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Alvaro Roura
Summary
My research combines next generation sequencing with oceanography to understand the ecology of planktonic stages of cephalopods in coastal upwellings, mainly Octopus vulgaris: their diet, intestinal flora and dispersal. My research aims to understand O. vulgaris larvae in the wild, to apply such knowledge for Octopus aquaculture. Complementary, I study molecular trophic links in copepods, cephalopod biodiversity, mesozooplankton communities and parasitic/epibiontic relationships.
Biodiversity Biological Oceanography Ecology Genomics Marine Biology Taxonomy