An assessment of salmon farms and wild salmonids as sources of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer) copepodids in the water column in Loch Torridon, Scotland

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-88

  Penston, M J ^a   Davies, I M ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Copepodids; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Salmon farms; Scotland; Sea trout

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPEPOD; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMON; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOMASS; COPEPODA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMON; SCOTLAND; SEAWATER;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 60549093879     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00986.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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