Physiological consequences of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on juvenile pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha): Implications for wild salmon ecology and management, and for salmon aquaculture

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1596, 2012, Pages 1770-1779

  Brauner, C J ^a   Sackville, M ^a   Gallagher, Z ^a   Tang, S ^a   Nendick, L ^a   Farrell, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation physiology; Pink salmon; Salmon louse; Sea lice

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUACULTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECTOPARASITE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID; WILD POPULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; BROUGHTON ARCHIPELAGO; CANADA;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 84860668780     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0423     Document Type: Review

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