Containment Of The Non-Indigenous Blue Crab Species (Callinectes Sapidus): Restocking Of Octopu[] Calderara di Reno

Containment Of The Non-Indigenous Blue Crab Species (Callinectes Sapidus): Restocking Of Octopu[]
Calderara di Reno
Emilia Romagna, Calderara di Reno

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA - - DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE MEDICHE VETERINARIE

Organisation/Company: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA - - DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE MEDICHE VETERINARIE

Research Field: Agricultural sciences, Biological sciences, Environmental science

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Leading Researcher (R4), First Stage Researcher (R1), Established Researcher (R3)

Country: Italy

Application Deadline: 28 Feb 2025 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract: To be defined

Job Status: Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer DescriptionProject activities: Fishing of octopus juveniles, sexing and biometric analysis.

Study of octopus predatory activity towards blue crab: Degree of preference towards blue crab; Food preference with respect to size and sex of blue crabs; Consumption: food conversion ratio (FCR), specific growth rate (SGR) and absolute growth rate (AGR); Identification of maximum size of blue crab caught as a function of octopus size; Reproduction programme for obtaining paralarvae:Eco-physiological conditioning and feeding regime to encourage gonadal maturation and spontaneous mating of octopuses; Transfer of the females to the delivery room for egg cluster deposition, hatching and collection of the paralarvae; Feeding of paralarvae; Programme for releasing paralarvae into the sea for biological control of blue crab.

Monitoring of results. Number of offers available: 1

Country: Italy

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