The effect of sea lice (lepeophtheirus salmonis) on juvenile pink salmon (oncorhynchus gorbuscha) swimming endurance

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2045-2051

  Mages, Paul A ^a   Dill, Lawrence M ^b  

^a Simon Fraser University ^*  (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CRUSTACEAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MIGRATION ROUTE; PREDATION RISK; SALMONID; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 78650495387     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-121     Document Type: Article

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