A comparison of sea louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) infection levels in farmed and wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) stocks

Aquaculture

Volumn 232, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Glover, K A ^a   Hamre, L A ^a   Skaala, O ^a   Nilsen, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Infection; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Salmo salar L.; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PEST RESISTANCE; SALMONID; SALMONID CULTURE; WILD POPULATION;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 1542381400     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00454-X     Document Type: Article

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