Open-ocean infestation by salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis): Comparison of wild and escaped farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1113-1119

  Jacobsen, J A ^a   Gaard, E ^a  

^a Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Caligus elongatus; Escaped farmed salmon; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Open ocean infestation; Salmo salar; Sea age; Sea lice; Wild salmon

Indexed keywords

CULTURED POPULATION; PARASITE INFESTATION; WILD POPULATION;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

CALIGUS ELONGATUS; COLEOPTERA; LEOEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0031394764     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3139(97)80016-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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