Area protection may reduce salmon louse infection risk to wild salmonids

Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-244

  Bjørn, Pål Arne ^a,b   Sivertsgård, Rolf ^c   Finstad, Bengt ^d   Nilsen, Rune ^a,b   Serra Llinares, Rosa Maria ^a,b   Kristoffersen, Roar ^c  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Management; Norwegian salmon fjords; Salmon lice; Wild salmonids

Indexed keywords

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84857683544     PISSN: 1869215X     EISSN: 18697534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/aei00023     Document Type: Article

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