Densities of planktonic Lepeophtheirus salmonis before and after an Atlantic salmon farm relocation

Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-232

  Penston, Michael J ^a   McBeath, Alastair J A ^a   Millar, Colin P ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management; Relocation; Salmon aquaculture; Scotland; Sea lice; Sea trout

Indexed keywords

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84857663038     PISSN: 1869215X     EISSN: 18697534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/aei00022     Document Type: Article

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