Sea lice treatments on salmon farms have no adverse effects on zooplankton communities: A case study

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 806-816

  Willis, K J ^a   Gillibrand, P A ^a   Cromey, C J ^a   Black, K D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Copepods; Cypermethrin; Dispersion modelling; Emamectin benzoate; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER;

ACQUACULTURE; COPEPODS; CYPERMETHRIN; DISPERSION MODELING; EMAMECTIN BENZOATE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CIPERMETHRIN;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PARASITE CONTROL; SALMONID CULTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARASITE; PISCICULTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMON; SEA ICE; WATER TREATMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; COPEPODA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IVERMECTIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PYRETHRINS; SALMONIDAE; SCOTLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

COPEPODA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 23944470396     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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