Coho salmon productivity in relation to salmon lice from infected prey and salmon farms

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1372-1377

  Connors, Brendan M ^a   Krkošek, Martin ^b,c   Ford, Jennifer ^d   Dill, Lawrence M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Pacific salmon; Parasite; Predator prey; Trophic transmission

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID; TROPHIC STATUS;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 78149291069     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01889.x     Document Type: Article

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