Modeling the Distribution and Abundance of Planktonic Larval Stages of Lepeophtheirus salmonis in Norway

Salmon Lice: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Parasite Abundance and Distribution

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 29-50

  Asplin, Lars ^a   Boxaspen, Karin K ^a   Sandvik, Anne D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Methods determining planktonic louse distribution; MM5 mesoscale atmospheric model nonhydrostatic coordinate model, of Pennsylvania State University; Modeling distribution of planktonic larval stages of Lepeophtheirus salmonis in Norway; Norwegian coastal waters and fjords farming of Atlantic salmon; Numerical modeling approach similar to models, used in weather predictions; Planktonic salmon lice distribution variation and environmental variability; Quantifying effects, environmental variability planktonic salmon lice distribution; Salmon lice, abundance and distribution fjord and coastal waters; Salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) the main parasite on Atlantic salmon; Spatial and temporal variability complex, massive observational system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886448757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470961568.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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