The effects of ivermectin, used to control sea lice on caged farmed salmonids, on infaunal polychaetes

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 276-280

  Black, Kenneth D ^a   Fleming, Stuart ^b   Nickell, Thomas D ^a   Pereira, Paula M F ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benthic impact; Capitella sp.; ivermectin; polychaetes; sea lice

Indexed keywords

CAGE CULTURE; IVERMECTIN; PARASITE CONTROL; TOXICITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

CAPITELLA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0030785844     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0203     Document Type: Article

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