Experiments to test if allopatric Salvelinus alpinus are suitable year‐round hosts of Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea)

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Winger, A. C., Kristoffersen, R., Siikavuopio, S. I., Knudsen, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Norway; Skibotnelva; Northern Norway; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02215.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.2009.02215.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02215.x

There has been an increased focus on Salvelinus alpinus as a potential long‐term host to Gyrodactylus salaris and, here, both susceptibility to G. salaris and ability to sustain a parasite population seasonally, was tested using fry and parr of S. alpinus from the River Skibotnelva, northern Norway....