Lice pressure from salmon farms on wild sea trout (Salmo trutta) in a Norwegian fjord

Salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis are external parasites on salmonids in the marine environment. However, during recent years, salmon lice abundance has increased due to the presence of salmon farming. Scientific studies shows that salmon farming increases the abundance of lice in the marine habit...

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Main Authors: Pablo Arechavala-Lopez, Marius Berg, Pal Arne Bjorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fmars.2015.03.00111/full