Luciopercimprove |
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6th
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SIXTH
FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
HORIZONTAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SMES
CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH |
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Contract
n° 017646 |
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European
co-operative research project |
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Partner
8 - University of Liège |
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Aquaculture Research and Education
Centre of the University of Liège
(CEFRA-ULg) comprises thermostatised
rooms hosting more than 100 aquariums
and tanks in recirculating systems,
three hatcheries and two greenhouses
hosting over 150 tanks (0,3-2 m3),
grouped into two recirculating systems,
and five flow through circuits. |
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temperature in flow through circuits
is maintained at tropical or lower
values all year round by mixing
the water from the river Meuse to
that of the cooling effluent of
nuclear power plants. This infrastructure,
where most environmental variables
are controlled, allows studying
several aspects of the biology of
larvae and juveniles of Sander
lucioperca. Over the past 12
years, research has been essentially
dedicated on percomorph fish, including
tilapias (Oreochromis spp.)
and percids (Perca fluviatilis,
Sander lucioperca), for
which rearing technologies have
been developed. Researchs on percids
has focused on topics of relevance
to the proposal: weaning schedules
during the larval stage; cannibalism;
effect of environmental abiotic
and biotic factors on the growth-survival
dynamics at the larval and juvenile
stages, and early steps in the genetics
of percids (sex control). Expertise
is attested by several research
and review articles on these topics,
and participation into EU-sponsored
projects (FAIR CT-96-1572, Fair
CT98-9241, Craft Q5R-2001-70594),
which has provided most of the fundamental
and practical bases for developing
an application stage like that described
in this proposal. |
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Allocation
of manpower
Scientific staff : Dr. Charles Mélard
(Director), C. Rougeot (senior),
M. Vandecan (veterinary)
Technical staff : Christian Prignon
(aquaculture technician), Denis
Gustin and Michel Delgiudice |
Allocation
of equipment
Equipment at disposal of the project:
one experimental hatchery, one experimental
larval rearing system (30 l jars
and 5 m3 tanks), one recirculating
system (1.5 m3 tanks) in natural
thermal regime and one recirculating
system at 23 °C (0.5 m3 and
1.5 m3 tanks), a flow-through system
at controlled or natural temperature.
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