The Effect of Sea Lice on Atlantic Salmon and other Salmonid Species

Atlantic Salmon Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 253-276

  Finstad, Bengt ^a   Bjørn, Pål A ^b   Todd, Christopher D ^c   Whoriskey, Fred ^d   Gargan, Patrick G ^e   Forde, Gregory ^e   Revie, Crawford W ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Huntsman Marine Science Centre   (Canada)

^e INLAND FISHERIES IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Caligus; Disease; Lepeophtheirus; Life cycle; Oncorhynchus; Parasite abundance; Parasite intensity; Populations; Prevalence; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985867942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327755.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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