Fish farms, parasites, and predators: Implications for salmon population dynamics

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 897-914

  Krkošek, Martin ^a,b,g   Connors, Brendan M ^c   Ford, Helen ^d   Peacock, Stephanie ^d   Mages, Paul ^c   Ford, Jennifer S ^e   Alexandra, Morton ^f   Volpe, John P ^d   Hilborn, Ray ^b   Dill, Lawrence M ^c   Lewis, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Salmon Coast Field Station British Columbia   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Behavior; Fish farms; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Oncorhynchus spp.; Parasites; Population dynamics; Predation; Salmon; Sea lice

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRUSTACEAN; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; JUVENILE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK; SALMONID; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; AQUACULTURE; ARGULOIDA; ARTICLE; FISH DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; SALMON;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARGULOIDA; FISH DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SALMON;

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

EID: 79955498692     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1861.1     Document Type: Article

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