Sea lice escape predation on their host

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-457

  Connors, B M ^a   Krkosek M ^b   Dill, L M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ectoparasite; Host parasite; Oncorhynchus clarki; Oncorhynchus kisutch; Pacific salmon

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; GENDER BIAS; HOST; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SMOLT; TROUT;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 51549083067     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0276     Document Type: Article

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