Ectoparasitic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus) infestations of wild, adult, one sea-winter Atlantic salmon Salmo salar returning to Scotland

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 328, Issue , 2006, Pages 183-193

  Todd, C D ^a   Whyte, B D M ^b   MacLean, J C ^b   Walker, A M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caligidae; Caligus elongatus; Copepoda; Ectoparasite; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARASITE INFESTATION; SALMONID;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALIGIDAE; CALIGUS ELONGATUS; COPEPODA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33846509847     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps328183     Document Type: Article

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