Sea Lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis Infestations of Post-Smolt Sea Trout in Loch Shieldaig, Wester Ross, 1999-2003

Sea Trout: Biology, Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 372-376

  Hatton Ellis, M ^a   Hay, D W ^b   Walker, A F ^c   Northcott, S J ^d  

^a Environmental Change Group   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ellwyn   (United Kingdom)

^d Fisheries Research Management Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Post smolts; Salmon farms; Sea lice; Sea trout

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549090322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996027.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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