Critical thresholds in sea lice epidemics: Evidence, sensitivity and subcritical estimation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1735, 2012, Pages 1950-1958

  Neil Frazer, L ^a   Morton, Alexandra ^b   Krkošek, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Salmon Coast Field Station British Columbia   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Critical threshold; Epidemic; Salmon; Sea lice

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRUSTACEAN; ECTOPARASITE; EPIDEMIC; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONID CULTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 84859393050     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2210     Document Type: Article

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