induced hyperthermia in zebrafish

Rey S, Huntingford FA, Boltaña S, Vargas R, Knowles TG & MacKenzie S (2015) Fish can show emotional fever: stress-induced hyperthermia in zebrafish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282 (1819), Art. No.: 20152266. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2266

Article

Animal Personality Relates to Thermal Preference in Wild-Type Zebrafish, Danio rerio

Rey S, Digka N & MacKenzie S (2015) Animal Personality Relates to Thermal Preference in Wild-Type Zebrafish, Danio rerio. Zebrafish, 12 (3), pp. 243-249. https://doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2014.1076

Article

Combining animal personalities with transcriptomics resolves individual variation within a wild-type zebrafish population and identifies underpinning molecular differences in brain function

Rey S, Boltana S, Vargas R, Roher N & MacKenzie S (2013) Combining animal personalities with transcriptomics resolves individual variation within a wild-type zebrafish population and identifies underpinning molecular differences in brain function. Molecular Ecology, 22 (24), pp. 6100-6115. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12556

Article

Behavioural fever is a synergic signal amplifying the innate immune response

Boltana S, Rey S, Roher N, Vargas R, Huerta M, Huntingford FA, Goetz FW, Moore J, Garcia-Valtanen P, Estepa A & MacKenzie S (2013) Behavioural fever is a synergic signal amplifying the innate immune response. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1766), Art. No.: 20131381. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1381

Article

Behavioural indicators of welfare in farmed fish

Martins CIM, Galhardo L, Noble C, Damsgard B, Spedicato MT, Zupa W, Beauchaud M, Kulczykowska E, Massabuau J, Carter T, Rey S & Kristiansen TS (2012) Behavioural indicators of welfare in farmed fish. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 38 (1), pp. 17-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-011-9518-8

Article

Queen number in a supercolony of the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus

Espadaler X, Rey S & Bernal V (2004) Queen number in a supercolony of the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus. Insectes Sociaux, 51 (3), pp. 232-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-003-0732-y

Article

Area-wide management of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in northeast Spain

Rey S & Espadaler X (2004) Area-wide management of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in northeast Spain [Area-Wide Management of Lasius neglectus]. Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology, 21 (2), pp. 99-112. http://scentsoc.org/Volumes/JAUE/v21/99.pdf

Article

Biological constraints and colony founding in the polygynous ant lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, formicidae)

Espadaler X & Rey S (2001) Biological constraints and colony founding in the polygynous ant lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera, formicidae) [Colony founding in Lasius neglectus]. Insectes Sociaux, 48 (2), pp. 159-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001760