Contact Information
Fishery Industrial Technology Center118 Trident Way
Fishery Industrial Technology Center
Kodiak, AK 99615
Phone: (415) 306-2457
c.leroux@sfos.uaf.edu
Celeste LerouxM.S. Student
Thesis Title
NUTRITION AND TECHNIQUE FOR LARGE SCALE LARVAL CULTURE OF THE RED KING CRAB (PARALITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS) AND BLUE KING CRAB (PARALITHODES PLATYPUS) [working title]
Specialty
- King crab aquaculture
Education
- B.S. 2006 University of Alaska Fairbanks (Biology)
Research Overview
Graduate student with the Alaska King Crab Research, Rehabilitation, and Biology (AKCCRAB) Program. Work for AKCCRAB includes crab husbandry and sampling for genetics and pathology research, experiments in larval rearing, and fatty acid analysis of red and blue king crab larvae. Joined Alaska Sea Grant in May 2006 as an undergraduate intern at Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery in Seward, and August 2006 as a UAF SFOS graduate student.
I am working on techniques for mass culture of king crab for the Alaska King Crab Research and Rehabilitation Program. Specifically, I am looking into how larval diet and juvenile substrate affect survival and growth rate of larval and juvenile red king crab.
Current Research Projects
- Biochemical analysis of P. camtschaticus and P. platypus larvae reared through the Alaska King Crab Research, Rehabilitation and Biology Program
- Diet and scale of rearing experiments using red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) and blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus) larvae
Links
- Celeste Leroux staff profile with Alaska Sea Grant
- Photos from the Alaska King Crab Research, Rehabilitation and Biology Program
- John A. Knauss Fellowship
From their website: "The Knauss fellowship, established in 1979, provides a unique educational experience to students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. The program matches highly qualified graduate students with "hosts" in the legislative and executive branch of government located in the Washington, D.C. area, for a one year paid fellowship. The program is named in honor of one of Sea Grant's founders, former NOAA Administrator, John A. Knauss."