Differences in risks and consequences of salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer), infestation on sympatric populations of Atlantic salmon, brown trout, and Arctic charr within northern fjords

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 386-393

  Bjorn P A ^a   Finstad, B ^c   Kristoffersen, R ^b   McKinley, R S ^d   Rikardsen, A H ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anadromy; Fish farming; Life history; Migration; Post smolt; Salmon lice; Salmonid

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; CRUSTACEAN; ECTOPARASITE; FISHERY; FJORD; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; PARASITE INFESTATION; SALMONID; SYMPATRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34447531828     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsl029     Document Type: Article

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