Dynamics of outbreak and control of salmon lice on two salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia

Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-146

  Krkošek, Martin ^a   Bateman, Andrew ^b   Proboszcz, Stan ^c   Orr, Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Watershed Watch Salmon Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Eradication; Outbreak; Parasite; Salmon; Sea lice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873746542     PISSN: 1869215X     EISSN: 18697534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/aei00014     Document Type: Article

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