ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE MEDICHE VETERINARIE Job Details 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 Description Project 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. Country of Work: Italy Eligibility of fellows: country / ies of residence: OTHER Eligibility of fellows: nationality / ies: Number of offers available: 1 Company / Institute: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA - DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE MEDICHE VETERINARIE J-18808-Ljbffr