Seasonal occurrence of sea lice Lepeophtheirus salmonison sea trout in two north Norwegian fjords

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Author: Rikardsen, A. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Balsfjord; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00478.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.0022-1112.2004.00478.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00478.x

Seasonal occurrence of the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis (sea lice) was studied from March to December 2001 in two large north Norwegian sill fjords without fish farming activity, the Ranafjord and the Balsfjord. Anadromous brown trout Salmo trutta (sea trout) in both fjords had a low in...